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Michael Bisping Says Cyborg Justino Getting a Title Shot is a No-Brainer

June 21, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

– Michael Bisping spoke on his Believe You Me Podcast about Germaine de Randamie being stripped of her UFC women’s featherweight title for not facing Cyborg Justino. The highlights are below:

On de Randamie being stripped of her title: “I’ve got to be careful about what I say here because I know everybody’s gonna talk s**t about me and say, ‘You’re a f**king p**sy. You f**king defended against Dan Henderson. You’re avoiding number one contenders.’ That is not what’s happened, motherf**kers. The UFC offered me Dan Henderson, I took the fight and then I had knee surgery. Two knee surgeries in fact. The thing about Germaine that always irked me from the very start is even when she beat Holly Holm and won the belt, she immediately said in the ring – because Rogan tried to set up a fight with her and Cyborg – she said, ‘No, no I can’t do it. I have to have hand surgery.’ Immediately after winning the fight she was in the ring, talking to Rogan, ducking the number one contender saying she needs hand surgery. Then, in the post-fight press conference, she’s saying, ‘I think I should rematch with Holly because it was really close.’ So which is it, do you need hand surgery or not?”

On Justino deserving the shot: “It’s a no-brainer. The division – I believe, I mean I don’t have this on confirmation – looks like it was created for Cyborg.”