From MMAWeekly.com:
“I wanted one of those two guys cause their two of the best in the world, and probably No. 2 and 3 in the middleweight division,” Bisping told MMAWeekly Radio recently. “So they're the guys I want to fight. There's idiots on the Internet that say I dodge good fighters and this and that, and that kind of annoys me a little bit and that's why I want to fight these guys.”
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“I've been watching that fight very closely,” he stated. “I think it's a fantastic fight. I think it's definitely got the potential, apart from the fact that it's in January, I'd say Fight of the Year.”
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“Rich Franklin is probably the smarter fighter out of the two. I think he's got better footwork, probably more technically composed fighter. Dan's got great knockout power obviously. They're both fantastic fighters,” Bisping commented.
“If I had to pick a winner, I'd probably go out on a limb and say Rich Franklin by decision, to be honest.”
