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“He definitely embarrasses me, but you can’t change your family,” Weidman said. “My dad is over 60 now, you’ve got to love people for who they are. He’s my dad and obviously he loves me and is supporting me, he’s happy for me, so it’s hard to control his emotions while I’m in the middle of a lot stuff going on, so it is what it is. At the end of the day, it doesn’t give Michael Bisping the right to open up his mouth.”
“I might go to Anaheim just to find Mr. Bisping, who wants to bring up my family,” Weidman said. “I’m going to slap him in his mouth.”
As for his next fight, Weidman said that he “wouldn’t be surprised” if he ends up competing Nov. 4 at New York’s Madison Square Garden as part of UFC 217. And Weidman doubled down on the idea that Bisping is who he wants to fight most.
“I think the best guys in the world should fight,” Weidman said. “He hasn’t fought a No. 1 contender guy since he’s been the champion. Every single time I defended the belt, it was against the best guy in the world. Somehow he got away from doing that. It’s kind of messed up the division. Right now, the guy Robert Whittaker, he won the interim title but I think he’s going to be out for awhile. That being said, I’m the only guy coming off a ‘W,’ so I think it would make sense.
“If it makes sense, if Bisping isn’t too scared to actually fight a guy like me and give up his belt, then it’ll happen. But if not, we’ll fight other guys. We’ll see.”
“I haven’t really put too much thought into [my next opponent],” Weidman said. “Man, I was thinking of Kelvin Gastelum forever, and then obviously you always want to fight for the belt. That’s what I want. I want to fight for the belt, I want to make that money, and the belt is where you get the money. I learned that, so I want to get back to the belt.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/7/...-bisping-in-his-mouth-after-father-trash-talk
What's crossing the line? Bring up a permanent injury a fighter got during the fight or bringing up someone's family?
“I might go to Anaheim just to find Mr. Bisping, who wants to bring up my family,” Weidman said. “I’m going to slap him in his mouth.”
As for his next fight, Weidman said that he “wouldn’t be surprised” if he ends up competing Nov. 4 at New York’s Madison Square Garden as part of UFC 217. And Weidman doubled down on the idea that Bisping is who he wants to fight most.
“I think the best guys in the world should fight,” Weidman said. “He hasn’t fought a No. 1 contender guy since he’s been the champion. Every single time I defended the belt, it was against the best guy in the world. Somehow he got away from doing that. It’s kind of messed up the division. Right now, the guy Robert Whittaker, he won the interim title but I think he’s going to be out for awhile. That being said, I’m the only guy coming off a ‘W,’ so I think it would make sense.
“If it makes sense, if Bisping isn’t too scared to actually fight a guy like me and give up his belt, then it’ll happen. But if not, we’ll fight other guys. We’ll see.”
“I haven’t really put too much thought into [my next opponent],” Weidman said. “Man, I was thinking of Kelvin Gastelum forever, and then obviously you always want to fight for the belt. That’s what I want. I want to fight for the belt, I want to make that money, and the belt is where you get the money. I learned that, so I want to get back to the belt.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/7/...-bisping-in-his-mouth-after-father-trash-talk
What's crossing the line? Bring up a permanent injury a fighter got during the fight or bringing up someone's family?