{"id":395272,"date":"2022-07-02T18:22:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T18:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=395272"},"modified":"2022-07-02T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T18:22:12","slug":"samurai-that-went-away-and-learned-from-his-past-mistakes-michael-bisping-favors-reinvigorated-version-of-former-rival-luke-rockhold-against-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/samurai-that-went-away-and-learned-from-his-past-mistakes-michael-bisping-favors-reinvigorated-version-of-former-rival-luke-rockhold-against-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Samurai that Went Away and Learned From His Past Mistakes&#8217;- Michael Bisping Favors &#8216;Reinvigorated&#8217; Version of Former Rival Luke Rockhold Against Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping spoke out via his YouTube channel and talked about his former rival Luke Rockhold. Bisping and Rockhold had one of the most volatile feuds in the UFC leading up to their fight back in 2016. However, in recent years, both men have become friends and have been seen posing with each other in a friendly association.<\/p>\n<p>Bisping responded to comments made by Luke Rockhold regarding his odds against Israel Adesanya. Rockhold believes he is the \u2018only one\u2019 who is capable of defeating \u2018Izzy\u2019 in a potential championship encounter. Michael Bisping had some thoughts to share about Rockhold\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Bisping ran into former opponent Luke Rockhold at the gym&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;which ended in a few laughs and some love for Rockhold&#39;s dog, Lucy \ud83d\udc36 (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bisping?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bisping<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0bD6UPa08w\">pic.twitter.com\/0bD6UPa08w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN MMA (@espnmma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1366911496224129025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-ufc-middleweight-champion-luke-rockhold-confident-he-is-the-only-one-that-can-defeat-current-champ-israel-adesanya\/\">Former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold Confident He Is The \u2018Only One\u2019 That Can Defeat Current Champ Israel Adesanya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bisping said that he wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Luke Rockhold becomes the champion once more due to his physical gifts for the middleweight division. Moreover, he talked about Rockhold\u2019s renowned ground game and heaped praise on Rockhold before his imminent return to MMA.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf Rockhold beats (Costa), don\u2019t be surprised if he becomes champion of the world once again. Adesanya needs fresh meat,\u201d Bisping said. \u201cWhat does Rockhold have that could trouble Adesanya? Well, for one, he\u2019s about the same height.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-395265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/rocke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/rocke.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/rocke-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/rocke-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/rocke-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/rocke-1025x1536.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s probably about the same reach. Athletically, he\u2019s just as good. Granted, he\u2019s a little bit older, so maybe not quite as fast. Maybe the reflexes aren\u2019t there. But we know about the ground game of Rockhold, we know about the top pressure, we know about how deadly he can be on the feet.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Michael Bisping shared a throwback with fans, calling Rockhold a samurai that has learned from his past mistakes. This is an obvious reference to Luke Rockhold\u2019s infamous belief that he\u2019s a modern-day samurai.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IRl8SMSaNDw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m just saying, with this new reinvigorated Luke Rockhold, this new version, this samurai that went away and learned from his past mistakes and now has come back centered, grounded, hungry, sober, personal problems behind him, I think this Luke Rockhold could be a nightmare for a lot of people in the middleweight division.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/07\/ufc-278-opinion-analysis-michael-bisping-thinks-luke-rockhold-can-win-middleweight-title-again-israel-adesanya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Plenty will be revealed to fans when Luke Rockhold storms the UFC\u2019s octagon once more against Paulo Costa in his return.<\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-just-think-i-can-beat-some-of-those-guys-kamaru-usman-eyes-the-205-pound-belt-as-he-chases-champ-champ-status\/\">\u201cI Just Think I Can Beat Some of Those Guys\u201d- Kamaru Usman Eyes the 205-Pound Belt as He Chases Champ-Champ Status<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/hey-man-dont-do-me-like-you-did-that-costa-guy-israel-adesanya-reveals-backstage-interaction-with-sean-strickland-after-smacking-his-a\/\">\u201cHey Man Don\u2019t Do Me Like You Did That Costa Guy\u201d- Israel Adesanya Reveals Backstage Interaction With Sean Strickland After Smacking His A**<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-may-start-painting-my-nail-and-act-like-a-female-sean-strickland-on-what-he-would-do-differently-as-a-champion\/\">\u201cI May Start Painting My Nail and Act Like a Female\u201d- Sean Strickland on What He Would Do Differently as a Champion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping spoke out via his YouTube channel and talked about his former rival Luke Rockhold. Bisping and Rockhold had one of the most volatile feuds in the UFC leading up to their fight back in 2016. However, in recent years, both men have become friends and have been seen posing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":395273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}