UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping is preparing to defend the title against former UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre at a yet to be named UFC event.
It will be the first fight for GSP in over three years and the middleweight champion feels like he's not competing against a real fighter.
?There?s a reason why he stepped away from the sport.,? said Bisping on The Countdown. ?There?s a reason why. Maybe he wasn?t enjoying it too much. I don?t think Georges is a real fighter. He?s an athlete and he?s a martial artist. I don?t think he?s a fighter and that?s why he stepped away from the sport. You gotta have both. You need a combination of it all. You need both. You?ve got to be athletic, of course. You?ve got to have the technique of a martial artist. But you?ve gotta have that will power and that heart of a fighter and a champion. And of course he?s got that to a certain degree, but there?s a reason why he stepped away. He said, ?I?m stepping away because of steroids, until they bring in other testing.? Well unfortunately, that was the only platform that we have. I knew people were taking steroids but quitting was never an option and joining them was never an option while still continuing to fight. So I think there was an element of truth to what Dana White said. He said he ?doesn?t think [St-Pierre?s] heart?s in it.? I don?t think it was. That?s why he stepped away. Now he?s bored, he wants the limelight again, he wants the attention, he wants to be around the circus. Of course, there?s a payday there as well, and again, he?s looking at me and he thinks he?s gonna walk in off his big hiatus, be the middleweight champ, make history, and look like a god. But of course, that ain?t gonna happen.?
Bisping has already defended his title once and that was a decision victory over Dan Henderson at UFC 204. The middleweight champion also believes that GSP doesn?t like to get hit.
?He doesn?t enjoy [getting hit]. Of course, nobody enjoys getting punched in the face. But there?s a part of me that f**king loves that. I love getting down and dirty and having a good tear up and a good scrap. . . I?m not trying to be such a tough guy because I?m not the only one. There?s many of us like that. The UFC is full of them. Georges isn?t one of those. He?s a tactician. And that?s all well and good but you see that look in their eyes when they get hit with a good one. It diminishes their soul a little bit,? says Bisping.
GSP hasn?t competed since earning a decision win over Johny Hendricks at UFC 167.