INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Michael Bisping doesn't think Luke Rockhold is being honest about how the new UFC 199 main event came together.
It was initially thought that Ronaldo Souza was the first choice to face Rockhold after Chris Weidman pulled out with an injury, but 'Jacare' couldn't go because he needed knee surgery. Bisping was the back-up plan and he stepped in.
Bisping, though, said Thursday at the UFC 199 pre-fight press conference that he heard from a "source very close to the UFC" that Rockhold turned down the fight with 'Jacare' in favor of a fight with him.