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Michael Bisping: Fans blast me for fighting GSP but give McGregor free pass for fighting Mayweather

It's been almost one year since Michael Bisping dethroned Luke Rockhold at UFC 199, but the Brit still hasn't been embraced as the rightful middleweight champion.

After knocking out Rockhold in a stunning upset last year, 'The Count' defended the belt against Dan Henderson in a grudge match in Manchester, England, and is expected to defend the title for a second time against former welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre sometime in the fall.

Bisping has been bombarded with criticism for accepting the GSP fight while Conor McGregor, the current UFC lightweight champion, has been given the all-clear to pursue a boxing megafight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.