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5th October 2016
07:23pm BST

"I don't think Tyson Fury sold out the MEN when his fight was announced, did he? I don't think GGG and Kell Brook sold out the O2 when it was first announced either - I think eventually they got a sell-out but it didn't sell out in six minutes," Bisping said.
“I am a big boxing fan but I think it’s fair to say that we’ve kind of overtaken them a little bit now," "But as I say that brings pressure, it brings incredible pressure, and I've got to live up to that."Bisping became middleweight champion after upsetting the odds to defeat Luke Rockhold at just 17 days notice at UFC 199, and the bout against Henderson represents his first defence. And at the age of 37, the Lancastrian knows how important a successful defence could prove to his legacy in the sport.
"It's all well and good selling out an arena but then getting your backside kicked - nobody wants that. I don't want that," he added. "None of that's important. I've got to perform, it's as simple as that, and not only for everyone who bought a ticket but for myself, my family, my legacy, my reputation as a fighter "I don’t want to be one of these guys that wins a belt and then loses it on the first defence, I might as well not win it. For me that would make a mockery of ever winning the belt."
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