UFC 275: Michael Bisping talks massive main event title clash

UFC 275 is set to take place on Saturday 11th June 2022 and the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Glover Teixeira will be defending against Jiri Prochazka in the main event.

Former UFC Champion and The Ultimate Fighter series 3 winner Michael Bispingrecently discussed the main event contest in his old weight division.

The fight will be taking place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and will be a major move for the company bringing their brand of Mixed Martial Arts to the region.

Speaking on BT Sport’s UFC 275 Preview Show, Bisping noted how important the time zone difference will be for the main event fight.

He said: “You’ve got to adjust your sleep patterns simple as that. Now Jiri has been training out in Phuket for quite some time so to travel to Singapore is only an hour for him.

“So he’s already in that time zone. Now, that would generally be advantageous, but I’m not sure if it is on this occasion because he’s fighting first thing in the morning. 

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“For Glover, all he’s got to do is come out and stay on American time. You know he lives on the East Coast [so] he’s got to stay on California time, which you can do, try to sleep all day stay up at night, that type of thing. 

“Either way it’s going to be a challenge, but the reality is and I’ve done it myself multiple times either super late or super early in Australia. 

“Once that cage door closes and the adrenaline kicks in and you’ve had an early night whichever way round it is, it doesn’t matter if it’s six o’clock, midnight, it doesn’t matter.

“When you’re in the middle of the UFC octagon and you’ve got a world-class opponent that’s going to try and smash your face in and you’ve