Michael Bisping said he doesn’t like Chris Weidman’s chances in a rematch with UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold. And that’s putting it lightly.

Although not officially announced, Rockhold (15-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Weidman (13-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) are expected to rematch at UFC 199 sometime in June. The rematch would come just six months after Rockhold took the belt from Weidman in convincing fashion with a fourth-round TKO at UFC 194 in December.

Weidman said it wasn’t a total loss since it relieved the pressure of an undefeated record. Bisping (27-7 MMA, 17-7 UFC), who fights Anderson Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 84 main event on UFC Fight Pass, said he thinks both the UFC and former champ are making an error by putting together a rematch so soon.

“I don’t think it makes sense doing the immediate rematch, but the UFC are smarter than me, and that’s why I get punched in the head for a living,” Bisping told MMAjunkie. “There’s a lot of other worthy contenders at 185. The fight wasn’t close in my opinion. Weidman was beaten very, very soundly. He’s going to get beaten again.”

Bisping might disagree with the direction of the next middleweight title fight, but he also admitted there are few better options available. Bisping, of course, wants a title shot if victorious against “The Spider,” but in the interim, he said there are no significantly better alternatives than Weidman.

“(Ronaldo) ‘Jacare’ (Souza) just lost, so I suppose that takes him out of the equation; Yoel Romero is another scumbag that (failed a drug test), so I kind of understand it a little bit,” Bisping said. “Maybe Chris Weidman has a very good manager that managed to convince the UFC – I know he does have a good manager because I also have the same manager. He did a good job and got him an immediate rematch.”

The downside in booking an immediate rematch is the possibility of a third bout. Would the UFC book a trilogy fight if Weidman bests Rockhold in the second meeting? That remains to be seen, but Bisping said he plans on making a case of his own by taking out Silva in emphatic fashion at The O2 in London.

“Weidman is going to lose that fight again, so nothing will change,” Bisping said. “I will have hopefully beaten Anderson Silva, and hopefully mid-to-late summer it will be my time.

“I’ve been a top-10 contender forever, and I’ve won four out of my last five with my only loss coming to the hands of the champion (Rockhold). I think it puts me in a good spot.”

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