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Bisping to have knee surgery, aims for May return

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It looks like Michael Bisping won't be making a return to London in March.

Any hopes that the UFC middleweight champion would be available to headline the promotion's upcoming UK show were dashed Thursday when he told the Fight Network that knee surgery will have him sidelined for the near future.

"I actually found out just recently I've got to have a knee surgery," Bisping said, according to Damon Martin of FOX Sports. "Nothing major, just a clean up. I've got a slightly torn meniscus, a couple other things going on in there so I've got to get that knee surgery taken care of. We scheduled that and I should be having that in the next couple of weeks.

"Get that taken care of and I'll probably be defending the belt around May, something like that I would guess."

Bisping last competed at UFC 204 on Oct. 8, 2016 in Manchester, England where he recorded his first successful title defense with a unanimous decision win over Dan Henderson.

No. 1 contender Yoel Romero has been angling for a title shot with Bisping for months, but it appears he will have to either wait or take another fight while the 37-year-old Bisping is on the mend.

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