MIDDLEWEIGHT Champ Michael Bisping believes fellow UFC star Conor McGregor can upset the odds against Floyd Mayweather.
The Irishman takes on the undefeated champ in a Las Vegas showdown on August 26 – dubbed the richest boxing fight of all-time.
Mayweather heads into the bout as heavy favourite but Bisping believes McGregor can win… but only if he turns the fight into a brawl.
Speaking exclusively, Bisping said: “Of course he has a chance, everybody has a puncher’s chance.
“Conor has more than a puncher’s chance because he’s working and sparring hard, he’s athletic and he’s got good timing.
“But to win he’s got to turn it into a brawl, simple as that. He can’t try to outbox Floyd Mayweather because he will lose if he tries to.
“He’s got to go for the early knockout. The longer the fight goes the more it swings in Floyd’s favour.”
Whatever the outcome of the fight, both McGregor and Mayweather will pocket an absolute fortune.
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It is believed that McGregor will take home around £78million which is dwarfed by Mayweather who hopes to rake in a staggering £231m.
And Bisping believes both fighters are already winners with the money on the table.
He added: "They both are already winning with the purses they are going to get. They've both already won.
"But on the night may the best man win. If Conor can pull it off God bless him.
"If Floyd goes out and does his defensive thing then fair play, we all expect that."
Whilst all talk surrounds McGregor and Mayweather, Bisping has his own scraps to prepare for.
The 38-year-old will step in the Octogan twice more before calling his retirement and pursuing a career in acting.
And his next fight could be a showdown clash with fellow UFC giant Georges St-Pierre (GSP).
He said: "I agreed to fight the winner of Robert Whittaker or Yoel Romero.
"He’s (Whittaker) had a knee injury so we don’t know when it’s going to be.
"GSP called my podcast and he said he still very much wants to fight me. With Whittaker having a knee injury, he can't fight until early next year.
"I think it's perfect if I fight GSP in the meantime and as soon as Whittaker heals I'll fight him and unify the belt.
"Two more big fights then I'll focus on the action move world completely.
"My fighting days are almost over. I've just done a movie called Triple Threat which is coming out early next year.
"We're working on some other things right now so we've got plenty of things in the pipeline."
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