Michael Bisping announces he's not competing at UFC Fight Night 127 in London

With tickets set to go on sale later this week, UFC Fight Night 127 in London is still in need of a main event.

While former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping (30-9 MMA, 20-9 UFC) had teased the idea of potentially competing on the March 17 fight card at the O2, he today took to social media to announce that he will not be featured on the UFC Fight Pass-streamed event.

Bisping, 38, has expressed an interest in fighting one more time, preferably on English soil, before calling it a career. He was reportedly in line for a rematch of a 2007 contest with Rashad Evans for the event in London, but Bisping dismissed those rumors on the latest edition of his “Believe You Me” podcast.

“There isn’t a Rashad fight,” Bisping said. “Yes, people are reporting it, but I am not. Apparently there’s a rumor going around about me and Rashad.”

The UFC Fight Night 127 lineup currently includes:

• Jan Blachowicz vs. Jimi Manuwa
• Leon Edwards vs. Peter Sobotta
• Mark Godbeer vs. Dmitry Poberezhets
• Magomed Ankalaev vs. Paul Craig
• Nasrat Haqparast vs. Alex Reyes
• Kajan Johnson vs. Rustam Khabilov
• Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Jack Marshman
• Oliver Enkamp vs. Danny Roberts
• Hakeem Dawodu vs. Danny Henry
• Charles Byrd vs. John Phillips

For more on UFC Fight Night 127, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.