Michael Bisping will not be at UFC 206 as leg injury forces him out of potential Ronaldo Jacare Souza fight

Michael Bisping was hoping to fight again before the end of the year (Picture: Getty)

Michael Bisping will not be fighting Ronaldo Jacare Souza or anyone else at UFC 206 after the middleweight champion failed to shake off an orbital injury in his leg.

The British champion has spent the last week insisting he wanted to fight in Toronto in December and pursued fights with Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz.

An injury to Luke Rockhold earlier in the week had opened the door for Bisping to fight Jacare at UFC 206, but the 37-year-old revealed he has a problem with his leg.

‘I’ve never ducked anybody in my life,’ said Bisping on UFC Tonight.

Bisping hurt his leg in his title defence against Dan Henderson in October (Picture: Getty)

‘Now I know what everybody at home is going to say. ‘Didn’t you call out ‘GSP’ a couple of weeks ago?’

‘Yes I did, but really, think about this: That was a massive payday.

‘Roughly three to four million dollars is what I would __have earned for that fight.

Ronaldo Jacare Souza team had been in touch about a potential fight (Picture: Getty)

‘Against Jacare, I’m going to get around about a quarter.

‘As you all know, I fought Dan Henderson very recently.

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‘I __have a fractured orbital. I’m getting PRP (platelet rich plasma) injections.

‘I don’t know what they are, but it sounds fancy.

‘I’m getting them on Friday in my leg.’

‘I’m limping around the place, I’ve got a fractured orbital.’