Coach: Michael Bisping van een ander niveau

Zijn coach, Jason Parillo, is net zo zeker als "The Count" zelf en vind dat Bisping van een ander niveau is. Hij gelooft dat Bisping voor een upset gaat zorgen wanneer hij volgende maand tijdens de main event van UFC 199 in in Los Angeles, Californië de rematch tegen Rockhold vecht.

Dit is wat hij zei tijdens een interview met Submission Radio:

"Where is the gameplan? We got two weeks to prepare for a fight. We gotta go, we gotta stay sharp like we did [against] Anderson. He avoided a lot of Anderson's bullshit. He's gotta fight his fight. Mike's gotta take control of this fight and let Luke in his mind right now and sort of be his nemesis, okay? Because he thinks that he can whoop Mike. When he finds that that's not going to happen, when he finds out that Mike's digging into him and he's making him pay, we're going to flip the script. You know, Mike believes in himself. Mike's got the ability to beat him. Anyone can win on any night if you've got the right tools to be there. Mike's got the tools to be there. Mike's a top ten guy. Mike's a top-four, top-five guy right now. He's there for a reason. He's not just there because he was gifted that. You know, the promotion, nobody's been doing that guy favors. He's fighting top-ten guys every fight. He's a mentally tough son-of-a-bitch, man. You know, on different levels. And for me, we can look at it as a blessing. We spend 10 weeks sometimes and we're burnt out, but Mike needs to do it. Mike's mind needs to do it, work out hard that time. He's going to be fine. Mike's gonna give Luke a shock."

Helaas voor Bisping heeft hij maar twee weken om zich voor te bereiden op zijn rematch tegen Rockhold, die wordt bemoeilijkt door het feit dat hij ook op dit moment bezig is met de opnames van de nieuwe XXX film.

"The Count" moest in het najaar van 2014 zijn meerdere in Rockhold erkennen toen hij tijdens UFC Fight Night 55 op submission verloor.