MICHAEL BISPING said Jorge Masivdal 'has to be' next for Leon Edwards to settle the feud after their infamous brawl.
The welterweight pair clashed backstage after UFC London in 2019, as Masvidal threw punches which he boasted were 'a three piece and soda'.
The years since have failed to see them settle it in the cage, but British legend Bisping argued the time is now.
He said on his podcast: Masvidal versus Leon Edwards. That’s the fight to make.
"The three-piece and the soda. Masvidal assaulted him in London. There is [a] backstory there for days. That has to be the fight for Leon.
“Masvidal has to take that fight as well. Far be it from me to be talking s*** about Masvidal.
"I’m not talking s***, but the reality is this if you go out there and crack another man in the face who is in your weight class and you both work for a company that matches their employees against one another and puts them in an octagon to fight, the pieces of the puzzle are there.
"It doesn’t take a championship puzzle maker to put the final piece of this jigsaw into place.
"You both fight for the UFC, you’re in the same weight class, you’re both riding high in the division, and the last time they saw one another, Masvidal hit him with a three-piece and the soda.
"That absolutely, unequivocally has to be the next fight for both of those men.”
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Masvidal, 36, is without a win since 2019 when he beat Nate Diaz, also 36, after the cageside doctor stopped the fight due to cuts.
He has been beaten consecutively against welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, 34, the last a brutal knockout in April.
Edwards, 29, returned with a five-round decision over Diaz last weekend but was forced to survive after being heavily rocked with a minute left.
It was a career-best win for the title contender, but Bisping, 42, fears the late drama could take away from his otherwise flawless performance.
He said: “This is not the worst for Leon Edwards, because obviously the worst scenario would be had he got knocked out or lost the fight.
"But Leon needed to go out there and beat Nate Diaz, take all of his fans, and then become a household name in mixed martial arts.
"Unfortunately, now the narrative isn’t all about the four-and-a-half rounds of extreme dominance that Leon Edwards put on him.
"But the narrative now is that had there been one more round, Nate would have knocked him out.
"Had this been on the street, Leon would have been done for. Now the narrative is ‘I can’t wait to see Nate Diaz.’
"Yes, Leon went out there and beat him but they’re all talking about Nate Diaz.”
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