(This story appears in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) UFC veteran middleweights Michael Bisping and Cung Le have encountered plenty of similar obstacles on a sometimes-rocky road to the top. The opponents may not see it now, but they actually have quite a lot in common ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 48 event, where they meet in a five-round main event at The Venetian Macao’s CotaiArena in Macau (6:30 a.m. ET, UFC Fight Pass). Both are chasing UFC gold in the twilight of their careers, but injuries have forced an inactive schedule in recent years. With Bisping (24-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC), 35, and Le (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC), 42, being two of the 185-pound division’s elder statesmen, the window for a title run is closing, and they know it
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UFC Fight Night 48 headliner could be last chance for Michael Bisping, Cung Le – MMA Junkie