Whether you love him or hate him, you have to admit that Michael Bisping has talent. With that being said, he also has the biggest mouth in the middleweight division, maybe in all the UFC. Does he do it for the hype, the entertainment, or does he enjoy playing the bully? Whatever the reason, Bisping sure loves to talk his game, and boy does he say some ridiculous things.
Clearly, Bisping is the type of fighter that loves making excuses. He’s been extremely vocal about believing he deserves a title shot, even when he recently lost to Chael Sonnen. Bisping likes to claim that he won the fight against Sonnen, and was cheated by the judges, which is quite hypocritical seeing he was on the winning end of the most controversial decision in UFC history against Matt Hamill. Even if you take the Chael Sonnen fight out of the equation, the only top ten fighter he has a win over is Brian Stann, and he is in the lower half of the list. Bisping has victories over Jason Miller, Jorge Rivera, Yoshihiro Akiyama, and Dan Miller; none of which are anywhere near the top ten, and yet he believes he next in line for the title.
More so than his losses, Bisping has excuses for other fighter’s wins and credentials. Instead of accepting Alan Belcher’s challenge to a fight, he has done nothing but make excuses for as to why he shouldn’t have to fight him. At a press conference, Bisping stated that Belcher’s knockout win over Rousimar Palhares wasn’t impressive because Palhares was a “Jiu-Jitsu guy” and not a fighter. Bisping must have forgotten that unlike himself, Palhares wasn’t finished in his fight with Dan Henderson, and also had a more decisive victory over Dan Miller.
As if Bisping’s remarks weren’t outlandish enough, he’s convinced that he is the most exciting fighter in the division. Really? He’s had entertaining bouts, but fights with Brian Stann, Chael Sonnen, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Dan Miller and Wanderlei Silva aren’t necessarily proof to back this claim. By no means are Bisping’s bouts boring, but his for him to make such statements is rather ignorant, because most intelligent fans would agree that Chris Leben, Brian Stann, Vitor Belfort, Hector Lombard, Cung Le, and Chris Weidman are all more entertaining to watch.
This will be Bisping’s third opportunity to become the number one contender. He was unsuccessful the prior two times, so now it’s do or die. However, if Belfort is victorious, it wouldn’t be surprising if Bisping had an excuse of some kind and continued to call himself the number one contender, continuing to petition for a title shot.
– Ryan “Fight Freek” Poli
@FightFreek