After it was announced last night that Wanderlei Silva had defeated Michael Bisping by Unanimous Decision, with 29-28 scores across the board, Bisping didn’t have too much to say about the decision when speaking to Joe Rogan immediately after. Perhaps this was due to the fact that it sounded like 90% of the Aussie fans in attendance adored “The Axe Murderer” (and with a moniker like that how can you not…) while ‘support’ for Bisping, well, it was a little thin.
Well, according to a report from MMA Junkie this AM, Bisping became a little more ‘honest’ during last night’s post-fight press conference. Now although the Brit credited Silva for being “a legend” and for “doing a great job”, (get ready for the carpet pull) Bisping also had a few things to say about the judge’s decision.
“Personally, apart from the guillotine – and I got dropped in the third round – but apart from the guillotine attempt off the takedown in the second round, as far as round two, I really didn’t have any offense come my way. I felt I clearly won those two rounds.”
“I’m healthy,” Bisping said. “I’m good to go. I feel like I could do another three rounds right now. … I’d love to get a rematch with Wanderlei someday, but I want to keep fighting top guys.”
Now it was a damn close (and entertaining) fight, but scoring the second and particularly the third round to Wanderlei is no big stretch either. Rematch? Not right away. Sounds like Silva could be fighting Yoshihiro Akiyama next.