Tag Archives: Michael Bisping

Michael Bisping has stressed his belief that Conor McGregor would now be on the B-side to Nate Diaz after the Stockton-native’s recent resurgence in popularity. Speaking during a recent edition of his Believe You Me podcast, the former middleweight champion explained his take on the current standing of both fighters within the eyes of the public. Citing a matchup between Nate and …

Michael Bisping has revealed that he suffered a painful injury to his ribs just one week out from his UFC 217 clash with Georges St-Pierre.  Of course, the fight would end in a third-round submission victory for the legendary GSP – leaving the story of the Canadian’s incredible return to glory as the headline for those reading the news on …

Michael Bisping believes that the year’s biggest fight could well be a heavyweight clash between Daniel Cormier and his great rival Jon Jones.  It’s one of those rare situations where a third showdown between two fighters is completely warranted despite the fact that one of those two is 2-0 over the other – USADA-imposed no-contests notwithstanding. The first two meetings …

Michael Bisping has spoken at length about the downward trajectory of his former foe Luke Rockhold’s career and the trajectory is has taken in recent times. Many had pegged Rockhold to turn over a new leaf once he made his intention to move to the 205lb division clear and with a matchup against Jan Blachowicz – a man not exactly …

Michael Bisping has given his take on a showdown between heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou and the light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones.  Ngannou’s stock is once again peaking after he scored his third consecutive first-round knockout to reestablish himself as the next-in-line for a shot at the divisional title. With wins over Junior dos Santos, Cain Velasquez, and Curtis Blaydes in his …

Michael Bisping has stressed his belief that his fellow Englishman Darren Till will be able to overcome this recent rough patch and regain his form. Till truly was one of the most electric rising forces in the game throughout 2018, a recognizable face that was drawing in some serious crowds on the English scene – making him the perfect injection …

Michael Bisping reacted to the recent news that his former rival Yoel Romero had been awarded $27.5 million in damages following a successful lawsuit. The former two-time UFC middleweight title challenger failed a post-fight drug-test administered by the anti-doping organisation USADA back in 2016 following his UFC 194 victory over Ronaldo Souza. Gold Star Performance Products were forced to pay …

Michael Bisping has given his take on the UFC 237 main-event that saw Jessica Andrade become the new women’s strawweight champion. Everything seemed to be going the way of the defending champion Rose Namajunas up until it simply wasn’t. Andrade somehow managed to knock Rose out on her second attempt at cracking the champ’s kimura counter to her takedown. Hoisting …

The legendary former UFC middleweight champion of the world was honoured by the UFC in his home-country last night. Mid-way through the UFC London main-card, a moment was taken to celebrate the career of the Manchester-native Michael Bisping. As one of the trailblazers for both the British and European mixed martial arts scenes, virtually no-one thought he could finally earn …

Michael Bisping has given his take on the clean test turned in by Jon Jones in the wake of the major controversy that surrounded the buildup to UFC 232. In the end, the event went ahead in its new home in Inglewood, California and was a memorable night for several reasons but all in all, the decision to uproot the …

The former UFC middleweight champion of the world Michael Bisping has announced that he will be commentating for UFC events next year. Few fighters enjoy a late-career run as fine as the one produced by the former UFC veteran Michael Bisping. Often seen as one of the finest fighters in UFC history to never receive a crack at UFC gold, …

Tyron Woodley followed up his UFC 228 win over the weekend by making it clear that he believes himself to be the greatest 170lb-r of all-time and as a result, we feel it’s only fitting that we stack his accomplishments up against the legendary Georges St-Pierre. Five rounds, five categories, and only one eventual winner. The scoring criteria will follow …

Michael Bisping heard through the grapevine that the UFC’s featherweight champion Max Holloway was knocked out in sparring just prior to his scrapped UFC 226 showdown with Brian Ortega. It’s funny to think about how this month’s UFC 226 would have looked had the originally-scheduled co-main event between Holloway and Brian Ortega actually gone ahead. Would the rest of the …

Michael Bisping just called Daniel Cormier out on something he told him off-air, prompting a very interesting reflection from the champ on his power at heavyweight. Daniel Cormier will take his first heavyweight fight in years tonight as he looks to become only the second man – after Conor McGregor – to hold two UFC belts simultaneously. Michael Bisping interviewed …

Following his impressive five-round win over Rafael dos Anjos, Colby Covington earned himself another foe during a post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. After all of the questions, all of the controversy and, of course, all of the trash-talking, Colby Covington proved last night that he is very capable of hanging with the elite of the elite at 170lbs. UFC 225’s co-main …

Yoel Romero has chosen to put his beef with the former middleweight champion Michael Bisping to rest following the Brit’s decision to retire. UFC 225 is now just around the corner and with the middleweight title up for grabs, things could look quite different at 185lbs when all is said and done next weekend. Yoel Romero came up short last …

The former middleweight champion of the world Michael Bisping announced his retirement from the sport of MMA today after a 12-year stint in the UFC, so with that in mind, how exactly does his career stack up against the rest? I suppose the first question to consider is, what exactly defines a great fighter and a fine career? I think …

With him now officially retired from the sport, we look back on four of the most memorable moments in the late career resurgence of Michael Bisping. He was a late bloomer but when all was said and done in the career of Michael Bisping, he most certainly had the last laugh. Without further ado, here are the four moments that …