Michael Bisping (25-7) har haft en lång karriär i UFC och han fick kontrakt med UFC efter att ha vunnit sin säsong av The Ultimate fighter. Britten har inte varit rädd för att säga vad han tycker och nu pratar han om sin senaste match mot Luke Rockhold (13-2).
Bisping pratar om att Rockhold skallade honom och att Rockhold sedan fick in en huvudspark då Bisping försökte torka ut blod ur sina ögon under matchens gång. Bisping menar att sånt händer och att han inte använder som en ursäkt för varför han förlorade matchen.
”I mean, for some reason, I’ve fought so long in the UFC now — I’ve been a part of that roster for 10 years — but not all of the time do I perform to the best of my ability,” sa Bisping. ”The last fight against Rockhold, I wouldn’t say that was one of those fights. I actually think I won the first round. We clashed heads. He headbutted me, I think would be a more accurate description. It split my eye wide open, there was blood pouring into my eye, and after that all I could see was a lot of red going right into my eyes.”
”He caught me with a head kick while I was trying to wipe blood out of my eyes — it’s one of those things, that’s how it goes in the fight game. So well done for him. But that was just unfortunate circumstances. This fight, I’ve got to prove to the world that I’m still one of the best and I’m as good as I think I am, I’m as good as my coaches think I am, and I’ve got to take what I do in the gym and bring that into the Octagon on fight night.”
Bisping förklarar att det är klart att han vill vinna varje match, men om domaren stoppar matchen och man själv har förlorat så är det bara att hantera förlusten på ett bra sätt och gratulera sin motståndare.
”Listen, of course I’m a competitor. I want to win each and every fight that I’m a part of. But when it’s said and done, when the referee stops the fight, you have to congratulate your opponent and you take it like a man,” sa Bisping.
”So it was unfortunate, as I’ve said, but I continued to fight. I’m a warrior. Chris Weidman pulled out with a bad rib. T.J. Dillashaw pulled out with a bad rib. I’ve been getting treatment on a bad rib for the last two weeks. Did the thought of ever pulling out of this fight ever cross my mind? Not once. Not once. I don’t pull out of fights and I don’t puss out when somebody headbutts me. That’s just the way I am, for good or bad, rightly or wrongly. That’s just the way I am.”
Bisping menar att han aldrig har träffat sin motståndare C.B Dollaway (15-7) och har ingenting emot honom och kommer därför inte att snacka skit om honom.
”Contrary to popular belief, I’m not really a guy who goes out and looks for feuds,” Bisping said. ”I’m not looking to disrespect all my opponents and things like that. I speak my mind. If we don’t get along and he’s not necessarily on my Christmas card list, then I’ll say that.
”I’ve never met C.B. Dollaway so I have no problem with the guy. So I’m not going to manufacture some hate, manufacture some storyline that doesn’t exist. I’m going to let the fight do the talking. The caliber of the match-up sells the fight. It’s a fantastic match-up. C.B., stylistically, is a good opponent for me. He’s got great wrestling, he’s got knockout power. I, myself, I always deliver. I always look for the knockout or the stoppage on the feet. And I top of that, I lost my last fight. So I’ve got a lot to prove. C.B. Dollaway has the same. He’s a good opponent, but my biggest opponent in this fight is myself.
”Two minutes in, he’s going to realize, ‘s**t, I want out of this fight. I can’t beat this guy.'”
