Bisping Vs.? in May... Answer is....

And now all the Shertard, Bisping haters (the majority of which are loud-mouth Yanks) are out in force, writing off Bisping before the fight has even been announced. I swear you can actually lower your IQ by reading those forums.

Steve mate, I don't think I've ever come across a post of yours I disagree with, good job, couldn't of put it any better.

Not a Bisping hater, but not exactly a fan. He looks great against lackluster competition, but the guy has lost to any decent opponent he's faced. Belfort or Sonnen will be no different.

don't get me wrong though, he's a great face for MMA in the UK, and an even better gatekeeper for the Middleweight division. I salute you Michael Bisping.

LMFAO @ only the UK people defending Bisping.

Classic.

...we're not "defending" what Bisping did - but at the same time, we don't feel much sympathy toward Rivera and his camp either. If you invite sharks for dinner, don't be surprised if they turn around and eat some of the guests...

And I'm LMFAO that it's Chael "I've never done anything wrong in my life, 'guvnor" Sonnen calling Bisping an idiot...

Chael lost any hope of anyone giving a flying f**k about him when he decided to roid himself up to the eyeballs. Fail.

Kliq - we're not defending the knee to the head... that was just plain heat-of-the-moment wrong. But I do think the bad-blood/spitting was very understandable given all the BS Rivera and his camp had been saying. At the end of the day, we know Bisping's a classless douchebag, but he's our classless douchebag - it's OK for you (US) guys to single him out... you've got loads of great guys to cheer/support. But in the UK, we have very few - and as much of a dickhead he may be, Bisping is one of the few "decent" UK fighters we have. The impact he's had in the UK is incredible... for all the crap he's said or done, he has done wonders for MMA in this country and bringing the UFC here - that's why he gets so much support from the Brits.

I don't usually care where a guy is from either... if Bisping fights a guy I really like or am a fan of, I'll cheer that guy. But, as I said before, you (US) guys have LOADS of guys to cheer/support and can afford to be more "picky"... you probably can't appreciate only having a handful of guys (at best). Maybe if you only had 3-4 half-decent guys in the whole promotion, you might feel differently. Plus, being a foreigner, I do think people/the media like to paint Bisping out to be a big "villain" - especially when fighting US guys (Hamill, Hendo, Rivera) - when, apart from that knee, he hasn't said or done anything that bad (or that other/US fighters haven't done). I don't know Bisping personally (although I've met him a couple of times) and can only go by what I've seen and read... and in the interviews and two documentaries I've seen, he actually comes across as a pretty down-to-earth, funny guy.


I actually didn't think the spitting thing was a big deal... yes, he should have known better and been more professional, but in the heat of the moment - and after all the bad blood, I can understand it (...apparently it was mainly Rivera's trainer/camp who said the more "personal" things).

Well it's not as though he went up to an individual and spat directly in their face... he spat towards Rivera's corner - who were behind the fence, about 8 feet away (...the same corner that had been incredibly rude and insulting to him and his family through-out the build-up). He's a fighter and it was a very emotional moment, and while I don't condone his actions - I do think they are understandable somewhat.


I don't know whereabouts you are - but if you're saying Bisping's done nothing to promote MMA over here (in the UK), then that's just total BS.