Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:10 pm EST
It hasn't been an easy five months for Michael Bisping. The British middleweight, once the toast of the town, is still dealing with his first second career loss, a brutal knockout at the hands of Dan Henderson. Adding insult to injury, because of his coaching appearance on season of nine of "The Ultimate Fighter," he may now be amongst the five most disliked fighters in MMA. And on top of that he's got other fighters snitching on his late night habits.
Rashad Evans told Cagewriter back in July that Bisping didn't take that UFC 100 fight seriously and was out partying inside of two weeks from the fight:
"I was actually excited [to see him lose] not because I dislike Michael Bisping," Evans said. "It's the fact that I seen him out at the club the week before the fight, and I go up to him and tell him 'dude you got a fight coming up.' And he was like 'what's it to you mate' and he got all mad and salty about it, and he like wanted to fight to me."
Bisping said that was nonsense. He had trained all day and woke up at 10 p.m. in Las Vegas. He called his buddies Quinton Jackson and Tiki Ghosn, and met them at a club. Bisping said he was hanging out, drinking orange juice. That's when Evans approached the trio:
"Rashad comes stumbling over, drunk with half a shirt on. One half of the shirt hanging out. I said 'Rashad you're the one who's drunk. I'm drinking orange juice. Just leave me alone. I'm out for an hour or two.' I'm quite surprised he felt the need to go out and publicize it."
The reality show coaching gig has made heroes or villians out of several fighters. Tito Ortiz probably saw the biggest positive boost. Right now, Evans and Jackson are battling for heel supremacy on TUF 10. Bisping was definitely the bad boy coming off TUF 9. During a recent UFC chat session with fans, Bisping's name was booed every single time it was mentioned in Portland at UFC 102. The Brit doesn't understand that:
"I am who I am. I'm not a fake person. I'm not like a lot of fighters. Some fighters go out there and put on this fake image as a man of the people and all of that [expletive]. In reality they're [expletive]. They don't give people the time of the day."
Bisping said anyone who comes up and meets him wouldn't have a bad thing to say. He's also got a fan friendly website/blog.
TUF 9 was a mixed bag for Bisping. It brought a lot more eyes his way but he said it also derailed his progress as a fighter because nine months away from the cage was way too long.
Bisping returns to the Octagon at UFC 105 in Manchester, England on Nov. 14.
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OK give me Steve's number i would gladly call him and call him out. I'm not threatening him or anything bobby boy, but you do realize that there is a FREE mma event on BASIC CABLE and it is getting no coverage from these supposed "MMA" bloggers. instead we get an interview from someone NOT fighting in this weekends event, but 10 days from now and the blogs about the Strike Force event have been very, very bad to say the least.
i don't know about you but i think fedor is much more relevant than bisping, but yet we only have a song, sweater and a staring contest to read about him. Why is this? Equal coverage would be nice, but that would be expecting far too much.
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Bisping is a POS even if fighters put up a front for the camera it is better than portraying an arrogant loser. Ask Tim Silvia how far he got after a title with no respect from fans. I hate that guy even more. Vitor is an idealistic role model he can fight and show respect... (Maybe a little too preachy) you get what I mean. You don’t have to be an arrogant animal Bis PING.
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