Michael Bisping: “I haven’t made it official yet but I’m probably retired”

[Jolldan]

Over the last few months, former UFC middleweight champ Michael Bisping has been searching for a suitable opponent for the final fight of his illustrious career. During that time, the British legend has been linked to fights with Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, and Luke Rockhold, and called out by everyone from Brad Tavares to Gokhan Saki.

 

From the sounds of it, however, Bisping might not return to the cage at all, and opt instead to ease into his well-deserved retirement.

 

“[Luke Rockhold] is a fight that does make sense, but I’m retired,” Bisping said on his Believe You Me podcast (transcribed by Jim Edwards for MMNytt). “Everyone is calling me out, but I have no intention of fighting, let’s be honest. I’m retired. I haven’t made it official yet but I’m probably retired. Of course, when I say probably, that still gives me a window to come back but I’m probably retired.”

 

Bisping then explained why he’s holding off on making his retirement official.

“If I say I’m retired to the UFC, I come out of the USADA testing pool and then if I want to fight again, I have to go six months of testing I believe,” he said. “So if I retire and un-retire, I’ve got to do six months of testing prior to being able to fight again. So obviously there’s that. There’s that little hurdle there. I guess in the mean time all I’m doing is wasting USADA’s money because they’re showing up trying to test me when I’ve got no intention of fighting.”

 

“Another thing, if I’m going to retire, I want to try to make a bit of a bang about it,” Bisping continued. “I’ve just signed the deal to do a documentary with a Canadian production company called the Imagination Park and if I’m going to retire, I’ll go be a guest fighter or something like that and do it with a bang. Do it like that as opposed to just tweeting to Luke Rockhold at 4 in the morning, pissed out of me head.”

 

 

[Decompoze]

The 4 in the morning loaded retirement tweet to Rockhold sounds more entertaining.

[Kookork]

  Bisping is one of the few success stories of early UFC fighters.

 

Thank you Bisping and God Speed.

[Spooky_Shawn]

I feel like skyler banged his wife, and thats why he can't stop talking about him.

Edited May 10, 2018 by Spooky_Shawn

[stehilton94]

About as anti climactic as Anderson Silva's retirement will be

[PlatinumClegg]

He shouldn't have fought Gastelum 3 weeks after getting put to sleep.  I think he knows if a fat welterweight in Kelvin can scramble his brains that badly then he has no chance against a legit light heavyweight.

 

Before you idiots say anything about him being a middleweight he just said 2 goddamn days ago that he's 225 and will never cut to 185 pounds again.  He said he would fight at light heavy or possibly entertain Nick Diaz at a 195 catchweight.  Nick walks about 200 so that's not an issue and he's scared of a former lightweight in Masvidal willing to fight him at any weight.  

 

The damage is done.  Good career he was getting championship paydays about ten years before he was a champion.  He's sitting on enough coin to feed the kids and reminisce about the night old Dan Henderson nearly murdered him.

[PlatinumClegg]

Or rather I should say the NIGHTS old Dan Henderson nearly murdered him?  Homie had about 4 vagina's on his face after fighting a 106 year old Dan Henderson under USADA testing.

Edited May 10, 2018 by PlatinumClegg

[Bezerker101]

I hope it's true

[OzPride]

*retarded

[Los_Polo_Hermano]

After getting finished by Grease twice in one fight, he should retire.

 

He should have retired after losing to Hendo the second time.

[skillandpower]

I wonder how long it would  had taken Bisping to defend his title if he had beat GSP.

 

I also wonder if he would be talking about retirement if he was still the champ.

[OzPride]

Over the last few months, former UFC middleweight champ Michael Bisping has been searching for a suitable opponent for the final fight of his illustrious career. During that time, the British legend has been linked to fights with Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, and Luke Rockhold, and called out by everyone from Brad Tavares to Gokhan Saki.

 

From the sounds of it, however, Bisping might not return to the cage at all, and opt instead to ease into his well-deserved retardedment.

 

“[Luke Rockhold] is a fight that does make sense, but I’m retarded,” Bisping said on his Believe You Me podcast (transcribed by Jim Edwards for MMNytt). “Everyone is calling me out, but I have no intention of fighting, let’s be honest. I’m retarded. I haven’t made it official yet but I’m probably retarded. Of course, when I say probably, that still gives me a window to come back but I’m probably retarded.”

 

Bisping then explained why he’s holding off on making his retardedment official.

 

 

“If I say I’m retarded to the UFC, I come out of the USADA testing pool and then if I want to fight again, I have to go six months of testing I believe,” he said. “So if I retard and un-retard, I’ve got to do six months of testing prior to being able to fight again. So obviously there’s that. There’s that little hurdle there. I guess in the mean time all I’m doing is wasting USADA’s money because they’re showing up trying to test me when I’ve got no intention of fighting.”

 

“Another thing, if I’m going to retard, I want to try to make a bit of a bang about it,” Bisping continued. “I’ve just signed the deal to do a documentary with a Canadian production company called the Imagination Park and if I’m going to retard, I’ll go be a guest fighter or something like that and do it with a bang. Do it like that as opposed to just tweeting to Luke Rockhold at 4 in the morning, pissed out of me head.”

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[Bubba_Sparks]

Lol. Even in retirement bisping is rustling the jimmies of Australians.

[NoCakeForYaya]

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Lol wow that's a great deal of effort. Bisping is in your head fella.

[cashfl0w]

“If I say I’m retired to the UFC, I come out of the USADA testing pool and then if I want to fight again, I have to go six months of testing I believe,”

This is a cute way of saying "I dropped out of the USADA pool for a while, so I could use some roids. I'll be back after a cycle or two.".

[Bobmyster]

Bisping v Oz for THEIR retirement fight

[-idyb-]

he was a great fighter and a champions champion, until of course he stepped into the cage with Georges "Rush" St. Pierre and the GSP Curse took hold

 

wish you the best little buddy. hope you can pull through this and manage better than the rest of GSP's victims were able to, but it doesnt look promising when youre already talking retirement.

[OzPride]

Lol wow that's a great deal of effort. Bisping is in your head fella.

nah i like him now, just that paragraph is hilarious reading it with the edit

[agtx]

Shame he didnt retire before he lucked out on the title, poor Jacre never got his title shot cause of bispings bs title lockdown, now look at him. Tragic.

[the_vagenius]

I wonder how long it would had taken Bisping to defend his title if he had beat GSP.

 

I also wonder if he would be talking about retirement if he was still the champ.

had he won he wouldve never defended and retired the champ with a win over gsp

[skillandpower]

If Romero does not beat Whittaker, I think it would be very nice from Bisping to fight Romero as a suicid... oops retirement fight.