UFC middleweight Michael Bisping may be one of the organization’s most recognizable stars but he’s far from a prima donna. Rather, the 33-year old Brit is cut from the same cloth as the generation of fighters who laid down the groundwork for him to succeed inside the Octagon. Bisping is open to all challenges and doesn’t care if he has a day, a week, a month, or a year to prepare for his opponents.
However, Bisping’s approach has taken its toll on him, and he recently told ESPN he needs to change things up after recently coming to recognize he has nerve damage in his neck even if it means cancelling he scheduled scrap with Alan Belcher at UFC 159.
“My right arm, and this is the first time I’ve mentioned this, I have a trapped nerve in my neck and [possibly] need surgery on my neck. The way they’ve described it is that if you stand on a hosepipe, a lot of the water doesn’t get through. The nerves along my right arm aren’t getting through.”
“All along here (gestures towards his side and pectoral area), you could squeeze my pec, really get your nails into it, and I wouldn’t feel a thing. My right arm is so much weaker than my left, it’s called atrophy, my muscle is wasting away because nerve signals aren’t getting through.”
“I need that taken care of but I’ve been fighting so much that I haven’t had time for the treatment. I’m seeing a specialist on Tuesday, hopefully to get it sorted. I’m too old school for my own good.”
“The thing is I’ve got another fight booked already. My hand, I can’t even make a fist because I keep going into fight after fight after fight. Really what I need is six months off – but I don’t want to take six months off. I like what I do, I like to be kept busy.”
“Some things need to change. I consistently overtrain…I’m my own head coach, my own nutritionist, I need somebody to kick my ass and discipline me.”
SOURCE: ESPN
PHOTO CREDIT: UFC
Michael Bisping: “I was doing this when Chris Weidman was probably getting bullied out of his lunch money in school.”
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Mick says:
March 21, 2013 at 12:27 pm
I really only have one comment about these picks and it is about Bisping “The No-count”. When his fighting record is reviewed closely it is obvious that he has never knocked out anyone, of any skill level in his time in the UFC. In fact his record outside the UFC and mostly in England and Europe are all he has to bolster his career. When he won by sttoppage against Jorge Rivera it was following the controversial illegal knee to Rivera’s head and face. Spitting, talking garbage, disrespecting each and every one of his opponents and conducting himself as an underserving ass have become his trademark and legacy in the sport. He spewed all kinds of smack about Hendo until he was knocked stiff and literally ran out of the cage when he finally woke up. I think the UFC has to take some responsibility in Bispings reputation by coddling him in the interest of the European market and virtually ignoring his repetitive in cage fouls and otheerwise DQ’ing potential behaviors.
To hear him speak of knocking anyone out in my opinion is laughable. He has dodged Silva for a very long time and has demonstrated he has no spine when considering that contest. He is a cetified, bonafied, card carrying iconic ass.
bisping needs to think a lot of things
who the hell is training this guy then