Michael Bisping was left completely disfigured by Vitor Belfort.
Not surprisingly, the previous middleweight champion doesn’t have lots of good issues to say about “The Phenom” following their UFC on FX 7 headliner again in 2013. That’s the place TRT-tor despatched Bisping’s eyeball into the third row with a second-round head kick.
Nowadays, the still-bitter “Depend” most likely wouldn’t piss on Belfort if the Brazilian was on hearth (his phrases). Regardless of their historical past, Bisping was nonetheless keen to offer Belfort his flowers for the ex-champ’s UFC Corridor of Fame announcement earlier this month in Montreal.
“After we had been in Des Moines, Paul Felder had slightly piece for the (video) bundle the place we communicate in regards to the greatness of the folks getting inducted into the Corridor of Fame,” Bisping advised MMA Junkie. “They mentioned, ‘We gained’t ask you Mike, for apparent causes.’ I mentioned, ‘You recognize what? I don’t care. I’ll do it.’ While you have a look at it and take away all of the feelings from it, the person was the UFC heavyweight champion of the world at 19. He then grew to become the sunshine heavyweight champion. He virtually grew to become the middleweight champion. He’s the closest factor we’ve needed to a three-weight champion.”
Belfort (26-14, 1 NC) retired from UFC with a knockout loss to Lyoto Machida at UFC 224, a second-round loss that was “very satisfying” for Bisping to observe. I’m undecided first-round knockout losses to Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman qualify as “virtually” changing into middleweight champion, however we will argue that time one other time.
“Was he an enormous cheater? After all,” Bisping continued. “Did he take lots of steroids? After all. Had been there lots of different folks doing that on the identical time? Completely there was. I get it. I misplaced a watch due to this man. He can stick his Corridor of Fame up his ass. However he does deserve it. You’ll be able to’t deny what he did contained in the Octagon. You simply can’t deny it. If that’s not a Corridor of Fame profession, I don’t know what’s. Whether or not you prefer it or not, he deserves it.”
Belfort, 48, will probably be inducted throughout Worldwide Battle Week in June.
