Reflecting on his adorned UFC profession, Corridor of Fame star, Michael Bisping has recounted his notorious 2013 headliner with fellow ex-champion, Vitor Belfort in a hostile atmosphere in Brazil — as soon as extra accusing the veteran of “juicing” forward of their bitter pairing.
Bisping, a former undisputed middleweight champion and Final Fighter victor throughout his tenure with the UFC, took on the above-mentioned Belfort in 2013 atop a UFC Battle Night time Sao Paulo card in Brazil, struggling a thunderous knockout defeat.
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Michael Bisping reignites rivalry with Brazilian foe Vitor Belfort
Felled within the second spherical in opposition to the previous gentle heavyweight star, Bisping was dropped and stopped through a crucial high-kick from Belfort, nevertheless, regardless of testing constructive for banned substances in a while throughout his divisional run, the Brazilian has been accused of using efficiency enhancing medicine of their pairing as well.
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“Vitor Belfort, [was] juiced out of his mind, kicked me in the head and detached a retina,” Michael Bisping stated throughout a current look on the JAXXON Podcast. “Then it re-detached, and I got glaucoma—just one thing after another.”
“He kicked me in the head he was was juiced out to the max,” Michael Bisping defined. “You can take one look at the guy and you know”
Ultimately rebounding to win the middleweight crown following a run which noticed losses to each Tim Kennedy and Luke Rockhold, Bisping would headline UFC 199 in opposition to the latter on brief discover in 2016, stopping him with an upset first spherical knockout to win his first championship in his time with the promotion.
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Lodging a sole profitable title protection, Bisping would avenge his notorious UFC 100 knockout loss to bitter rival, Dan Henderson in Manchester later that 12 months, beating the previous Pleasure FC icon with a contentious unanimous choice win on dwelling soil.
