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I’m a couple days behind on this, but I wanted to make mention of a new column that Michael Bisping (12-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) is writing for UFC.com.

Bisping, who was the light heavyweight winner on the third season of The Ultimate Fighter, recently defeated Eric Schafer at UFC 66 this past December. He’s expected to next face MMA veteran and Australian Elvis Sinosic (8-9-2 MMA, 1-5 UFC) at April 21’s UFC 70 in Manchester, England.

With help from writer Anthony Evans, Bisping discusses various aspects of being a fighter, including training, publicity, travel and even possible opponents.

And according to Bisping’s own words, we’ll probably see more attention paid to the promising fighter. From UFC.com:

Dana White has said that I am going to be a ‘poster boy’ for the UFC in Great Britain and, although I’m not all that sure what a poster boy actually does, I’m very honoured and flattered the UFC thinks so highly of me.

Although the fight with Sinosic is disappointing if not expected (you can only coddle your rising stars so much), I was happy to read that Bisping was looking past his easier opponents and really concentrating on the division’s elite. Unfortunately, he’s just not giving them much respect.

Said Bisping:

After fighting on two live UFC shows now, the TUF finals last summer and now an actual PPV card, it has finally sunk in that I am a proper UFC fighter now, but I’m still a big UFC fan at heart, too.

But even though I enjoyed myself and the fights, I switched out of “fan mode” when Quinton Jackson made his Octagon debut.

Because he’s in the same division as me, I took a very close interest in Jackson’s win over Marvin Eastman. Because of his big win over Chuck Liddell in Japan a couple of years back, Jackson’s come to the UFC with this massive reputation but, to be honest, I’ve got to say I wasn’t that impressed.

I’d probably give Jackson five out of 10 on his performance, if you forgive the pun.

Even allowing for the fact that Eastman is a very underrated fighter, I didn’t think Rampage looked like this killer who has put the entire division on red alert.

I can only hope that those words above will spark some type of heated rivalry.

Although I’ve always enjoyed Bisping the fighter, Bipsing the person has always struck me as a bit of a wanker.

And personally, I find it disrespectful to call out a fighter that you probably won’t be fighting anytime soon — especially when the UFC is so protective of its champions from The Ultimate Fighter series.

Regardless of my personal opinions, however, a Jackson vs. Bisping bout would be a great one for UFC fans. We can only hope it happens sometime soon.



Being a Bisping fan I found what he said about Jackson very bigheaded and he dropped some fan points with me after this interview...

Comments?

jamlena

If he indeed said those words I hope the UFC let's him back them up soon, let the guys fight who they want to fight. I think the UFC does not listen to the fighters and fans enough when it comes to match making.

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pauly_j

I agree with what he said. He didn't really call him out, just said he wasn't impressed. To be honest, I saw Jackson/Eastman as a massive let down. He certainly didn't bring his A-game.

asskicker

Where does Bisping get off looking past a guy like Elvis Sinosec. Sure Elvis has a losing record but theres no doubt that Bisping would too if he had competion like Elvis'. He better focus on beating Sinosec before he plans on fighting Rampage or he wont even win his next fight.

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murrayjb

mmm...bisping should keep quiet. He isn't on Rampages level....atleast not yet anyway. He needs to beat one of the Big Boys before he talks about them like that.

baz00ca

ya that's pretty big headed of him. If he's going to look past opponents like that i can only hope his ego bites him in the rear

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Damone

I guess Bisping didn't pay any attention to Rampage's fights after the second Silva fight. He hasn't looked really impressive in a while.

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Cage_bx

wow i like bisping but he hasnt fought anybody to be talking like that.

Stonewall44

Rashad Evans made some comments about Jackson as well & I'm thinking to myself, while you guys were on that T.V show, Jackson has been fighting world class mf's & been going through some serious wars in the ring. Bisping damn near lost his last fight & his win wasn't all that impressive. Rashad kicked the #$%^ out of some guy who I've never even heard of so who cares what these dudes have to say.

AtomDanger

Yeah I agree, he shouldn't even be getting asked what he thinks of Rampages performance.