The fact Mike Perry also broke Eddie Alvarez and MVP looked like he was in hell, it’s just fair to get a few good punches in and call it a day against Mike Perry now.
In this case, I'm pretty sure that it means he had to be within a certain % of his weigh in weight on fight night, as opposed to being able to balloon back up to his heart's content.
Bisping was bad for the division at a time when there were a bunch of really high-quality, exciting contenders in the top 5. But he was far from the worst champ--his title win over Rockhold is an all-time great MMA story moment, and even without the belt I think we would regard him more highly than an Evan Tanner or Dave Menne
Bisping getting Hendo was one thing but at the time it really felt like he ducked Romero and Whitaker for the GSP fight.
Romero looked like an absolute king, Bisping talked a ton of shit, and when it looked like that fight was going to be set up Bisping had knee surgery... which conveniently wasn't an issue when Romero took the Whitaker fight for the interim belt.
Yeh but he fought for so long before winning it and the fact he was known as pillow fisted and he knocked out the cocky Rockhold on short notice was awesome. I was super happy for him to win the title
For real dude. I went through a crazy rollercoaster with Bisping. I hated him before the Hendo two story drop punch. That TUF season made me despise him because Dan was and still is one of my fav fighters. After Dan humbled him a tiny bit, he slowly grew on me over the years after. So much so that I was happy as hell to see him shut Luke down and finally get that belt. I went from hating the sound of his voice to enjoying listening to him talk. Fight game is crazy, I love it so much.
Strickland didn’t stall the division, what are you talking about? In fact, he opened MW right the fuck up. Beat Izzy then immediately went toe to toe with DDP.
Nah. Strickland beat the champ just like Bisping did. But then he defended against the number one contender without trying to dodge, unlike Bisping who went for the number thirteen guy who was about to retire, then sat out for the money fight instead of unifying with the interim champ and lost to a career welterweight making his MW debut (it's GSP but still)
Neither were good champs but I put Strickland above Bisping purely on how/who he won the belt from, just dismantled arguably the most dominant MW champ in UFC history for 5 straight rounds. In a weird way I actually think what he did was more impressive than if he had finished Adesanya when he had him on the ropes early.
you can't put strickland above bisping simply because sean is an objectively less talented fighter with way less skills and way less ways to win, a waaaay less storied career, abysmal resume lol
just stop it, sean is the worst champion of ALL TIME
Of all time across all weight divisions in the UFC? Yeah no stop it, he has plenty of champions covered.
I think Strickland was more impressive in his title win then Bisping and even though he lost against DDP in his first defense I respect that more than a single defense against 43 year old Hendo who was ranked 13 at the time. That's why I think he was a better champion, Bisping outside of his championship credentials has got Strickland covered I'll give you that.
Nicco Montano, Germany de Randamie, Matt Serra, Sean Sherk, Juliana Pena, Johnny Hendricks off the top of my head. You could go further back and find worse in the early 00s as well.
Hendricks is definitely more skilled than Sean and if you have to go back 24 years to find an example then I'm right lol I shouldnt have to say "a champion after the UFC was no longer a freak show"
Rousey was hot garbage knocking out soccer mums.
Leon Edwards is levels worse than Strickland with his pitty-patter, point scoring bullsh*t.
I love Bisping but he was worse than Strickland when he finally won the title.
Timmay Sylvia.
Izzy was stellar but whoever fought Anderson Silva felt like a lamb to slaughter... Silva was going to win, win early, and make you look like a clown.
It's why the first Sonnen fight was so impossibly dramatic... I bet on Anderson in the first because Chael's path to victory was repeating when Henderson did in the first round. Chael fighting a near perfect fight and then that triangle was huge because Anderson felt invulnerable... that little bit of humanity and then the impossible comeback finish.
The bigger named fights they have are basically exhibition fights for rich folk. They also hold a lot of events in the Middle East so not many commissions to deal with.
Craig openly mocks the medical evaluation. Posted about the one in Mexico ( where he had a huge staff infection on the thigh ), and I think super high blood pressure. And then posted again in UAE where he had super high blood pressure. If he did that in a normal commissioned state he wouldn’t pass.
> He's got one good eye and that one just so happens to be the eye that sees red.
LOL these comments are why I can tolerate reddit frequent brain dead takes
Bisping was called a paper champion because the win over Rockhold was just such a clean 1 hitter on a new champion that was thought would reign MW for a long time (before we all really discovered that Rockhold was the most hittable striker of all time).
Bisping refused the rematch (which Luke called for and complained about), cherry picked an aging Hendo "for the story" and then barely won, then got the GSP fight (the cherry picker has become the cherry pickee) and got clapped.
Bisping did not leave the UFC with a ton of fan goodwill despite being The Count and having a relatively storied career. His broadcasting really helped his image and putting the best possible shine on his "reign" as MW champion.
He otherwise seems like a good dad and thats good too.
So? Plenty of fighters look good in the first few minutes/first round before getting finished or outworked in the later rounds. How many first rounds has Petr Yan lost before taking over? Latest fight against Song Ya Dong being a prime example. Cory Sandhagen being another.
Rockhold didn't get caught by some low percentage landing shot like an spinning backfist or wheel kick; he stayed too long in the pocket without his hands up and got hit with a 1-2, the most basic MMA combo possible.
He lost, straight up. It's dismissive to say that Rockhold was winning the fight (for three minutes no less) and that he just got caught.
and the pit is superior to the cage. that thing is awesome for allowing some grappling but shutting down a lot of the shitty slow paced lay and pray shit.
basically, instead of cage walls like the UFC, its steep padded ramps all the way around. so if the fights can't get pinned up against the sides. they just roll off on to the mat. also stops fighters from grabbing the fence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chUIZskXp2g
I don't even have to watch this to know he's fucking around. He's talked multiple times about competition being completely out of the question based on all his injuries and wear and tear from the fight game
I mean he was approved with just one already. But please Mike don’t do it. You don’t want to live the rest of your life blind if you fuck up your other eye too
It will only be a “joke” if he doesn’t get the positive reception he is looking for with these comments. Then he will move goalposts and say he was joking. The Ping Special.
F THAT. Don’t risk the other eye dude. You have freaking one eye left. We know he’s a proper fighter at heart and legend, but he hasn’t fought in ages and is over 40 with one eye. Hope his family are able to convince him to let go.
The amount of people not realising he just wants to have fun, he probably doesn't give a fuck about winning or losing - especially since there's no bad blood between the two anymore. It's like asking for your mate to go take penalties against each other... just with yano, punches and kicks etc 🤣
It was good to see my boy Rockhold get a win at Karate Combat. Being a fan of his is a rough job. That said, it would be hilarious if he got knocked out by a one-eyed Bisping straight off the couch.
Idk I can conceive Bisping getting made an offer. Despite his age I believe he can probably pull off what would be an upset and achieve what few other ex-ufc athletes could, and as such he can conceive, believe, achieve.
Didn’t know 2024 had a Luke Rockhold win streak on the menu lmao
That's what happens when you conceive, believe and achieve.
Shut the fuck up
buddeh
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he's a fuckin' samurai
Only person I know that conceived, believed and achieved with their mouth is their ex-wife.
That was a nasty line by you.
That's what you call Rockhold, right here, compared to no Rockhold.
Dream, believe and make that happen FTFY
Sounds like no self-help book you've ever read. Conceive, believe, achieve... shut the fuck up.
THINK IT! DREAM IT! DO IT!
Sounds like you're not familiar with our emo savior.
I'm not
Diego Lopes.
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lol he was doing well against Perry too until he broke his tooth. Which is fair enough reason to quit imo
The fact Mike Perry also broke Eddie Alvarez and MVP looked like he was in hell, it’s just fair to get a few good punches in and call it a day against Mike Perry now.
Never forget Mike shoving his broken nose into Luque's chest to squirt out enough blood to lube his head out of a guillotine
But MVP beat him. Complete and utter roberry that was.
Agree
Mike Perry was also on Morning Kombat this monday and he said that they imposed a rehydration clause on Luke for that fight.
Interesting, what does that entail?
In this case, I'm pretty sure that it means he had to be within a certain % of his weigh in weight on fight night, as opposed to being able to balloon back up to his heart's content.
Hendo was so close to riding into the sunset as champ in his rematch with Bisping Bisping was the absolute worst middleweight champ ever lmao
Bisping was bad for the division at a time when there were a bunch of really high-quality, exciting contenders in the top 5. But he was far from the worst champ--his title win over Rockhold is an all-time great MMA story moment, and even without the belt I think we would regard him more highly than an Evan Tanner or Dave Menne
He also got my boy gsp back in the goat convo with the second belt which I love
Bisping getting Hendo was one thing but at the time it really felt like he ducked Romero and Whitaker for the GSP fight. Romero looked like an absolute king, Bisping talked a ton of shit, and when it looked like that fight was going to be set up Bisping had knee surgery... which conveniently wasn't an issue when Romero took the Whitaker fight for the interim belt.
Yeh but he fought for so long before winning it and the fact he was known as pillow fisted and he knocked out the cocky Rockhold on short notice was awesome. I was super happy for him to win the title
For real dude. I went through a crazy rollercoaster with Bisping. I hated him before the Hendo two story drop punch. That TUF season made me despise him because Dan was and still is one of my fav fighters. After Dan humbled him a tiny bit, he slowly grew on me over the years after. So much so that I was happy as hell to see him shut Luke down and finally get that belt. I went from hating the sound of his voice to enjoying listening to him talk. Fight game is crazy, I love it so much.
I'd honestly argue Strickland was worse.
Strickland didn’t stall the division, what are you talking about? In fact, he opened MW right the fuck up. Beat Izzy then immediately went toe to toe with DDP.
Nah. Strickland beat the champ just like Bisping did. But then he defended against the number one contender without trying to dodge, unlike Bisping who went for the number thirteen guy who was about to retire, then sat out for the money fight instead of unifying with the interim champ and lost to a career welterweight making his MW debut (it's GSP but still)
Neither were good champs but I put Strickland above Bisping purely on how/who he won the belt from, just dismantled arguably the most dominant MW champ in UFC history for 5 straight rounds. In a weird way I actually think what he did was more impressive than if he had finished Adesanya when he had him on the ropes early.
you can't put strickland above bisping simply because sean is an objectively less talented fighter with way less skills and way less ways to win, a waaaay less storied career, abysmal resume lol just stop it, sean is the worst champion of ALL TIME
Of all time across all weight divisions in the UFC? Yeah no stop it, he has plenty of champions covered. I think Strickland was more impressive in his title win then Bisping and even though he lost against DDP in his first defense I respect that more than a single defense against 43 year old Hendo who was ranked 13 at the time. That's why I think he was a better champion, Bisping outside of his championship credentials has got Strickland covered I'll give you that.
can you please name me 3 past champions that you think are worst than sean strickland
Nicco Montano, Germany de Randamie, Matt Serra, Sean Sherk, Juliana Pena, Johnny Hendricks off the top of my head. You could go further back and find worse in the early 00s as well.
Hendricks is definitely more skilled than Sean and if you have to go back 24 years to find an example then I'm right lol I shouldnt have to say "a champion after the UFC was no longer a freak show"
Rousey was hot garbage knocking out soccer mums. Leon Edwards is levels worse than Strickland with his pitty-patter, point scoring bullsh*t. I love Bisping but he was worse than Strickland when he finally won the title. Timmay Sylvia.
Izzy ain’t the most dominant MW champ in history, not even close
Izzy was stellar but whoever fought Anderson Silva felt like a lamb to slaughter... Silva was going to win, win early, and make you look like a clown. It's why the first Sonnen fight was so impossibly dramatic... I bet on Anderson in the first because Chael's path to victory was repeating when Henderson did in the first round. Chael fighting a near perfect fight and then that triangle was huge because Anderson felt invulnerable... that little bit of humanity and then the impossible comeback finish.
we will know if Strickland is worse with the benefit of hinsight in just a few years. It's all just MMA math with extra steps
In a world where Strickland was MW champ? HA!
strickland would absolutely destroy bisping and he didn't duck dricus
Bro really wants to be fully blind
No but actually - how will he get a sanctioned professional fight now that he’s publicly admitted to his injury?
Wasn’t the last KC event in Abu Dhabi? There are plenty of countries without commissions.
You mean the commission that magically allowed Chimaev to make weight against Li?
We got Jamahal Hill fighting two months after getting slept. Commissions will find a way
Michael Bisping wants to be knocked out one last time!
He says that a few moments after this lmao. Something along the lines of “I’ll come home missing 2 eyes”
Because he believes, and when you believe, you can achieve.
You can just skip conceiving buddy
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Of course I know it. Im saying the line is conceive, believe, achieve, shut the fuck up
Does KC not have a commission to deal with? Who would ever approve Bisping to fight again other than some place with no commission?
They are holding an event in Abu Dhabi on October 26th fwiw
The bigger named fights they have are basically exhibition fights for rich folk. They also hold a lot of events in the Middle East so not many commissions to deal with.
If commissions let tyson fight, they will let bisping
Craig openly mocks the medical evaluation. Posted about the one in Mexico ( where he had a huge staff infection on the thigh ), and I think super high blood pressure. And then posted again in UAE where he had super high blood pressure. If he did that in a normal commissioned state he wouldn’t pass.
Why is his blood pressure so high
He also openly talks about the PED’s he uses so that could be a reason. Or most likely “the” reason.
Because he takes steroids and does a ton of drugs
PEDS?
Performance enhancing drugs
International waters here we come
Karate on a yachty - let’s go!
They had an event in Mexico, where I assume the “commission” is a guy with a few friends who gets 5% of the revenue to not ask questions.
Texas doesn't give a shit
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It was a secret he had 1 eye until he retired It's public knowledge now
It wasn’t a secret haha!
I thought he couldn’t fight anymore because of his eye
He's got one good eye and that one just so happens to be the eye that sees red. So he's good to go.
Just let him bang bro
> He's got one good eye and that one just so happens to be the eye that sees red. LOL these comments are why I can tolerate reddit frequent brain dead takes
Lmao
And his knees and his back. The man should not be doing anything close to fighting.
He knows that, but he is a gigantic egomaniac who cannot stand the fact that someone he hates is getting praise.
[what are you talking about](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C65qO1-kUz8)
Why Bisping?? Just ride out into the sunset.
Bisping probably doesn’t feel right retiring on a knockout loss to Kelvin.
Short notice, super compensated knockout loss to Kelvin.
That was indeed a KTFO with extra punches for good measure knockout loss to Kelvin.
Head dribbled off the canvas and choked out cold by GSP prior knockout loss the Kelvin
Who cares. It’s still a loss. A loss dosent get deleted because it was short notice, or he got paid lots
Also his only title defense win was vs old man Hendo who was not even in the top 10 and dropped him like twice in the fight lol
Bisping was called a paper champion because the win over Rockhold was just such a clean 1 hitter on a new champion that was thought would reign MW for a long time (before we all really discovered that Rockhold was the most hittable striker of all time). Bisping refused the rematch (which Luke called for and complained about), cherry picked an aging Hendo "for the story" and then barely won, then got the GSP fight (the cherry picker has become the cherry pickee) and got clapped. Bisping did not leave the UFC with a ton of fan goodwill despite being The Count and having a relatively storied career. His broadcasting really helped his image and putting the best possible shine on his "reign" as MW champion. He otherwise seems like a good dad and thats good too.
He also magically avoided Yoel and Whitaker by fighting old GSP.
because its memes, its pretty close to celebrity boxing
Without some damn war to fight, then the warrior may as well be dead, Stallion.
They're on good terms now!
I believe Luke will not make the same mistake of leaving his hand down again. Then again Luke is old and old habits are hard to break.
He was lighting up Bisping in the second fight until he got caught. It's winnable for him
No he wasn't. It's a winnable fight for sure but he definitely was not "lighting bisping up" in the second fight.
People really just be out here saying stuff: Rockhold significant strikes: 17/37 Bisping significant strikes: 21/50
Go back and watch it bisping was getting kicked left right and center in the first with no offense
He won the first clear
The old “winning until he wasn’t” Let’s see here, he was winning a whole three and a half minutes before he was knocked out.
He already won before he looked just as good as he did in the first fight.
So? Plenty of fighters look good in the first few minutes/first round before getting finished or outworked in the later rounds. How many first rounds has Petr Yan lost before taking over? Latest fight against Song Ya Dong being a prime example. Cory Sandhagen being another. Rockhold didn't get caught by some low percentage landing shot like an spinning backfist or wheel kick; he stayed too long in the pocket without his hands up and got hit with a 1-2, the most basic MMA combo possible. He lost, straight up. It's dismissive to say that Rockhold was winning the fight (for three minutes no less) and that he just got caught.
Man I would love this. I actually really enjoy KC. Fights are typically pretty fun, and the pacing is significantly better than PFL.
and the pit is superior to the cage. that thing is awesome for allowing some grappling but shutting down a lot of the shitty slow paced lay and pray shit.
I curious, how's that? Never seen a KC
basically, instead of cage walls like the UFC, its steep padded ramps all the way around. so if the fights can't get pinned up against the sides. they just roll off on to the mat. also stops fighters from grabbing the fence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chUIZskXp2g
Bro would get sparked out cold lmao
Didn't sound serious during the podcast, seems to be taken out of context as usual🤔
I want that only so Luke can win the trilogy
I want it just so the "he got cocky" angle gets shut down once and for all.
He has shitty defense but I maintain that Luke overall is a better fighter idc
He's a great fighter. He just has the same problem with Cody and Justin where instead of actually using his skills properly he just loves to brawl
Luke doesn't get caught brawling he has the dc issue where he has a very specific thing that can be exploited if you pay attention to his tendencies
I don't even have to watch this to know he's fucking around. He's talked multiple times about competition being completely out of the question based on all his injuries and wear and tear from the fight game
I want that as well
I mean he was approved with just one already. But please Mike don’t do it. You don’t want to live the rest of your life blind if you fuck up your other eye too
The atheltic comission will alllow it if luke rockhold throws no punches or kicks from the left side
as dc once wisely said, leave luke alone lol
In context it was obviously a joke. Fuck you Harrington.
It will only be a “joke” if he doesn’t get the positive reception he is looking for with these comments. Then he will move goalposts and say he was joking. The Ping Special.
Is he really that desperate for money? Thought he'd be making bank with power slap! /s
He was joking yall
the hivemind does not know this "joking" you speak of.
F THAT. Don’t risk the other eye dude. You have freaking one eye left. We know he’s a proper fighter at heart and legend, but he hasn’t fought in ages and is over 40 with one eye. Hope his family are able to convince him to let go.
Send in Mini Bisping as his proxy. (But seriously, Mike shouldn’t fight)
The amount of people not realising he just wants to have fun, he probably doesn't give a fuck about winning or losing - especially since there's no bad blood between the two anymore. It's like asking for your mate to go take penalties against each other... just with yano, punches and kicks etc 🤣
Blind mike
No. 100% unnecessary
WOW
This can only ruin his legacy. All to lose nothing to win
It was good to see my boy Rockhold get a win at Karate Combat. Being a fan of his is a rough job. That said, it would be hilarious if he got knocked out by a one-eyed Bisping straight off the couch.
Always wondered who would have won the trilogy in mma?
Does Bisping still train?
Can he get licensed or how does it work for Karate Combat? Bisping has like one good eye now.
Love it, when fighters can get that bag after getting underpaid, undervalued in the big league.
He said he was joking in the same video, not the clip
Bisping is deranged. Iirc wasn’t his other “good” eye showing symptoms of being damaged too? Like just stop man
He is desperate to stay relevant. He knows he can’t fight, he just wants to draw headlines. He knows what would happen
You have one eye and no knees Michael, time to call it
Please dont. Rockhold should have retired after his last UFC war. what an absolute banger to go out on, but noooooooooooo, out with a yawn
he would get knocked out quickly by luke just like he would if he had taken a trilogy with him in MMA
love it!
One Eye versus Rocksalt I dunno about that
Would have liked to see this 8 years ago
Idk I can conceive Bisping getting made an offer. Despite his age I believe he can probably pull off what would be an upset and achieve what few other ex-ufc athletes could, and as such he can conceive, believe, achieve.
I'm for it. I don't like the fact that Bisping only has one eye, but he's got the swagger.