Bisping interview: Evans should mind his own business
It hasn't been an easy five months for Michael Bisping. The British middleweight, once the toast of the town, is still dealing with his first second career loss, a brutal knockout at the hands of Dan Henderson. Adding insult to injury, because of his coaching appearance on season of nine of "The Ultimate Fighter," he may now be amongst the five most disliked fighters in MMA. And on top of that he's got other fighters snitching on his late night habits.
Rashad Evans told Cagewriter back in July that Bisping didn't take that UFC 100 fight seriously and was out partying inside of two weeks from the fight:
"I was actually excited [to see him lose] not because I dislike Michael Bisping," Evans said. "It's the fact that I seen him out at the club the week before the fight, and I go up to him and tell him 'dude you got a fight coming up.' And he was like 'what's it to you mate' and he got all mad and salty about it, and he like wanted to fight to me."
Bisping said that was nonsense. He had trained all day and woke up at 10 p.m. in Las Vegas. He called his buddies Quinton Jackson and Tiki Ghosn, and met them at a club. Bisping said he was hanging out, drinking orange juice. That's when Evans approached the trio:
"Rashad comes stumbling over, drunk with half a shirt on. One half of the shirt hanging out. I said 'Rashad you're the one who's drunk. I'm drinking orange juice. Just leave me alone. I'm out for an hour or two.' I'm quite surprised he felt the need to go out and publicize it."
The reality show coaching gig has made heroes or villians out of several fighters. Tito Ortiz probably saw the biggest positive boost. Right now, Evans and Jackson are battling for heel supremacy on TUF 10. Bisping was definitely the bad boy coming off TUF 9. During a recent UFC chat session with fans, Bisping's name was booed every single time it was mentioned in Portland at UFC 102. The Brit doesn't understand that:
"I am who I am. I'm not a fake person. I'm not like a lot of fighters. Some fighters go out there and put on this fake image as a man of the people and all of that [expletive]. In reality they're [expletive]. They don't give people the time of the day."
Bisping said anyone who comes up and meets him wouldn't have a bad thing to say. He's also got a fan friendly website/blog.
TUF 9 was a mixed bag for Bisping. It brought a lot more eyes his way but he said it also derailed his progress as a fighter because nine months away from the cage was way too long.
Bisping returns to the Octagon at UFC 105 in Manchester, England on Nov. 14.
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