Michael Bisping actually knew easy methods to piss off his opponents, however there was one fighter he merely couldn’t rattle.
Even by his personal admission, ‘The Count’ was one of many UFC’s most obnoxious fighters throughout his 11 years with the promotion. After all, Bisping grew to become the middleweight champion after scoring some of the epic short-notice shockers of all time towards Luke Rockhold.
And he did it with one freakin’ eye.
Two fights later, he would meet a person who remained cool, calm and picked up irrespective of how a lot trash speak he threw at him.
“Georges St-Pierre was pretty unphasable, to be honest,” Bisping mentioned throughout an look on the JAXXON podcast.
Michael Bisping and GSP each made historical past with their respective middleweight title wins
Bisping’s scrap with GSP got here at UFC 217 in November 2017 and was the Brit’s second try at defending the middleweight title after touchdown a unanimous determination victory over longtime rival Dan Henderson the yr earlier than.
Sadly, Bisping would, like many earlier than him, fail to return out on prime towards St-Pierre and relinquished his 185-pound crown to the French-Canadian icon. One battle later, ‘The Count’ hung up his gloves for good.
At present, Bisping is a profitable analyst, colour commentator, and podcaster, however his identify will perpetually be etched within the UFC historical past books because the promotion’s first-ever British world champion.
As for GSP, he by no means fought once more after taking Bisping’s to make his personal historical past as a two-division titleholder contained in the Octagon.
