Bisping: Canada’s champion GSP is a f@$%ing fraud

UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping appeared recently on the epic #44th episode of Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, and responded to charges that he avoided the top contenders in order to fight GSP. As it turns out, he accepted a fight with the winner of Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero. The winner, Whittaker, injured his knee in the process, and thus the fight with GSP was made. Bisping is also not impressed that GSP is stepping up a division after taking a break back in 2013.

There’s a lot of people out there that like to talk s*** and say that, ‘He’s dodging the No. 1 contender,’ and all of this, said Bisping, as transcribed by Shaun Al-Shatti for MMA Fighting. Prior to Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero fighting, I had a quick meeting with Dana White in the backroom of the MGM, or wherever the f***, the T-Mobile Arena, and I agreed to coach The Ultimate Fighter against whoever won that fight. So in essence, I accepted a fight with Yoel and I accepted a fight with Robert Whittaker.”

It was Robert Whittaker that said he needed some time, he didn’t want to fight. Obviously a fight with Yoel doesn’t make sense because Yoel just lost. But it’s funny how things happen, because that actually gave the GSP thing an ability to happen. Because that fight happened on a Saturday, we were supposed to start coaching The Ultimate Fighter on the Tuesday.

Georges has fallen into the trap that many people fall into, and that trap is, he thinks he can beat me. A lot of people look at me on TV and they go, ‘I can beat that guy. Look at the way he fights,’ and this and that. But then when they get in there with me, it’s a different thing. … the story that’s surrounding Georges is that, ‘Oh, this guy, he’s coming out of retirement after four years and he’s going to step up a weight class and fight the champion. Man, this guy’s amazing. He’s got balls bigger than Canada.’

But in truth, he’s doing this because he thinks he can beat me. We trained together a long, long time ago and he outwrestled me then. I didn’t know a double-leg from a Big Mac. So he still thinks he can outwrestle me down and beat me. He didn’t want to fight Anderson Silva when he was the champion. He didn’t want to fight Luke Rockhold when he was the champion. So he’s looking at me as easy pickings. That’s why he’s focused on fighting me so much. And for all this talk, I say Georges is a fraud. And Canada, who looks at him as their champion — Canada’s champion is a f****ing fraud.

I’m going to remind him why he retired. Johny Hendricks beat him so bad, he thought he was f***ing abducted by aliens. That’s why Georges retired. You know this. Everybody knows this.”

You can lie to yourself at this point, but the closer the fight gets, that’s when it keeps you up at night, and then when he’s in the locker room and it’s just before he goes out, there’s 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden, and he’s going to think, ‘S***. S***. I know why I retired. It’s because of this feeling right here, this feeling of doubt, the scared-ness that we all get, the fright.’ And he’s going to walk out there and then the lights are going to be on him, he hasn’t fought in four years, he’s going to think, ‘S***, what the f*** am I doing here? Why did I say yes to this again?’ Because he doesn’t need the money.

He’s coming up a weight class against bigger guys — a bigger guy who’s used to fighting bigger guys, who’s used to fighting guys who can hit way harder than Georges can hit me. He can’t hurt me with anything. And then when I jab him in the face and I punch him again, he’s suddenly going to realize, ‘S***, I made a mistake here. I shouldn’t have done this. I should’ve backed out.’ He should’ve never came back.

Michael Bisping fights Georges St-Pierre at UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre on November 4, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.