Bisping to Belcher: I’m an a——? Your tattooist is an a——
Alan Belcher won two straight fights in the UFC, and four of the last five, taking two Fight of the…
Alan Belcher won two straight fights in the UFC, and four of the last five, taking two Fight of the Night and two Submission of the Night bonuses in the process.
It all came to a screeching halt when Belcher suffered a detached retina while training in Brazil for a fight against the world-ranked Demian Maia. He underwent emergency surgery in August, and has been taking steps back to the Octagon since.
Belcher was released to start sparring again in February, but it will be several more months before fans will see The Talent in the cage again. A September UFC event in New Orleans has become his target.
I only had two sparring sessions with heavy hitters (before the retina detached), Belcher told Sherdog.com. I started seeing things, but I didn’t know what to look for. I started noticing something was wrong, and it kind of happened over time. I flew back to the U.S. and had surgery. Then, I had to have surgery again a month later when the retina detached again.
(Then) it really hit home. I wondered how I’d be able to see again. I just wanted to be able to see my child and live a normal life. I wasn’t thinking about fighting. People talked to me about fighting again, but it wasn’t in my mind at all. Once my eye finally healed, it was all downhill and so easy from there.
Right now, I’m planning to come back in September. Everything is looking good so far, and I’m glad to be back in training. The time off was good for me. I got to see things from a different point of view. It made me realize just how lucky I was to be a fighter. It’s truly a gift that I’ve been given, but now I’m ready to be back as good or better than I’ve ever been.
My vision is still not perfect, but when both my eyes are open, I can see what I’m doing. I’m nearsighted in my right eye, and if I close my left eye, things get blurry unless I’m really close to something. It’s getting better every day. I have my peripheral vision, and I can see well enough to spar. I’ll be able to see what people are doing.
My doctor told me there’s no chance to detach the retina again now that it’s healed up. The only problem might come if I get poked in my left eye, leaving me with one blurry eye, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take.
Bisping is an a—— who disrespects the sport and his opponent. A fight between me and Michael Bisping is something everybody wants except for Michael Bisping. It would be amazing to sign that fight and have him come to my backyard. He always gets to fight in Britain and other places, but it’d be good to see him come down to Louisiana. I’d love for that to be my comeback fight.
Bisping responds via FIghter’s Only magazine:
Yeah really original. I suppose he thinks he can get back in the mix by calling me out. But if he wants an easy fight he should sue his tattooist for that abomination on his arm. I know Belcher has vision problems right now but we still have to look at that mess.
He’s got a lot of nerve calling me an a—— when he walks round with that on him. Although lets be fair, the real a—— is the tattooist who drew that.