Bisping: Weidman made Belfort look like the coward he is
Michael Bisping: ““I want to kick him in the head and punch him in the face, it’s as simple as that. Whatever way around will get it done is fine by me.”
Michael Bisping was perhaps one of the happiest guys to watch Chris Weidman dominate and finish Vitor Belfort at UFC 187. Bisping fought and lost to Vitor Belfort in 2013 and at the time Belfort was on testosterone replacement therapy. Bisping was more than happy to watch the fight and see Weidman ‘turn Belfort into a coward’:
I looked at (Belfort), and he looks like half the man he used to be, quite literally, Bisping (26-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) told MMAjunkie during a teleconference in support of his headliner against Thales Leites (25-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 72. His legs look like two little chicken legs dangling out of a female’s body, and he looked like, to be honest, my 14-year-old son could have beaten him up.
If that wasn’t enough of a kick to the downed Belfort’s ribs, Bisping dropped the mic with this: Chris Weidman made him look like the coward he is.
Fighting words, indeed. But also par for the course with Bisping, who faces the surging Leities at SS Hydro Arena on July 18 in Glasgow, Scotland. The Brazilian is on a five-fight winning streak, and arguably of more value to Bisping’s oft-delayed goal of earning a title shot.
Of course, I would like to avenge the loss on my record, but I’m not sure avenge is the correct word, Bisping said when asked about a rematch with Belfort. I mean, he was on TRT, so it was kind of an unfair advantage.
I want to kick him in the head and punch him in the face, it’s as simple as that. Whatever way around will get it done is fine by me. But I’m focused on the title. Fighting Vitor isn’t something that’s going to help achieve that, but I would love to punch that guy in the face.