MMA Fighting · May 29, 2018
Against the odds, Michael Bisping had one hell of a career
In a strange way, even Michael Bisping’s official retirement on Monday came against a certain lay of odds. After he lost to Kelvin Gastelum in Shanghai — in what will go down as the most ill advised idea of his 39-fight career — he was still angling for one last fight in England, where it all began for him back in 2004. Given what a pugnacious, confrontational, and ultimately stubborn bastard he can be when it comes to fighting, it was hard to argue with him. Arguing is the one wheelhouse Bisping’s most comfortable in. He has always done exactly what Bisping’s going to do, and one little knockout wasn’t going stand in his way.