It’s crazy how they stole that fight from Hendo. I mean Jesus all you had to do is look at them side-by-side after the fight. Only one of them look like they got put through a wood chipper.
even with TRT, its still impressive. I mean what about all of the fight damage the guy took fighting for more than 25 years. Also TRT doesnt exactly give you the skillset that Henderson had, maybe it just enhanced it a bit idk. Vitor was another good example of TRT and he also fought well into his 40's so there really must be something to it.
Bisping was boxing the bleeding head off him, kicking the bleeding leg off him, usual shite dive to close the distance. This is not over. If Bisping has to take it outside with Neanderthal Henderson, then it's all outside, he couldn't give a bollocks.
it's kinda wild that Bisping wasn't better prepared for dan's overhand right considering that it's what knocked him out the first fight AND it's coming towards his left side where his eye actually works, great fight nonetheless
@@MrOpportunity45 just stating facts dude. don’t even really like Bisping in all honesty, but competing at the highest level of MMA minus the ability to comprehend distance is still impressive.
I still say Hendo won this fight. Beating his ass the whole time. They just didn’t want a 46 year champion. One of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen in UFC history. I have been watching since the wild days lol.
I read Bispings autobiography, and he said about this fight. "I went to bed the night before flinching at right straights". Hell of a performance for Bisp to overcome such a demon of a style matchup.
@@j33z93 Very close fight but I believe hendo won based off damage done. Although, Bisping did pick up the pace in the later rounds so I could see how he won based off output and significant strikes landed.
@@ProofScopes that’s fine that you think that and it’s ok to put your opinion out there, obviously tons of people think that about lots of different fights but he didn’t win. Record says he lost.
@@flex2timezbisping was obviously at the end of his career trying to cement his legacy before he retired, wanted to avenge his hendo loss. Why would he fight Yoel, what purpose does that serve him.
Yeah all because story wise they wanted bisping to avenge his loss. Sometimes it’s not always the best fighting the best which is dumb, what’s the point of rankings then
Nobody is lucky to become a world champion, he took the hardest stylistic matchup in the division at the time on just over two weeks notice which was also a rematch against someone who beat him in Luke Rockhold and overcame that and still won, would have been great to see Michael vs Robert or Yoel but he was smart and waited for the payday with GSP he knew his time as champion was limited and still done it all with an eye missing ,hes by no means average either and im not a hardcore Bisping fan but its gotta be respected he was a true warrior.
How Bisping was able to take that 1st hendo bomb is a true testament of a Champion. In his book he states he was shocked that it happened again but wasnt knocked out so he was going to defend that title.
What a career Bisping had. Fought juiceheads his whole career, lost an eye, got brutally knocked out in one of the most iconic one punch KOs of all time, then suddenly gets a chance for the title on two weeks notice against the guy who knocked him out and choked him out in their first fight, knocks HIM out in the first round to become champion, and then defends his belt successfully against another guy who brutally KOed him years ago. It’s like a movie.
Dude bisping is so tough. He can get almost finished in a fight and finish strong. Like his performance against Anderson Silva after he almost got knocked out. All beat up and he came out strong and valient in the next round. Hendo needed the finish he didn't have the cardio to keep a pace to beat bisping in a 5 round fight. But he came so close. Love both these fighters.
HENDO nearly decapitated Bisping in the 1st fight,and blinded him,and Bisping showed alot of courage and gladiator attitude in the 2nd Fight,Bisping was a beast
Very hard to argue the 2nd round as a 10 - 8. First round definitely, second not so much because he got rocked himself and Bipsing recovered much better from the knockdown in round 2. Round 2 could pretty much even go either way to Bisping or Henderson
Bisping then sat out for over a year ducking Whittaker, Romero and every other contender milking as much as he could out of being champion. Bisping left whatever was left of his chin in this fight, if you watch his next fight every time GSP touched him he was rocked.
Props to both guys, Bisping was a warrior for surviving those h bombs and only having one eye. Hendo is an absolute legend and he had some big power shots that almost won him the fight.
That’s how round by round scoring works. If this was Pride, I’d have given the fight to Henderson in a heartbeat, but by UFC scoring it’s a 10 - 8 Hendo r1, 2nd round can go either way and rounds 3-5 were very clearly Bipsing’s so it’s either 48 - 46 Bisping or 47 - 47 which means Bisping retains the title regardless
Didn't like Bisping as the champion - genuinely felt he landed the punch of his life against Rockhold - went on to get dropped twice by 46-year-old Henderson, then defend against GSP who also didn't want to fight any of the actual middle weight contenders - finally was forced to fight someone in the top 5 in Gastelum and got KO'd in 1 (?) round. Considering the legacy of the title before it got to Bisping I hated the fact that all of the genuine contenders had to wait on the side lines for another shot at it.
@@GreatestGamingRaps Ummm....u can make a very strong argument that way. He barely squeeked by 46 Dan Henderson, then lost the title to GSP, who was a career WW. Yeah, he was pretty bad.
There's a difference between your emotions and reality. It was a tough fight, Bisping took some good punches but he was tough and had a big heart and won the fight.
This was a coin toss. Possibly one of the few fights where the phrase “a close decision goes to the champ”… I can name many title fights where that wasn’t the case.
I understand that Bisping wanted revenge, but come on Dan was ranked #13 in this fight, Bisping should've fought someone in the top 5, he was the champ at the time.
Everyone knows Dan won that fight! Dan took no damage. Mike looked like he was jumped by 5 guys. Those little swats Mike was throwing was nothing. Dan was hitting him w big ass bombs 💣
Luv both these guys but for Hendo to lose a decision after knocking Michael down twice... it was in the UK, yes? Fair enough, close fight. Mr Bisping still, to the rest of us...😂
imagine if handerson won the ufc belt at 46? it would have been the best comback story ever, he was so close also we would've had some great matchups like handerson vs romero, or handerson vs jacare instead of bisping ducking everyone and waiting for GSP always one of my favorite fighters ever
Clear to see who the True Winner is when you see both their faces... Henderson was robbed for sure. That brits face was bruised and ripped like a tomato
This fight just shows that Bisping was the biggest fluke champion of all time. He capitalized on Rockhold’s lapse of judgement and not taking Mike serious. Barely beat Hendo. Then got smoked by an old welterweight. Then got smoked by Kelvin. Worst champion of all time.
You’re leaving out all the details. Hendo still had power at that age, the guy beat fedor. And that old welterweight happened to be GSP, the goat of the division and younger than bisping. And gastelum was over a decade younger.
@@thatoneguy3115 You’re contradicting yourself in several ways. Saying GSP and Hendo were old but still good, but Kelvin’s good cause he’s young. Is she a positive or negative? You’re literally claiming both. Bisping sucked. GSP wouldn’t have been able to beat any other top 5 Mw at that time. He was getting whooped by old man Bisping until he landed that big shot.
