UFC commentator and former middleweight champion Michael Bisping has given his ideas on the present state of the promotion and the champions that sit on the high.
As we all know, Michael Bisping is without doubt one of the most beloved veterans within the historical past of blended martial arts. He gave so much to the game all through the course of his profession and even now, a few years after his retirement, he’s nonetheless lending his voice to the motion each on commentary and in his analyst work.
Lately, there’s been a good bit of turnover on the subject of the championship holders within the UFC. Along with that, now we have additionally seen the revival of fighters pushing for a second world title in a second weight class, versus defending their very own turf.
In a recent video on his channel, Michael Bisping defined why he isn’t a fan of this technique.
Michael Bisping questions present UFC champions
“In case you hearken to all of the noise, all people’s working from all people. We’ve received Ilia apparently working from Arman Tsarukyan. We’ve received Islam Makhachev working from Ilia Topuria. We’ve received Khamzat Chimaev working from Nassourdine Imavov. We’ve received Alex Pereira working from Khamzat Chimaev. And we’ve received Jon Jones, the best of all time, working from huge Tom Aspinall. That’s the state of affairs if you happen to simply hearken to what everyone seems to be saying on-line.”
“I’ve stated it many occasions: you actually need to defend the belt in your weight class 3 times earlier than you even take into consideration transferring on, or you want to vacate the belt. Vacate it, maintain the division transferring, and then you definately go up, perhaps earn a shot, perhaps get a right away title combat in case your star is large enough. However this entire factor of successful the belt and wanting to leap ship immediately, it’s getting uncontrolled. What Pereira has executed is phenomenal, and if anybody has earned the best to chase historical past, it’s him, however the common precept ought to nonetheless stand.”
“Everybody’s working from everybody if you happen to consider what you learn, and that’s why I needed to speak about it.”
