Yea I’d take Ariel’s career over Bisping’s any day. Dude been KO’d multiple times, lost an eye, and racked up some CTE miles only to be remembered as an overachieving gatekeeper, because that’s exactly what he was.
No doubt, being a cage fighter is more manly and “cool”, but it’s not something that we can all aspire to be. And just because someone chooses that profession and is reasonably successful, it doesn’t automatically trump greatness in other areas. Is Bisping’s career more than, say, a successful lawyer or doctor? What about a famous actor or author? It’s apples to oranges man. Ariel is vastly more successful at his job than Bisping was at his. Period. He’s famous, rich, and can continue to do his job well into his senior years, at which point Bisping will be a footnote with an asterisk.