Is Bisping in his fighting prime?

[CereserBr]

At 37 and after being KOd and rocked some times, its hard to say hes in his athletical prime but... can we say hes in his "fighting prime", you know, that he finally found his mojo to be among the great fighters?

 

[Haj01]

Yes

 

[MrFeeny]

I don't think so, he just doesn't have to worry about trtor, anderoid, trthendo.......you get the picture

 

[Slapchoppin]

i said it before the fight

the guy has gotten better since his eye stopped working

 

[MayhemMonkey]

he looks as good as he ever has done, but Id say he is actually past his physical prime. Id say its his experience of big fights that is an advantage over most

 

[MayhemMonkey]

I don't think so, he just doesn't have to worry about trtor, anderoid, trthendo.......you get the picture

you mean the cheaters? All hail USADA

 

[DIABOLUS]

He's not in his prime as much as other fighters are "out" of their primes, if you catch my drift...

 

[Summoning]

No, Is the same Bisping fighting guys who doesn´t abused PEDs.

 

[MrMightyMouse]

At 37 and after being KOd and rocked some times, its hard to say hes in his athletical prime but... can we say hes in his "fighting prime", you know, that he finally found his mojo to be among the great fighters?

He looks polished and is mature now. It makes a huge difference. I think mentally he knew, he had to get it together and he has done a great job...

 

[OldBoy91]

I think he's turned the corner mentally more than anything else. Parillo said he used to beat himself before fights, whereas now he just has that unshakable belief in his ability.

 

[Selukrid612]

I think there's some truth to his claims that he's made some big strides in his mental game. People talk about what a warrior Bisping is, but for a large percentage of his career he often seemed to fight scared. He hasn't done that in his last two fights. Overall I would say this is the best Bisping we've seen, although I still think Luke was too caught up in trying to make an example out of Bisping and wins that fight 9/10.

 

[GSPenn1991]

Well he is currently the best fighter in his weight class, and he just beat rockhold AND Anderson Silva, so I would have to say yes he is in his prime.

 

[asmodai59]

I think this fight shows that Bisping has a tendency to overtrain, hence being weak and "pillowfisted" by the time of the actual event. Bisping should only take take fights on two weeks notice from now on.

 

[TrainAllDay]

"athletical prime" lol

but srsly... I think he is in his prime.

 

[gfunkwave]

His fighting IQ is at its peak, not sure about him being in his physical prime.....

 

[mihailovich]

Of course. It's gonna be even more clear in a hindsight. Back to back wins over Andy & Luke is almost as good as it gets in the MW division.

 

[Icolater]

He has more power these day due to improved foot work/placement, he is also fighting fighters not on peds, which helps

 

[BigMuffler]

I think this fight shows that Bisping has a tendency to overtrain, hence being weak and "pillowfisted" by the time of the actual event. Bisping should only take take fights on two weeks notice from now on.

Lol good one.

 

[The Schmoop]

I don't think so. He scored two monumental wins in a row, though. Everything he said leading up to the right really suggested he was in the perfect place mentally. I think his main event experience and improved fight IQ played a bigger role than anything else. What he may have lost in physical attributes he's made up for on composure and in-fight intellegence. I don't think he's in his prime but he's obviously far from washed up.

 

[donkeyjr]

lol at ppl saying hes in his prime...He will not defend his belt.