Is Michael Bisping the worst middleweight champion / worst fighter to win a belt?

[rodkek]

Prime vs Prime. he losses to silva, whittaker, romero, israel, weidman, mousasi, jacare, rockhold, hendo, vitor, machida,

 

[BangBang]

Nicco Montano?

 

[IIIIIIII]

no, gsp is. at least bisping has more than one win at middleweight.

 

[DRstrange]

100% yes

EDIT - Dave Menne

 

[Substance Abuse]

Loses to Rockhold prime vs. prime?

He knocked hands down, ego propped chin up Rockhold out in the first.

You invalidated your own thread.

Oh and he did it with one fucking eye!!!

BUDDEH!

 

[rodkek]

Nicco Montano?

wmma does not count

 

[VinceArch]

Dave Menne.

 

[Askren’s chin]

He is a top 3 MW ever

 

[gluehuffer1776]

yes. he was extremely fortunate that rockhold was cocky and didnt take him seriously. when rockhold took bisping seriously he tapped him with one arm. he lost to dan henderson and ducked yoel, jacare, and bobby. he handpicked gsp and got wrecked. worst mw champ of all time

 

[Substance Abuse]

yes. he was extremely fortunate that rockhold was cocky and didnt take him seriously. when rockhold took bisping seriously he tapped him with one arm. he lost to dan henderson and ducked yoel, jacare, and bobby. he handpicked gsp and got wrecked. worst mw champ of all time

GSP hand picked him.

 

[jm5000]

Maybe not worst fighter but definitely the fighter least deserving of the belt has to be aljamain

 

[DS66]

MW champ? Probably. But the list of UFC MW champs is pretty short. Bisping still had a phenomenal career overall.

 

[Superzorro]

Loses to Rockhold prime vs. prime?

He knocked hands down, ego propped chin up Rockhold out in the first.

You invalidated your own thread.

Oh and he did it with one fucking eye!!!

Yet when Bisping was closer to his Prime and had a full training camp with two eyes he got knocked out and submitted by him in the same fight. To me, it sounds like Rockhold was starting to decline even though he’s younger and it’s impossible to prove for sure.

 

[gaffbyknees2]

I always forget gsp was a mw champion lol

 

[Substance Abuse]

Yet when Bisping was closer to his Prime and had a full training camp with two eyes he got knocked out and submitted by him in the same fight. To me, it sounds like Rockhold was starting to decline even though he’s younger and it’s impossible to prove for sure.

Nope. Lost to the worst version of Bisping as a titlist after beating Weidman. Spin it how you want.

 

[L0ki]

No.

Bisping was a pretty good, well rounded fighter.

He started stepping into his punches and got some weight behind them, cleaned things up a bit and became very good.

He factually beat some of the fighters you have listed and you can't automatically say "prime vs. prime and he loses". You can't do prime vs. prime, which is hypothetical, and attribute it as if he actually lost those fights.

 

[Vec-Tron]

He did with one eye what most fighters could never do. No need to hate.

 

[Kvothe_the_kingkiller]

Prime vs Prime. he losses to silva, whittaker, romero, israel, weidman, mousasi, jacare, rockhold, hendo, vitor, machida,

There is only one right answer to this thread.

 

[Street Bishop]

GDR

 

[drbolony]

Imagine making threads when you just started watching yesterday?