Michael Bisping says ‘Mighty Mouse’ needs to fight T.J. Dillashaw for his legacy

[KazDibiase]

“You’ve got to give DJ his credit. He’s incredible. He’s always looking for the finish. He’s exciting, he really is. But the competition, unless you were a hardcore MMA fan, you wouldn’t know who the hell they were if you walked past them. I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t recognize some of those guys and I live and breathe mixed martial arts. If some of those guys walked past me in the street, I wouldn’t know. . You need fantastic opponents. You need opponents that bring out the best in you. You need opponents that can give you a run for your money. And some of those people have given him a really good run for his money but some of them he’s completely wiped out.”

Bisping, The Ultimate Fighter 3 light heavyweight tournament winner, also believes a fight with TJ would massively boost Johnson’s popularity and star power, stating that a champ vs. champ super-fight would be the biggest pay-per-view event of his career.

“Another knock has been that he hasn’t been a proven draw,” Bisping said. “He hasn’t sold big pay-per-views. I don’t think that’s Demetrious’ fault. I think that’s just the trend that we see in combat sports. Super light weight classes like that have always had a hard time drawing at the box office. But him against T.J., that’s an interesting fight. That’s a fight that gets people to sit up, take notice, give him respect, and essentially, earn them both a lot of money.”


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Agree with the Ping bros?

 

[yeguiza]

yeguiza says bisping needs to fight ngannou for his legacy

 

[MadDogMahoney]

He's not wrong...

 

[Judoka1532]

“You’ve got to give DJ his credit. He’s incredible. He’s always looking for the finish. He’s exciting, he really is. But the competition, unless you were a hardcore MMA fan, you wouldn’t know who the hell they were if you walked past them. I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t recognize some of those guys and I live and breathe mixed martial arts. If some of those guys walked past me in the street, I wouldn’t know. . You need fantastic opponents. You need opponents that bring out the best in you. You need opponents that can give you a run for your money. And some of those people have given him a really good run for his money but some of them he’s completely wiped out.”

Bisping, The Ultimate Fighter 3 light heavyweight tournament winner, also believes a fight with TJ would massively boost Johnson’s popularity and star power, stating that a champ vs. champ super-fight would be the biggest pay-per-view event of his career.

“Another knock has been that he hasn’t been a proven draw,” Bisping said. “He hasn’t sold big pay-per-views. I don’t think that’s Demetrious’ fault. I think that’s just the trend that we see in combat sports. Super light weight classes like that have always had a hard time drawing at the box office. But him against T.J., that’s an interesting fight. That’s a fight that gets people to sit up, take notice, give him respect, and essentially, earn them both a lot of money.”


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Agree with the Ping bros?

It's a fight that's been put in the fans minds, and if he doesn't accept that fight it's def going to hurt his PR. IMHO, not taking that fight is worse than losing that fight.

 

[ThePatriot]

Seems obvious

This thread is a good barometer of whose a Manlet living vicariously through dj

 

[ASTERIO]

“You’ve got to give DJ his credit. He’s incredible. He’s always looking for the finish. He’s exciting, he really is. But the competition, unless you were a hardcore MMA fan, you wouldn’t know who the hell they were if you walked past them. I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t recognize some of those guys and I live and breathe mixed martial arts. If some of those guys walked past me in the street, I wouldn’t know. . You need fantastic opponents. You need opponents that bring out the best in you. You need opponents that can give you a run for your money. And some of those people have given him a really good run for his money but some of them he’s completely wiped out.”

Bisping, The Ultimate Fighter 3 light heavyweight tournament winner, also believes a fight with TJ would massively boost Johnson’s popularity and star power, stating that a champ vs. champ super-fight would be the biggest pay-per-view event of his career.

“Another knock has been that he hasn’t been a proven draw,” Bisping said. “He hasn’t sold big pay-per-views. I don’t think that’s Demetrious’ fault. I think that’s just the trend that we see in combat sports. Super light weight classes like that have always had a hard time drawing at the box office. But him against T.J., that’s an interesting fight. That’s a fight that gets people to sit up, take notice, give him respect, and essentially, earn them both a lot of money.”


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Agree with the Ping bros?

Wow...so Bisping is finally getting civilized huh?? Hard to believe he put together all those words, I even agree 100% with him, WTF??

 

[wookie brawl]

I think MM has no problem fighting TJ, but he wants to be well paid and get compensated should TJ fail to make weight. Anyone in their right mind would expect the same. DJ also didn't appreciate Dana treating him like dirt on the media.

 

[jsbx45]

Totally agree. C'mon Dana...

 

[Toco]

I'm agreeing with bisping for once, damn.... also he exaggerated a little bit in that he's looking for the finish all the time, but other than that, not bad

 

[Street Fighter 2]

Listen up

 

[One MMA Fan]

Bisping is talking about legacies and the right fights ?

Freaking Bisping ? the dude that 'defended' vs a senior citizen and that got injured, uninjured depending on if GSP is ready or not.

 

[Dave Poodle]

It would be a great win on the resume of the winner no matter who it is. They both want it, we just need Dana to stop being a baby.

 

[MadDogMahoney]

Seems obvious

This thread is a good barometer of whose a Manlet living vicariously through dj

Manlet detected.

 

[GSP(EE)]

Annoying but not wrong. It would look great for him to make it happen. It would look fucking amazing for him to win.

 

[sickboy_1]

“You’ve got to give DJ his credit. He’s incredible. He’s always looking for the finish. He’s exciting, he really is. But the competition, unless you were a hardcore MMA fan, you wouldn’t know who the hell they were if you walked past them. I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t recognize some of those guys and I live and breathe mixed martial arts. If some of those guys walked past me in the street, I wouldn’t know. . You need fantastic opponents. You need opponents that bring out the best in you. You need opponents that can give you a run for your money. And some of those people have given him a really good run for his money but some of them he’s completely wiped out.”

Bisping, The Ultimate Fighter 3 light heavyweight tournament winner, also believes a fight with TJ would massively boost Johnson’s popularity and star power, stating that a champ vs. champ super-fight would be the biggest pay-per-view event of his career.

“Another knock has been that he hasn’t been a proven draw,” Bisping said. “He hasn’t sold big pay-per-views. I don’t think that’s Demetrious’ fault. I think that’s just the trend that we see in combat sports. Super light weight classes like that have always had a hard time drawing at the box office. But him against T.J., that’s an interesting fight. That’s a fight that gets people to sit up, take notice, give him respect, and essentially, earn them both a lot of money.”


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Agree with the Ping bros?

That’s ironic coming from somebody with shit PPV figures and who refused to fight all contenders for 17 months.

 

[Genisys]

Bisping is talking about legacies and the right fights ?

Freaking Bisping ? the dude that 'defended' vs a senior citizen and that got injured, uninjured depending on if GSP is ready or not.

The difference is that was at the end of his career. He knew his time was short and wanted to make the most of it. The surprising thing for me was taking the Gastelum fight. That fight didn't make any sense other than a paycheck. His legacy was secured when he knocked Rockhold silly. Who has more wins than Bisping in the UFC?

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

His Legacy is cement... This would be a Money-Fight. Nothing left at 125... time for a challenge.

 

[PeterGriffin]

It's not as if TJ's a big draw either, lol.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

It would be a great win on the resume of the winner no matter who it is. They both want it, we just need Dana to stop being a baby.

This does not seem like an obvious conclusion to draw from where I sit.

 

[One MMA Fan]

The difference is that was at the end of his career. He knew his time was short and wanted to make the most of it. The surprising thing for me was taking the Gastelum fight. That fight didn't make any sense other than a paycheck. His legacy was secured when he knocked Rockhold silly. Who has more wins than Bisping in the UFC?

Journey man that lucked out 1 night. He arguably lost to Anderson and Hendo.

He wanted to bounce back fast after GSP a man from a lower weight class retired for nearly 5 years and with no finish in a decade stepped up and ended him.

I'm done pretending he is more then meets the eye cause he had gold at one point.