Michael Bisping Asshole Quote of the Day: “No One Cares About Little Flyweights”

[Kickass32]

Michael Bisping Asshole Quote of the Day: “No One Cares About Little Flyweights”



Michael Bisping is an asshole. He’s a tremendous asshole, and he makes no apologies for it. Sometimes, his assholishness is undeniably entertaining — like when he recently described Hector Lombard as a “poison dwarf” whose mother smoked while she was pregnant. And sometimes he’s just a dick, straight up.
Case in point — at UFC 152 on September 22nd in Toronto, Bisping is fighting Brian Stann in a bout that could have title implications in the middleweight division. Technically, it’s the co-main event that night, supporting the UFC’s first-ever flyweight championship fight between Joseph Benavidez and Demetrious Johnson. (Whenever there’s a title match on a UFC card, it automatically gets main-event status, regardless of the relative popularity of those headliners compared to the card’s supporting players.) Anyway, here’s Bisping trying to sell his fight against Stann during an appearance on FuelTV on Saturday:



“In my opinion, and I think in most people’s, this is the main event. This is the real main event. Two big hard hitting guys. No one cares about little flyweights, this is the real main event, this is the real big fight, tune in cause someone’s getting knocked out, ain’t going to be me though.”



To say that “nobody” cares about “little” flyweights is both an exaggeration and a bit insulting. Some people do care about the 125-pound division, and having the two best flyweights in the world headline a pay-per-view is the kind of thing that UFC needs to do in order to build more interest in that weight class. (And yes Mike, you’re taller than Joseph and Demetrious; go ahead and pat yourself on the back.) Also, does Bisping really need to diminish other guys in the promotion in order to hype his own fight? I understand why he’d want to talk shit on Lombard, but publicly dissing the UFC’s newest weight division doesn’t do the company any favors from a business standpoint.
Then again…through his assholishness, Bisping manages to raise a valid point. Do all title fights deserve to get main-event status by default, when there are other fights on the card that would draw more attention? (Keep in mind that UFC 152 also features Rory MacDonald vs. BJ Penn, which is a more exciting matchup to me than Benavidez/Johnson or Bisping/Stann.)
Hardcore UFC fans will know that there are at least three interesting fights leading the UFC 152 lineup. But if you’re a casual fan and you just see “UFC 152: Benavidez vs. Johnson” on your cable listings, that probably won’t mean much to you — certainly not enough to shell out $55 on the spur of the moment. Like it or not, the main event has a significant impact on the overall interest level for a given card, and if that affects how many people turn out to see Michael Bisping fight Brian Stann, then the Count has a right to be salty about it.
What do you guys think? Does Benavidez vs. Johnson really deserve to be UFC 152′s main event? And when it comes to your interest level in MMA, how much does size matter?

http://www.cagepotato.com/michael-bi...le-flyweights/

[BluenoseGreig]

Once again some Bisping bashing! Sonnen says all of Brazil is shit, he is proclaimed a genius, Bisping says nobody cares about the little guys, he's an asshole!

Put his comments aside and look at it rationally too....little guys are always paid a hell of a lot less, if that is not because they are less regarded by fans then shoot me. Even on here at the Crypt, when the votes come in for top 10's there is always more vote for LW-HW than for the little guys!

Don't take that as my opinion, I love the small weight classes, the fights are always super entertaining!

[Rich Davie]

I believe the author of the article meant to use asinine as opposed to asshole... maybe his vocabulary is lacking a bit as far as adjectives go.

Now it was clearly an asinine thing to say, especially since that little fella Cruz was one of the guest hosts on the show interviewing him as well... but then again, Mikey isn't the brightest of individuals and constantly is putting his foot into his own mouth by speaking without thinking.

Note to Mikey :

Engage brain prior to speaking... this way you don't look like an ass the to rest of the world.

Maybe it's a cultural thing with Mikey, but it appears to me that if you're not from the UK you're more than likely not a fan of Mikey for exactly that reason... he says stupid and ignorant shit that he thinks is cute and witty, when it's really lame-ass shit a high school child would say.

Let's face the reality of things... Bisping is never going to win any awards based on his level of intelligence.

[BluenoseGreig]

I believe the author of the article meant to use asinine as opposed to asshole... maybe his vocabulary is lacking a bit as far as adjectives go.

Now it was clearly an asinine thing to say, especially since that little fella Cruz was one of the guest hosts on the show interviewing him as well... but then again, Mikey isn't the brightest of individuals and constantly is putting his foot into his own mouth by speaking without thinking.

Note to Mikey :

Engage brain prior to speaking... this way you don't look like an ass the to rest of the world.

Maybe it's a cultural thing with Mikey, but it appears to me that if you're not from the UK you're more than likely not a fan of Mikey for exactly that reason... he says stupid and ignorant shit that he thinks is cute and witty, when it's really lame-ass shit a high school child would say.

Let's face the reality of things... Bisping is never going to win any awards based on his level of intelligence.

Again though....change Bisping and replace him with Sonnen....different opinion eh?

[Rich Davie]

Well... What Sonnen does requires thought and intelligence, and what Mikey does is speak out of his ass most of the time he speaks into a microphone.

Mikey needs a teleprompter so he doesn't have the opportunity to speak off-the-cuff and look like an ass, but again... I believe it's difficult for many UK fans to acknowledge Mikey for the shortcomings that he has since he's the biggest thing in the UK since tea and crumpets.

[Tukh]

Again though....change Bisping and replace him with Sonnen....different opinion eh?

I'm with you Blue. I think the reason Sonnen gets a pass is because (most) people realize he's acting.

Bisping actually is an ass.

[BluenoseGreig]

Thought and intelligence eh....

'Greetings from Sao Paulo! I'm learning the language: breakdancing in the Special Olympics is called capoiera and cocaine is called brunch'

'Machida is not a bad guy; he's a victim of the Brazilian education system. There are better ways to get electrolytes than drinking piss.'

Sounds like intelligent thought!!!

I also think it seems difficult for US fans to look objectively on Bisping!

[Rich Davie]

That's because the instant that North American MMA fans got their first bit of exposure to Mikey on the TUF season with Hamill, he came across as a street thug who he was intentionally trying to take Hamill out of the going by doing his best to personally hurt the guy because he felt that Hamill was getting preferential treatment from coach Tito Ortiz.

Watch that season of TUF again... Mikey was completely out of line as a mixed martial artist, by not only his effort to cause physical injury personally to Hamill, but he was also encouraging other fighters to go hard on Hamill, and then his graceless post fight comments against Hamill when he was gifted that win.

The assault to the senses of most who dislike Bisping for the heel he really is hasn't stopped since, and it borders on the level of WWE IMO... to me it's almost laughable and clownish.

Maybe Bisping should put on the clown nose and shoes prior to speaking into a microphone so North American MMA fans can see that he's "trying" to be witty and humorous.

I can tell you this with a clear amount of certitude, it's not an act with Mikey... that's who he really is.

I just want to state the following so I don't sound like I dislike Mikey because he's British.

I'm not one of those MMA fans who only likes a fighter because he's from the same country as I am, or dislike a fighter because he's from a different country... that has no bearing whatsoever for me as to whether or not I'm a fan, a heel is a heel and we've got a few American fighters who fit that role in a similar manner as Mikey.

I make no bones about my dislike of Brock Lesnar, Ray Shad Evans, and to a lesser extent Baby J and Tito Ortiz... I just don't really care for arrogant shit-talking fighters when they truly believe their shit doesn't stink... Mikey just happens to be a member of that group of fighters for me.

[Dirty Daley]

bisping , get over yourself!

[JAX]

He wants his title shot but yet fights stann instead of Belcher,Weidman,Belfort..... He is obviously taking the easier road, not that Stann is a pushover in anyway.