Michael Bisping ‘Devastated’ Over Near Career Ending Eye Injury




“(I’m) devastated. I trained so hard for this fight. And not only that, it’s hard for the people of Manchester and the people of the U.K. to part ways with their hard-earned money to buy a ticket, so I apologize to all the fans and everybody who bought a ticket. I was fearing the worst. I was fearing that they would say a detached retina, and possibly a career ending injury. So the stubborn old fool inside of me said, ‘I’ll do it later, I’ll do it later.’ When the injury regressed to where I literally couldn’t see my hand in front of my face, that’s when I thought, okay, that is enough. It was last Tuesday. Everything was fine, and then I walked into the cage to do some wrestling drills. When I walked in, the light kind of went a little strange. That’s when I first noticed something.”

“After that, I had to go to L.A. to do some work with Jon Anik and Mark Munoz on Inside the Octagon. We were filming a thing obviously to promote the fight. So I drove out there, and progressively throughout the day the eye was getting worse and worse. I remember I did the interview with Jon Anik and Mark Munoz, and I could hardly see anything.”

“The [Retina Institute] said, ‘Yep, your retina is re-detached. Obviously I couldn’t believe it. They said we need to operate ASAP. And I said, ‘Well I’m still fighting in four weeks, so you can’t operate. Simple as that.’ They said, ‘You can’t do that. You’ll go blind.’ I said, ‘I’ve got to fight in four weeks. Thousands of people have bought tickets, they’re expecting me there… I was devastated. Then he said, ‘You’ve got a ways to go if you’re ever going to fight again.’ Then I was just completely in shock. This is who I am. This is what I do. It defines who I am as a person.”

According to his interview with ‘The MMA Hour‘ Michael Bisping’s career may indeed be over if he cannot bounce back from his recent eye surgery.

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The top middleweight fighter was scheduled to face off with MArk Munoz in Manchester, England, but a sudden detached Retina forced him off the card and may actually halt his fighting all-together if it cannot be repaired properly.


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