{"id":173520,"date":"2015-10-27T12:22:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T19:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=173520"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:36:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:36:28","slug":"michael-bisping-shoots-anderson-silva-down-with-steroid-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/michael-bisping-shoots-anderson-silva-down-with-steroid-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping shoots Anderson Silva down with steroid comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/bisping-update-surgery-a-success-6-bodies-removed-from-arm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Bisping is recovering from surgery<\/a> on his arm, multiple opponents are waiting in line to get a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/michael-bisping-enjoys-getting-called-out-keep-them-coming-boys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fight with \u201cThe Count\u201d<\/a> for his return to the octagon. The UFC middleweight has had a long time interest in fighting UFC great Anderson Silva, but it seems like that fire has died after <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/update-anderson-silva-tests-positive-two-peds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silva tested positive for anabolic steroids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bisping spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/10\/michael-bisping-no-longer-interested-in-a-bout-with-anderson-silva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a> and revealed his thoughts on a fight with \u201cThe Spider.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>You know, to be honest, I\u2019ve always wanted to fight Anderson Silva<\/em>,\u201d Bisping said. \u201c<em>Everybody knows that. That\u2019s been well documented. But, I don\u2019t know if I feel the same about that right now. The fact is, I kind of said to myself recently, \u2018Anybody that tests positive for performance-enhancing drugs, I want no part of it.\u2019 As far as I\u2019m concerned, you\u2019ve been a cheat. I don\u2019t think that at 39 years old, having the career that Anderson Silva had, I don\u2019t think you make the decision at 39 years old to try this new thing called steroids. I think he must have been on the juice the whole time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I\u2019ve never used any of that stuff, and I don\u2019t see why I should have to fight people who have used those products. So, I don\u2019t know whether I would take a fight with Anderson Silva after that\u2019s all said and done.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What are your thoughts on Bisping\u2019s campaign to have no part in fighting opponents with a dirty past? Should more fighters be doing the same thing? Share your views with us in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Michael Bisping is recovering from surgery on his arm, multiple opponents are waiting in line to get a fight with \u201cThe Count\u201d for his return to the octagon. The UFC middleweight has had a long time interest in fighting UFC great Anderson Silva, but it seems like that fire has died after Silva tested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54422,"featured_media":141177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Bisping shoots Anderson Silva down with steroid comments | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC middleweight Michael Bisping has some words on Anderson Silva testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. 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