{"id":277405,"date":"2018-05-29T13:40:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=277405"},"modified":"2018-05-29T13:40:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T20:40:23","slug":"video-ufc-releases-touching-tribute-to-retired-legend-michael-bisping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/video-ufc-releases-touching-tribute-to-retired-legend-michael-bisping\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | UFC releases touching tribute to retired legend Michael Bisping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1001561501570826241<\/p>\n<p>Last night, on the latest episode of his podcast\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w102xwNDysI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Believe You Me<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping announced that he&#8217;d be forgoing his much-discussed retirement fight, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ian-mccall\/former-ufc-rizin-star-ian-mccall-announces-retirement-from-mma\/\">hanging up the gloves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LFsIBE\">\u201cI was watching this movie last night and I just thought, it ain\u2019t worth it,\u201d Bisping said on his podcast. \u201cIt ain\u2019t worth it. I mean, what else am I going to do? I\u2019ve won the belt, I\u2019ve had tons of wins, I\u2019ve done everything that I set out to achieve. What\u2019s the point in flogging a dead horse? Not that I\u2019m a dead horse, but what\u2019s the point? I\u2019ve done everything that I set out to achieve, and fortunately now I\u2019ve used my platform to open other doors. You know, you\u2019ve got to know when to walk away. I\u2019m almost 40 years old, the time is now. So, I want to say, first of all, thank you to my wife. Without her, it wouldn\u2019t have happened. That\u2019s a fact. She was incredible every single step of the way. My children. My dad. My dad was amazing. And of course everyone in the U.K. and around the world that supported me.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6iLJB1\">\u201cSo, yeah, there you go. Great career. That\u2019s that. Thank you everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/the-mma-community-reacts-to-michael-bispings-retirement\/\">legend<\/a> Michael Bisping retires with an impressive overall record of 30-9. Highlights of his incredible career include victories over Chris Leben, Dennis Kang,\u00a0Yoshihiro Akiyama, Jorge Rivera, Jason &#8220;Mayhem&#8221; Miller, Brian Stann, Alan Belcher, Cung Le, CB Dolloway, Thales Leites, Anderson Silva, Luke Rockhold, and Dan Henderson.<\/p>\n<p>All the best to Michael Bisping in his life outside of the Octagon!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 5\/29\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1001561501570826241 Last night, on the latest episode of his podcast\u00a0Believe You Me,\u00a0former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping announced that he&#8217;d be forgoing his much-discussed retirement fight, and hanging up the gloves. \u201cI was watching this movie last night and I just thought, it ain\u2019t worth it,\u201d Bisping said on his podcast. \u201cIt ain\u2019t worth it. 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