{"id":279263,"date":"2018-06-25T06:09:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T13:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=279263"},"modified":"2018-06-25T06:09:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T13:09:46","slug":"michael-bisping-wont-be-pushing-for-a-spot-in-the-ufc-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-wont-be-pushing-for-a-spot-in-the-ufc-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping won&#8217;t be pushing for a spot in the UFC Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Bisping&#8217;s UFC career is as Hall of Fame worthy as they come. He realized championship heights, capturing the UFC middleweight title in 2016. He won season three of The Ultimate Fighter. He was one of the pioneers of the UK MMA scene, which has since become one of the most prosperous fight scenes on earth. He contributed to the sport in many other ways, most notably as an analyst on Fox, and now as a commentator on Dana White&#8217;s Tuesday Night Contender Series&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>No matter how you swing it, Michael Bisping deserves a spot in the UFC Hall of Fame. Yet you will not catch him campaigning for that spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not something I\u2019ve necessarily thought about but it\u2019s something a lot of people have said to me,\u201d Bisping told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/exclusive\/michael-bisping-explains-whey-he-will-never-campaign-to-get-into-the-ufc-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANytt<\/a> of a potential induction into the UFC Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not something I\u2019m campaigning for or anything like that. That\u2019s not something you campaign for. That\u2019s embarrassing. It\u2019s up to the UFC to recognize that. I\u2019d like to think so, I\u2019ve put the work in and I think I deserve it but that\u2019s down to the UFC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bisping&#8217;s Hall of Fame worth career recently drew to a close \u2014 at least in terms of competition. The British legend <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/video-michael-bisping-officially-calls-it-a-career-reveals-issue-with-good-eye\/\">announced his retirement<\/a> on his podcast, Believe You Me, earlier this year. He explained his choice to retire on a subsequent episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to leave the door open,\u201d Bisping said. \u201cDana [White called me, and I even tried to dig my way out of it then. He said, \u2018Hey Mike, are you sure about this?\u2019 And I almost talked myself out of it. It kind of came to a point where I had to make it final.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UFC emailed me and said, \u2018Do you want to be left in the testing pool, just in case?\u2019 And I said, \u2018No. Take me out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time was right, honestly. It feels like a massive burden has been lifted off my shoulders, because I was always second-guessing, always thinking, \u2018Am I gonna fight once more?\u2019 Now, it\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ready to focus on other things, and I wouldn\u2019t have been able to if I didn\u2019t commit to retirement,\u201d Bisping said. \u201cI want to commentate for [Dana White\u2019s Tuesday Night] Contender Series, and then move on to calling UFC fights. That\u2019s the plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Michael Bisping belongs in the UFC Hall of Fame? At the very least, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/mma-fans-are-attempting-to-get-michael-bisping-knighted-by-the-queen-of-england\/\">he should probably be knighted<\/a>, right?<\/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 6\/25\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Bisping&#8217;s UFC career is as Hall of Fame worthy as they come. He realized championship heights, capturing the UFC middleweight title in 2016. He won season three of The Ultimate Fighter. 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