{"id":295438,"date":"2018-12-19T07:01:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=295438"},"modified":"2018-12-19T07:01:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:01:30","slug":"michael-bisping-explains-what-hed-do-differently-if-he-could-start-mma-career-over-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-explains-what-hed-do-differently-if-he-could-start-mma-career-over-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping explains what he&#8217;d do differently if he could start MMA career over again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Bisping had a legendary MMA career, highlighted by victories over some of the sport&#8217;s biggest names, and of course, a UFC middleweight title win. 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So f***ing hypocritical. It&#8217;s so silly. Now, I don&#8217;t have the luxury of going through a fight camp to get in shape. Now I&#8217;ve got to stay in shape, simple as that. Whereas in the past I was like &#8216;yeah, I&#8217;ll have a pizza, I&#8217;ll have a few beers, I&#8217;ll have a desert, I&#8217;ll eat whatever I want.&#8217; Then when I&#8217;m in training camp I&#8217;d switch it on. But it&#8217;s not good for the body. So that would be one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bisping added that he&#8217;d also be more careful who he associates with, though he was careful not to name names or point fingers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[There are] many things,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t really want to throw anyone under the bus or anything, but yeah. There&#8217;s things I would have changed. There was a group of people that I was involved with in England for awhile. 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