{"id":314427,"date":"2019-05-22T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T22:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=314427"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:21:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T22:21:57","slug":"michael-bisping-nearly-robbed-and-killed-in-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-nearly-robbed-and-killed-in-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping nearly robbed and killed in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping was nearly robbed and killed during his stay in Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n

On his podcast today, called Believe You Me<\/a>, Bisping described the scary altercation to Luis J Gomez.<\/p>\n

After his initial positive impression of the city, things took a turn for the worse.<\/p>\n

“It is beautiful by day, at night the freaks come out and it is a very, very dangerous place,” Michael Bisping said.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Count<\/a>\u2019 is currently staying in Cape Town for three weeks shooting the movie Warrior.<\/p>\n

On Friday night, Bisping went out for dinner with the cast and crew:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe go out for a Chinese meal, [I] don\u2019t like Chinese but whatever…\u201d Bisping says, \u201cWe end up having a few drinks. I get back, it\u2019s like three o clock in the morning and the uber driver drops me off at a four-way cross street not by my hotel, and he says \u2018your hotel is over there\u2019, so I get out the car and the uber driver drives off and I don\u2019t know which way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bisping explains how he stumbles down each road on the cross street, not knowing which is the right route to take:<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the while, I may have been stumbling slightly, and staring at my phone which is a giveaway, I\u2019m on my apps.\u2019 He says, \u2018Im stumbling around a little bit and all of a sudden low and behold, the freaks came out, the thieves came out, the muggers, the nasty f***ing criminal b****rds\u2026before I knew it, I was surrounded by 10 to 15 homeless people begging for money and then they started getting kind of nasty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apparently, the homeless people were talking between themselves in a language Bisping couldn\u2019t understand and began aggressively demanding Bisping give them his wallet:<\/p>\n

\u201cI start raising my voice saying \u2018stay the f**k back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point now, because my defences are up, I\u2019m trying to be big, just like a lion in the jungle puffs out his mane… I\u2019m puffing out my chest and I\u2019m trying to look as scary as possible so these motherfuckers don\u2019t make a move.\u201d<\/p>\n

The passengers continue to surround Bisping and their threatening demeanours escalate. He recalls them insisting:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to go home, give me your wallet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The story gets worse. He describes an old, burnt out, fake cop car mounts the road in front of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo fucking guys jump out looking wasted, more wasted then me, very glossy eyes..they start screaming \u2018get in the car, get in the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the men was apparently reaching in his pocket pretending to have a gun to force Bisping to comply. They taunt him for not knowing where he\u2019s going.<\/p>\n

Bisping recalls: \u201cIf I get in this car, I\u2019m a dead man, simple as that because they are gonna kill me or rob me and leave me for dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

He screams and runs down the street, luckily managing to find his hotel:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m backing up, there was a little opening and I just f***ing ran. They didn\u2019t chase much, and I ran down the street and low and behold there was my f***ing hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Bisping says: \u2018You mother***kers, don\u2019t ever tell me this town is not dangerous\u2019<\/p>\n

The area of Bisping\u2019s hotel is apparently not safe to go out at night- stabbings, robbery and shoot outs are common occurrences. Incidentally, they are now looking to move Bisping\u2019s hotel.<\/p>\n

Michael Bisping concluded the story by saying: \u2018Never a dull moment in my life.\u2019 A very true sentiment.<\/p>\n

For the full podcast. Visit: Believe You Me\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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