Quitters Never Win<\/em>, Bisping revealed that his performance in this fight was hindered by a rib injury, and claimed that he’d defeat St-Pierre in a rematch.<\/p>\n\u201cWell, I know for a fact I could wipe the floor with Georges St-Pierre, so I\u2019d like to do that one again,\u201d Bisping said. \u201cI tore my ribs a week before that fight; it\u2019s all in the book. I didn\u2019t break them. I tore the cartilage. I couldn\u2019t move very well.”<\/p>\n
Michael Bisping went on to detail the pickle he found himself in as he attempted to deal with this injury. It’s quite a story:<\/p>\n
\u201cI sneaked in a needle full of lidocaine, and I was going to, in the toilets, inject myself with lidocaine into the rib, which would numb the rib so I wouldn\u2019t have any pain,\u201d Bisping revealed. \u201cBecause it\u2019s not a banned substance from USADA, I could have gone to the commission and said, \u2018Hey, I want to inject myself with lidocaine.\u2019 That wouldn\u2019t have been the issue. But the fact that I had an injury, they might have pulled me from the fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then my doctor said, \u2018You\u2019ve got to be careful, because if you inject yourself with lidocaine in the rib and you get it slightly wrong, you could puncture your lung and die.\u2019 So I had it all in the bag, and I was going to FaceTime my doctor, on the toilet while the commission members were outside, and he was going to talk me through injecting myself with lidocaine.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when I got there I\u2019m like, \u2018This is too much, bollocks to it.\u2019 So I just went out there and fought injured. Everyone was saying, \u2018You weren\u2019t moving too well.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah, no (expletive)!\u2019 My ribs were seriously messed up!\u201d<\/p>\n
What do you make of this tale from Michael Bisping?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/30\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In late 2017, Michael Bisping attempted to defend the UFC middleweight title opposite returning welterweight legend Georges St-Pierre. Despite an admirable effort, Bisping was ultimately dropped and submitted by his Canadian foe in the waning moments of the third round. Speaking to MMA Junkie during a promotional tour for his new autobiography, Quitters Never Win, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":303401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10140,10128,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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