{"id":333001,"date":"2019-11-23T12:32:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T20:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=333001"},"modified":"2019-11-23T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T20:32:47","slug":"michael-bisping-scoffs-at-ben-askren-retiring-over-a-hip-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-scoffs-at-ben-askren-retiring-over-a-hip-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping scoffs at Ben Askren retiring over a hip replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Bisping is not buying that Ben Askren retired from the sport of mixed martial arts due to his need for a hip replacement.<\/p>\n

The former UFC middleweight champion discussed Askren’s recently announced retirement on his most recent edition of the ‘Believe You Me’<\/a> podcast where he insinuated that hip replacement is not career-ending surgery, unless you want it to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone out there, you ask any doctor, they will tell you, hip replacement\/knee replacement, not even in the same category\u2026 not even anywhere close in the same category as recovery, rehab, pain endured through said process,\u201d Michael Bisping said (via MMANews<\/a>). \u201cAny doctor will tell you. People are coming up to me going, \u2018Oh, yeah, that\u2019s right. I had a hip replacement,\u2019 and I just want to go, \u2018Ohhh, don\u2019t talk to me about your hip replacement, OK? I had a knee replacement, knee replacement!<\/p>\n

\u201cHip replacement is nothing. I scoff at a hip replacement. I laugh at a hip replacement. I have no sympathy. Quick operation. My mom recovered from one, no problem. My dad had one, doesn\u2019t even mention it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben Askren went 1-2 under the UFC banner, scoring a controversial submission win over Robbie Lawler in his Octagon debut before being knockout out and then submitted by opponents Jorge Masvidal<\/a> and Demian Maia.<\/p>\n

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Image via @ufc on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just days after being submitted by Maia at UFC Singapore, Askren would announced his retirement from the sport on The Helwani Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably a good idea if he\u2019s retiring because my mom has stronger hips than Ben Askren,\u201d Michael Bisping continued. \u201cSimple as that. My old, frail, flailing mother has stronger hips, can sprawl better than Ben Askren.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big fan of the guy. I\u2019d like to still see him fight. I\u2019m sure he could earn some money. But I think from a competitive standpoint, he came over and it wasn\u2019t a good year. And he\u2019s like, \u2018You know what? I\u2019m gonna move on,\u2019\u201d Bisping concluded.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the recent comments made by Michael Bisping regarding Ben Askren’s retirement? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPENN.com November 23, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Bisping is not buying that Ben Askren retired from the sport of mixed martial arts due to his need for a hip replacement. 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