{"id":338886,"date":"2020-01-22T06:37:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338886"},"modified":"2020-01-22T06:37:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:37:25","slug":"michael-bisping-explains-how-he-became-a-fan-of-cool-as-fk-jorge-masvidal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-explains-how-he-became-a-fan-of-cool-as-fk-jorge-masvidal\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping explains how he became a fan of ‘cool as f**k’ Jorge Masvidal"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a time, not all that long ago, when Michael Bisping and Jorge Masvidal were mortal enemies. The pair allegedly had several public run-ins, and exchanged tons of trash talk in interviews.<\/p>\n

Today, however, Bisping and Masvidal on good terms.<\/p>\n

So how did that happen? Well, according to Bisping, it has a lot to do with what Masvidal accomplished in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you meet somebody under different circumstances, like somebody who has been your enemy, if you met them in a different way you could be friends,\u201d Bisping told MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cLike Luke Rockhold. I always said if Daniel Cormier can be such good friends with Luke Rockhold, he can\u2019t be that bad of a guy. But we\u2019re just rivals, so we\u2019re not meant to like each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut since then, [Jorge] has been awesome. How can you not be a fan of what he did last year? How can you not be a fan of what he did to Till, [Ben] Askren and then [Nate] Diaz. The way he\u2019s handled himself the last year is just cool as f*ck. I wish him nothing but the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Bisping has opened up on his transformed relationship with Masvidal. In a 2019<\/a> interview with ESPN, he explained how they became cordial after Masvidal’s big wins over Darren Till and Ben Askren.<\/p>\n

\u201cJorge came up and he was cool as f*ck man,” Bisping said. “And I think he realized, cause when I saw him in London I walked past him. If I wanted to be an asshole there, I could\u2019ve been an asshole. But I said, \u2018hey what\u2019s up Jorge?\u2019 And he kind of nodded. I think that was, without saying squashing the beef type thing. But he was cool as hell man. He was cool as hell. I said congratulations, I said some kind words because how can you not?<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, you gotta respect that,” Bisping added. “What he did out there, that was f*cking phenomenal. Not only did he make history, the fastest knockout in UFC history. He just knocked out a 19-0 undefeated fighter in five seconds or three seconds or two seconds, whatever it was. You gotta give the man his respect and he was very gracious. He took the respect and he didn\u2019t act like an idiot, he didn\u2019t try and start sh*t with me. And he was actually cool, we said some nice words back and forth and I gave him a little hug at the end. So yeah, I don\u2019t know. I guess maybe we\u2019re cool now, you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are you surprised Michael Bisping and Jorge Masvidal were able to squash their beef?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/22\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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