{"id":49360,"date":"2013-01-10T11:38:35","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T19:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=49360"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:21:58","slug":"1bisping-on-belfort-he-heas-the-heart-of-a-chicken-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/1bisping-on-belfort-he-heas-the-heart-of-a-chicken-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bisping on Belfort: He has the heart of a chicken | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/michael-bisping.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/michael-bisping.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"michael bisping\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/michael-bisping.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/michael-bisping-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/michael-bisping-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> &#8220;I\u2019m looking forward to going to Brazil. I was there for just a few days before Christmas doing PR for this fight. I shook Vitor\u2019s hand and we had a laugh about how at UFC 152 we were around each other quite a lot and got along great &#8211; and now we are fighting. It happens a lot in the UFC but it\u2019s always a little strange.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed he looked HUGE. Massive arms, chest and shoulders \u2013 a body for posing down at the beach \u2013 but then I noticed these little chicken legs sticking out of his arse. I thought: \u201cHe has the upper body of a lion but the legs of a chicken\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>And \u2013 now we are this close to the fight \u2013 I will say that he has heart of a chicken, too. He\u2019s a professional bully. If you let him have his way he will rip you apart in short order, but if you fight back and get him tired, he backs down and does basically nothing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Michael Bisping takes to <a href=\"http:\/\/yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YahooSports!<\/a> to blog about his upcoming fight against Vitor Belfort next week on FX. The British fighter will get his long awaited title shot with a victory, but Vitor Belfort is no easy task for any man. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I\u2019m looking forward to going to Brazil. I was there for just a few days before Christmas doing PR for this fight. I shook Vitor\u2019s hand and we had a laugh about how at UFC 152 we were around each other quite a lot and got along great &#8211; and now we are fighting. 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