Bisping, 39 years old, announces his retirement after 15 years dedicated to MMA. (Photo: Reproduction Facebook UFC)
After 15 years dedicated to MMA, the former UFC middleweight champion, Michael Bisping announced his retirement on Monday night (28). The fighter communicated the decision through his podcast “Believe You Me”.
“Obviously, I played with it for a long time, I could fight again, I couldn’t. And unfortunately it's not a fight I'm announcing. I will announce my official retirement from mixed martial arts,” said the American.
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Bisping reported that during a 2013 fight with Vitor belfort, with a kick from the Brazilian there was a retinal detachment in his right eye. In November 2017, in the clash against Kelvin Gastelum, the left eye also had problems. Since then, she started seeing “flashes” in her left eye.
The American fighter was diagnosed with a “vitreous” detachment in his left eye and the detached retina of his right eye is still at risk.
The vision problem was the main reason for Bisping to “hang up his gloves”, in addition to believing that he has nothing left to prove as a fighter. "Not worth it. What else am I going to do? I won the belt, I had tons of victories. I did everything I set out to achieve,” he explained.
The fighter began his UFC career by participating in the reality show The Ultimate Fighter 3. Bisping was the champion of the light heavyweight category on the program.
Michael Bisping He ends his career with 39 fights, 30 wins and nine losses. He has the record (alongside Georges St Pierre) with the highest number of victories in the UFC, with 20 triumphs.
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