Michael Bisping is off to face Cung Le this coming Saturday at Macau.
Bisping has been considered as one of the key fighters in UFC and has been playing for the organization for more than seven years. His record is to die for, having been able to maintain win 18 out of his 24 matches. His 6 defeats are questionable and that he has not even lost back to back in his time.
The fighters who have beaten Bisping are some of the most prominent names in UFC which includes Rashad Evans, Wanderlei Silva and Tim Kennedy. While the other three; Dan Henderson, Chael Sonnen and Vitor Belfort has been found out as using testosterone replacement therapy during their match with Bisping.
This goes to show the kind of fighter Bisping is. But a lot has been asking why Bisping never had a title to his name and why he hasn't succeeded against the top tier. Bisping knows the importance of his fight in Macau and he has acknowledged it.
Bisping said "This is a must-win fight for me. I have to prove to the UFC, I have to prove to the fans, and I have to prove to myself that I'm still an elite fighter who can go on, get some wins over contenders, and fight for the UFC title. My last fight against Tim Kennedy sucked. It was the worst performance of my life. Kennedy had a game plan to hold me down and he executed that game plan well. In hindsight, I should never have accepted a fight just seven weeks after getting cleared to return to the gym after my eye injury. Yes, I was anxious to get back in there and earn my first paycheck in over a year but, with hindsight, I needed several months in the gym getting rid of ring rust. Instead, I made a huge mistake in taking on a wrestler like Kennedy without putting the work in, and I paid for it."
He added "But I've never lost two in a row in my life, and I don't plan to. I've been fighting high-level competition for the last six, seven years. But I don't want to be one of the guys in the Top 10 who wins a few and loses a few. I want to be No. 1 and I want to fight for the UFC title. My back is against the wall in terms of making that happen. I need to win to prove that I'm not just some fighter with a name who is fighting here and there for paydays. My record over my last six fights is win one, lose one, win one, lose one, and that's just not good enough for what I want to do in my career."
