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Michael Bisping famously won the UFC middleweight title with practically just one functioning eye. As impressive as that was, the MMA legend believes his horrific injury could have been avoided if his former opponent Vitor Belfort hadn't resorted to cheating
Bisping took on Vitor Belfort in 2013, in a fight that left him with a detached retina. Belfort, at the time, was on testosterone replacement therapy – a procedure that was outlawed by United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the UFC in 2014.
Fast forward to 2022, Bisping was asked by a fan on Twitter if he thinks the injury could've been avoided. 'The Count' responded by claiming he would still have two functioning eyes if his opponent had not been on TRT:
"Well yeah if vitor wasn’t a drug cheating P*ssy," he wrote. "But as I sit here with 2 newly discovered breaks in my lower back, I can confirm I have no regrets."
Check out Michael Bisping's tweet below:
Another Twitter user tried to be snarky with the former UFC middleweight champ and asked him if he really thought being on TRT had helped Belfort hit harder. Shutting down an obvious asinine question, the Englishman said:
"Er…. Yeah. Hmm how to explain to an utter moron. Well, they are called performance enhancing drugs for a reason. Mainly cos they enhance your performance."
Check out Michael Bisping's response below:
When Michael Bisping opened up about his horrific eye injury
Michael Bisping opened up about his eye injury after he was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2019.
In an interview with MMA Junkie, 'The Count' revealed that he was forced to cheat on medical exams just to get cleared to compete in the octagon:
“My vision [in my right eye] was pretty much non-existent since 2013," Bipsing said. "I was just about able to scrape past the medicals. It was definitely touch and go. I was always terrified of doing a full training camp, then being turned away by the commission doctor."
The UFC Hall of Famer added:
"It was difficult. To pass the medical test, you’ve got to have 20-200 vision, which is classed as clinically blind anyway, so it’s not very good – it’s not a very hard mark to pass. Some days I could, some days I couldn’t. But fortunately, I was just able to scrape by."
