“The Ultimate Fighter 3” winner has come up short in middleweight title eliminators on two separate occasions — the first being a vicious lights out knockout to Dan Henderson in 2009 and the second three years later in a lopsided unanimous decision defeat to Chael Sonnen.
However, if you were to ask Bisping, and even if you don’t, he’ll tell you those two aren’t true losses because they were against aging fighters who were powered by testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), which has since been banned by the UFC.
Bisping has been on the doorstep, but hasn’t managed to kick the top contender door open to compete in an ever elusive UFC title tilt.