In a strange way, even Michael Bisping’s official retirement on Monday came against a certain lay of odds. After he lost to Kelvin Gastelum in Shanghai — in what will go down as the most ill advised idea of his 39-fight career — he was still angling for one last fight in England, where it all began for him back in 2004. Given what a pugnacious, confrontational, and ultimately stubborn bastard he can be when it comes to fighting, it was hard to argue with him. Arguing is the one wheelhouse Bisping’s most comfortable in.
Against the odds, Michael Bisping had one hell of a career
