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‘You can’t buy a legacy’ - Bisping regrets taking Gastelum ‘payday,’ damaging good eye

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping regretted taking the last fight of his career against Kelvin Gastelum, and he feared he was going to be fully blind because of the contest.

Bisping (30-9) won the UFC middleweight title by knocking out Luke Rockhold on just two weeks notice, which was the upset of the year in 2016. “The Count” defended his title against Dan Henderson at UFC 204, but lost it to Georges St-Pierre in his fight after that at UFC 217.

Talking to Submission Radio, Bisping explained why he regretted fighting Gastelum just three weeks after his title loss to “GSP.