UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is holding nothing back when speaking about Anderson Silva. He feels that Brazilian MMA fighter and former UFC Middleweight Champion is “Tarnishing his Legacy.”

Read more on how Michael Bisping feels about Anderson Silva, who FIRED BACK at the back-handed comment…

CelebNSports247.com has this report via Michael Bisping who weighed in on Anderson Silva during a Sirius XM show this week, following Silva’s UFC 208 win over Derek Brunson.

The veteran British middleweight fighter, Michael Bisping held nothing back while arguing the greatest UFC champion in history fighting skills.

Michael Bisping Weighs in on Anderson Silva:

“Anderson Silva versus Derek Brunson, I’m saying wow this could be a dangerous fight for Anderson Silva simply because of the wrestling capabilities of Derek Brunson.”

He added:

“That wasn’t a factor. Yes, Brunson got him down a couple of times but generally, Anderson stopped all his takedowns. In fact, Anderson’s takedown defense looked stellar, it looked very, very good. Technically, he was doing everything perfect. As I say, Brunson did get him down a couple of times towards the end but all in all, he showed very good takedown defense.”

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Here is where Bisping criticizes Silva’s MMA fighting technique. He felt Anderson Silva was doing a lot of posturing, while failing to mount much offense during the bout with Brunson:

“But what Anderson was doing was just kind of stalking him down and not doing anything. He was kind of disrespecting everybody there, disrespecting his opponent. I’m watching this thing thinking Anderson’s going to get knocked out because he’s holding on to this stupid, dumb Thai clinch.”

Then he said he was disappointed feeling almost disrespected since:

“Anderson was the better fighter but he just didn’t pull the trigger. He didn’t pull the trigger at all. People were booing in the audience, people were annoyed, people were pissed off. They paid to watch the fantastic Anderson Silva and he just wasn’t delivering.”

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Silva had been mum about the post-fight criticisms until Wednesday, when he released a lengthy social media post FIRING back at Michael Bisping:

“Nowadays it’s easy to say that the fight is my root, there is a lot of people who talk about fighting and do not know what it says. So when you go up in the octagon, first look who I am, respect who got where I came from. I arrived very well, without disrespecting anyone, with much struggle and pride in the chest.

So, you who talk too much, find out first who I am and what I did in this sport.

Many people find me arrogant and overbearing? I can be it and more, not because I am considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. No, no, it’s my feats, that’s what I really did for this sport. I broke barriers all over the world where I fought, Pride, Shooto, Mecca and other events that these speakers have never heard of and do not know what they are like.  I’m from a different era, when had no weight limit or time limit. I really fought for passion, not for money or fame. Speakers and frustrated fighters, who read this text, I can be arrogant, arrogant and much more than that, I am Anderson Silva, who made and makes a difference in sports.

I’m not afraid and I do not flee fighting, I defended the belt for 10 years, none of the last champions managed to defend for more than 3 fights.

So thank you to all who like me and those who do not like me, they will have to accept that Anderson da Silva, The spider , is a fact and can not change. I’m the best in the world, yes! To the joy of many and the sorrow of others.

I can only say that we will soon see ourselves in the octagons of life.”

Thoughts?

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