Michael Bisping didn’t hold back when revealing his true feelings about bitter rival Vitor Belfort.
‘The Count’ was knocked out by Belfort back in 2013 at UFC on FX 7 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In the second round, Belfort uncorked a massive head kick that sent Bisping tumbling to the canvas, where he was subsequently finished by some spiteful ground and pound.
The shot detached Bisping’s retina and left him partially blind in his right eye.
Bisping underwent surgery to reattach the retina, but after it detached again and he developed glaucoma, the Mancunian had a prosthetic eye fitted.
One year after beating Bisping, Belfort failed a random drug test for elevated testosterone.
Bisping was left furious at the findings and insists Belfort had to have been on steroids when he fought him.
It is a grudge he still holds to this day, so when asked who the worst person in MMA was by British boxing icon Carl Froch, there was always only ever going to be one answer.
“Vitor Belfort,” he said. “A Brazilian steroid machine. You know, one of the biggest cheats in all the sport.
“I’ve never taken a steroid in my life. If you’re gonna step into a cage or a ring with a human being, it’s supposed to be about who is the better-skilled guy?
“Who is the better fighter? Who is willing to train their a*** off?
“Now we have contracts, and we have drug testing and all that type of stuff.
“More importantly, as a man, you should be like, ‘I’m just trying to beat you fair and square’.
“By getting up in the morning, going on a run, going to the gym – but this p**** was on every steroid under the sun.”
Despite being legally blind, Bisping remarkably went on to become the first British UFC champion of all time.
The Brit stunned the MMA world by stepping in on 17 days’ notice to knock out Luke Rockhold in the first round at UFC 199.
He later defended the belt in a grudge match with Dan Henderson before dropping the 185lbs strap to Georges St-Pierre.
Bisping remains one of only two Brits to have ever won a full UFC world title to this day, alongside Leon Edwards.
