Eddie Hearn has called out Michael Bisping for the second time this week.
The UFC Hall of Famer publicly criticized Tom Aspinall for not returning to the UFC sooner following the double eye surgery that stemmed from his no-contest with Ciryl Gane last October.
Michael Bisping went totally blind in his right eye through fighting, so his attack on the UFC heavyweight champion came as a massive surprise to most.
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Eddie Hearn slams Michael Bisping
Eddie Hearn recently signed a deal to become Tom Aspinall’s manager and commercial representative through the newly established Matchroom Talent Agency.
Michael Bisping was challenged to a live TV debate when the English boxing promoter heard what he’d had to say about his only MMA client.
On Saturday night, Hearn insisted ‘The Count’ should be ashamed of himself for speaking out against Aspinall.
“You’ve got the company men. Michael Bisping for the UFC is like Johnny Nelson for Sky Sports,” the Matchroom Sports Chairman said during a press conference.
“I mean, Bisping should be ashamed of himself because Bisping is a fighter. I understand he’s got to do as he’s told, but there is no fighter in the world that can look at Tom Aspinall’s position and think it is fair.
“You really ain’t a fighter if that’s what you think. I’m a promoter, and I think it’s unfair.
“It would just never happen in boxing because the advisors and managers are that much more advanced that they know what is in the pot. From the pot, we pay 80 percent to the fighters, roughly.”
What did Michael Bisping actually say?
Michael Bisping appeared to question the validity of Tom Aspinall’s eye injuries during the most recent episode of his podcast.
Both he and fellow UFC commentator Paul Felder went viral for discussing Aspinall’s Octagon absence in a shockingly skeptical way.
“It seems like that whole situation with Ciryl Gane got him real bitter, got him real angry. I don’t know, man, it feels like his head got real big real quick and now he thinks he’s above and beyond fighting in the UFC,” Felder said.
Bisping responded: “I’ve got to choose my words carefully here, but he just said he’s still not cleared to fight. But he’s been very vague with the details, very vague with the details. If I wasn’t cleared, because he’s got a YouTube channel, he posts content all the time, you’d talk about it.
“I had a surgery, it was a very very serious surgery,” he continued. It’s gross what they do to your eyeball. I don’t know what he had, but he hasn’t talked about that. I had that surgery, recovered, came back, and had a fight, in a shorter amount of time than what it’s taken this whole eye poke saga.”
“It stinks, Michael, it stinks,” Felder added.
“I won’t say it stinks, as a guy, I know Tom, we used to have a close relationship, we don’t talk these days, he’s a great guy, but I don’t know. Look between the lines, there’s something f—— weird going on.”
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