Michael Bisping on Anthony Pettis: ‘It sounds like he took the easy way out.’

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On Friday afternoon, during Fox Sports 1’s UFC 206 weigh-in show, UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping had some pointed comments for Anthony Pettis in light of the latter missing weight for his UFC 206 main event for the interim featherweight title. Co-anchor, UFC Welterweight Champion, and Pettis teammate Tyron Woodley had been explaining what Pettis said earlier: That he stopped sweating, a doctor came in, and told him to rehydrate. Bisping thought this was a cop-out.

“It does [make sense], and I don’t want to kick a man while he’s down, but we’re all severely dehydrated [when cutting weight],” Bisping explained. “If a doctor saw any of us when we’re making weight, they would all say ‘You’re severely [de]hydrated! You need to rehydrate immediately, Mr. Bisping!’ That’s what they would always say. Of course he’s going to say that! You don’t take that advice. You don’t listen to a doctor.”

His conclusion? “It sounds like he took the easy way out.”

Bisping is not really wrong in the general sense. Even if Pettis was in worse straits than other fighters cutting similar amounts of weight, it’s likely that a doctor would have said something similar to most of the fighters on the card who made weight.

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