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Michael Bisping says he's not bitter over losses to PED users, getting on with his life
Oct 28, 2014 - 3:15:43 PM Michael Bisping says he's not bitter over losses to PED users, getting on with his life

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I suppose if I really think about it and work myself up about it, yeah, I could do that. But realistically, I accepted those fights, and I knew what I was getting into. The way I see it, you've got to take it like a man. You dust yourself off, and you get back in there. If people's testosterone levels can be 10 times higher than what it normally is, of course that's going to give you an edge. Like this morning, my body was sore because I've been training real hard, and my body just can't do it. So I planned that today I'd take the morning off and do nothing, because I need to. Perhaps if I was taking testosterone or whatever medicine these guys took, I wouldn't need to have taken this morning off. I would have recovered better and had more muscle mass and hit harder and run faster. Those things all help. Would things have been different? Yes, probably. Am I bitter about it? No, I'm not. I try to take it like a man, and get on with the rest of my life."

-Michael Bisping talks to MMAJunkie.com about why he's not dwelling on his past encounters with PED users.

Penick's Analysis: No good can come of letting the frustration of those losses build and fester. They happened, it sucks for him that he's faced so many cheaters, but there isn't anything to be done about the fights that have already come and gone. His focus has to be on the future, and the opponents in front of him, and that seems to be the way he's taking things.

[Michael Bisping art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]