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JUSTIN GAETHJE ACCUSES MICHAEL BISPING OF BIAS COMMENTARY DURING UFC 286 MAIN EVENT, JON ANIK COMES TO BISPING'S DEFENSE

By David Tees on 3/20/2023 9:57 PM

Former UFC Interim Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje competed in the co-main event of UFC 286, while teammate Kamaru Usman lost in the main event of the card to Leon Edwards.

Gaethje heard Michael Bisping's commentary for the pay-per-view broadcast of the main event between Edwards and Usman, but Gaethje believes that Bisping showed bias in his commentary.

“I thought (Usman) won the fight,” Gaethje told reporters at his UFC 286 post-fight news conference (transcript via Danny Segura & Abbey Subhan of MMA Junkie). “But I’m probably as biased as the judges. (I’m) certainly not as biased as Michael Bisping. He shouldn’t have been (anywhere) near a microphone during that fight. Yeah, it sucks. It’s not my call. I just thought it was very unprofessional (from Bisping).”

Jon Anik, who was calling the action alongside Bisping at UFC 286, came to his co-workers defense via Twitter:

There has been no comment from Bisping as of this writing.