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Former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping was part of the three man commentary booth for last weekend's UFC 286 event.
Justin Gaethje accused Bisping of bias commentary during the main event fight between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman, but Bisping believes that Gaethje accused him of bias because Gaethje was being a loyal teammate to Usman.
“Justin’s just being a loyal friend and a loyal teammate,” Bisping said on his Youtube channel (transcript via Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie). “When you’re watching a fight and you want your friend, your teammate to win, the good stuff that they do, in your mind, is emphasized. It is amplified. It is a bigger deal than what it is. And the stuff that the opponent does to your friend, you dismiss it. … That’s just the human mind. That’s how we work. When someone that we respect, when someone that’s our friend that we’re supporting, when they’re doing well, we amplify it in our mind. When anything bad happens, we play it down.
“So Justin firmly believes in his head that Kamaru won that fight. And because I said on the microphone afterwards, ‘Well, Leon clearly won that fight,’ which I thought that he did in a close fight – in a close fight. All the rounds were close. Leon didn’t smoke him in any of the rounds, but I thought generally Kamaru might’ve had one or two rounds. Maybe one, maybe two. I’d have to watch it again. But listen, Leon won the fight. But all rounds were close, and Justin is just being a good teammate.”
Daniel Cormier, who was also a part of the UFC 286 commentary team, didn't think Bisping showed any bias during the UFC 286 main event.
“I didn’t think he was being biased,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “People always call me bias. The reality is everybody has a little bit of that in them, but I thought he did a good job. …I thought Mike did a fantastic job as he always does.”
