Michael Bisping slams TikTok & YouTube boxing craze: \u201cSomeone\u2019s going to get hurt\u201d Instagram\/Jakepaul\/mikebispingFormer UFC champion Michael Bisping had some choice words for TikTokers, YouTubers and influencers trying to get into the fight game amid the rise of Jake Paul\u2019s boxing career. Ever since Logan and Jake Paul began fighting other influencers and professional athletes in the ring, other celebrities have entered the fray to partake, such as with the infamous YouTubers vs TikTokers event. Now, while speaking on The Fighter vs The Writer podcast, Michael Bisping revealed his true thoughts on the influencer boxing trend and how nervous he is for some of these folks stepping into the ring. First, he commented on Jake Paul\u2019s rise to boxing stardom and actually gave some props to the YouTuber. Michael Bisping praises Jake Paul\u2019s boxing career \u201cHe\u2019s got a massive following. I think a lot of people are quick to doubt him, quick to write him off, although I do think he\u2019s dispelling that myth a little bit and people are starting to come on board,\u201d Bisping explained. Part of the reason for Paul\u2019s credibility to grow comes in the form of his opponents and their caliber, especially with his next fight coming against former MMA champ Tyron Woodley, who Bisping actually predicts will lose to the YouTuber. \u201cThe first one was KSI or someone like that I\u2019m not sure. Then the basketballer, again whatever, but then he fought Ben Askren. I said I knew that was a perfect matchup. Even though Jake Paul comes across as a bit of an idiot, he\u2019s pretty smart because that was the perfect matchup. That was genius matchmaking,\u201d he said. Bisping warns influencers fighting isn\u2019t a game Despite Bisping\u2019s views on Paul, he isn\u2019t as big of a fan as other influencers stepping into the fight business and warns that someone could end up suffering a major injury. \u201cWhat I\u2019m not a fan of is because Jake Paul\u2019s done that and you see other people doing it, Logan Paul\u2019s doing it, and now you have every motherf**ker on the planet thinking they\u2019re a fighter,\u201d he blasted. \u201cEvery motherf**ker on the planet thinking that it\u2019s easy and you can go in there and have these fights. It\u2019s not a f**king game. You see there was something with some TikTokker\u2019s recently and they were all having a fight and these celebrity fights.\u201d He then brought up the upcoming bout between Game Of Thrones star The Mountain and Eddie Hall, which has been postponed due to injuries. \u201cWe\u2019ve got \u2018The Mountain\u2019 or someone fighting, these two big massive juiceheads or strong men or power lifters or whatever they are, forget their names, they\u2019re fighting soon and it\u2019s like this big thing,\u201d he added. \u201cOoh we\u2019ll just make everyone fight one another and it\u2019s great and it will all be a laugh. It\u2019s not a laugh. It\u2019s to be taken seriously. Someone\u2019s going to get f**king hurt eventually,\u201d he warned. Bisping insisted he was only harsh because he\u2019s worried for peoples\u2019 safety and he has needed multiple surgeries throughout his career as a professional fighter. \u201cI\u2019ve had about 25 surgeries throughout the course of my career and you\u2019ve got these f**king idiots going in there that have never conditioned their body to the kind of damage that it\u2019s going to take,\u201d the 42-year-old stated. It will be interesting to see how the influencer community responds to Bisping\u2019s warning, but with the popularity of these fight events continuing to grow, it may just end up falling on deaf ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michael Bisping slams TikTok & YouTube boxing craze: \u201cSomeone\u2019s going to get hurt\u201d Instagram\/Jakepaul\/mikebispingFormer UFC champion Michael Bisping had some choice words for TikTokers, YouTubers and influencers trying to get into the fight game amid the rise of Jake Paul\u2019s boxing career. Ever since Logan and Jake Paul began fighting other influencers and professional athletes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}