JRE MMA Show #52 with Michael Bisping

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

December 11, 2018

Duration

2h 4m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Joe is joined by retired former UFC Middleweight Champion & commentator/analyst Michael Bisping.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Michael Bisping

  guest

• Narrator

  other

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Michael Bisping, JRE MMA Show #52 with Michael Bisping explores Michael Bisping on title glory, eye damage, steroids and survival after MMA Joe Rogan and Michael Bisping cover Bisping’s entire arc: from rough English kid and early bare-knuckle-style fights, to UFC champion, to media career and businessman. They dig into the realities behind his short‑notice title win over Luke Rockhold, the brutal eye injuries he hid while still competing, and the mental pressures of fighting. They also discuss PEDs and TRT in MMA, concussion and CTE risks in combat sports and football, and the economics and ethics of hunting and slaughterhouses. The conversation ends with how Bisping engineered his post‑fight life—commentary, podcasting, startups—and why he finally chose retirement when his health alarms became too loud to ignore.

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