Bisping Undergoes Surgery Wants to Return with a Fight in Manchester

Bisping has successful eye surgery, hopes to return in Manchester against Cung Le

by Tommy Strong @Strong_tea

UFC Middleweight contender Michael Bisping has undergone eye surgery for a retina problem in his right eye. The news broke on Tuesday nights showing of UFC Tonight.

Ariel Halwani reported on UFC Tonight "After the fight against Alan Belcher, Michael Bisping completely lost all peripheral vision in his right eye"

He also went onto say "He went to see an eye doctor on Tuesday and found he had a detached retina"

Michael underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair the detached retina in his right eye. Following the surgery Bisping tweeted:

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Op went well, will make a FULL recovery and be ready to fight soon,hopefully in Manchester next!!
— michael (@bisping) June 5, 2013

The news will come as a blow to Bisping loyal fan base, after getting back to winning ways with a technical decision win over Alan Belcher at UFC 159 in April, in a fight ended when Bisping accidentally caught Belcher with a nasty eye poke.

Michael Bisping has been the subject to call outs from several fighters in recent weeks including Luke Rockhold who Michael quickly dismissed with a tweet of "get a win in the ufc first" and Costa Philippou who even stated he was happy to travel to England to fight Michael in Manchester where the UFC are rumoured to return in October.

Though it seems Michael has his heart set on a Cung Le which although strange decision in terms of rankings, a fight vs Cung Le who has a huge fan base around the world would certainly guarantee a good TV rating

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