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Michael Bisping isn't a fan of how Alex Pereira is handling his loss to Ciryl Gane.
Pereira (13-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) was finished by Gane (14-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) in Round 2 of their interim heavyweight title fight this past Sunday at UFC Freedom 250 from the White House in Washington.
In a recent interview with MMA Junkie, Pereira accused Gane of cheating by landing numerous illegal blows to the back of his head in the fight-ending sequence. He also said he plans on appealing the loss, but Bisping is confused by his reaction.
"He lost the fight. There's no shame in that whatsoever," Bisping said on his YouTube channel. "But sitting there, complaining and crying about it, and going on about how he was fouled, it's just not a good look. It is not a good look. I don't know who's advising him and allowing him say this, but someone should pull him aside and say, 'Listen: You were beaten fair and square. The better man was Ciryl Gane.'
"Ciryl Gane was not getting tired, by the way. That's another thing that Alex Pereira said. He said, 'Oh, I could see it in his eyes. He was getting tired. That's why he laid on the floor after the fight.' I've laid on the floor after a series of my fights because it's done – it's over. Victory is mine. I've won. All the pressure, all the training that you've done leading up to this moment, it was all worthwhile."
Pereira also chastised referee Herb Dean, who later released a video explaining the back-of-the-head rule, in which the focus is on the nape of the neck. "Poatan" requested that Dean no longer referees his fights.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Michael Bisping: Pereira's reaction to Gane loss 'not a good look'
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Pereira (13-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) was finished by Gane (14-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) in Round 2 of their interim heavyweight title fight this past Sunday at UFC Freedom 250 from the White House in Washington.
In a recent interview with MMA Junkie, Pereira accused Gane of cheating by landing numerous illegal blows to the back of his head in the fight-ending sequence. He also said he plans on appealing the loss, but Bisping is confused by his reaction.
"He lost the fight. There's no shame in that whatsoever," Bisping said on his YouTube channel. "But sitting there, complaining and crying about it, and going on about how he was fouled, it's just not a good look. It is not a good look. I don't know who's advising him and allowing him say this, but someone should pull him aside and say, 'Listen: You were beaten fair and square. The better man was Ciryl Gane.'
"Ciryl Gane was not getting tired, by the way. That's another thing that Alex Pereira said. He said, 'Oh, I could see it in his eyes. He was getting tired. That's why he laid on the floor after the fight.' I've laid on the floor after a series of my fights because it's done – it's over. Victory is mine. I've won. All the pressure, all the training that you've done leading up to this moment, it was all worthwhile."
Pereira also chastised referee Herb Dean, who later released a video explaining the back-of-the-head rule, in which the focus is on the nape of the neck. "Poatan" requested that Dean no longer referees his fights.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Michael Bisping: Pereira's reaction to Gane loss 'not a good look'
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