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On June 24, 2026, during an appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, Hearn accused Bisping of being too close to the UFC to fairly talk about fighter pay.
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“These are people that are on the payroll,” Hearn said, “These are people who have been suppressed themselves, and these are people who don’t have any backbone about them. Michael Bisping should be ashamed of what is being proposed to Tom Aspinall to be in a fight like Ciryl Gane with that amount of money that is in the pot. He is a fighter. He should stand up for what’s right for fighters.” He added, “So what are you saying, Bisping? ‘Do as you’re told, shut up, take your money. That’s all you’re worth?’” He proceeded to challenge Bisping to debate.
Bisping has now responded to Hearn’s comments. Speaking on his podcast, the commentator said that he did not know what Aspinall was getting paid and called out Hearn for his comments.
Michael Bisping responds to Eddie Hearn over UFC fighter pay comments
“He wants to have a debate? I’m not having a debate online, but I’m very happy, next time I’m in London, to sit down face-to-face, man-to-man, and have a conversation like that,” Bisping said.
“Eddie Hearn was talking s**t about me and about Felder too, really, but he only named me,” he continued, “Why should I be ashamed? I have no idea the money that Tom is getting paid. I’m not a part of that. All I ever said, and I think anyone with half an ounce of intelligence can see it, is that Eddie Hearn is muddying the waters with something between him and Dana White and his perceived war and beef that he has with Dana.”
Asserting that he did not mention a word about Aspinall’s compensation and hoped that the fighter got more than his fair share, Bisping added, “It’s absolute horse s**t what Eddie Hearn is saying. And he wants to have a debate? Eddie, all you little s**ts out there, I don’t want you to get it twisted: I care about fighters. We care deeply about this sport, and this is why we are commentators. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
Aspinall will look to unify the heavyweight titles when he returns against Gane, but no official announcement has been made about the title unification bout as yet.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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