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Honest Bisping labels fighters on TRT 'f***ing cheats'

Michael Bisping was criticised heavily by Nate Marquardt following his win over Jorge Rivera at UFC 127 © Getty Images

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Michael Bisping has stayed relatively quiet on the subject of Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) since the axing of Nate Marquardt by the UFC, but he finally delivered some explosive one-liners on the subject during a Twitter rant.

Bisping, more so than pretty much every fighter on the UFC roster, has justification to comment on Marquardt's axing, which came after the American delivered a high level of testosterone before his fight with Rick Story. Marquardt has since claimed he needs TRT.

Bisping was heavily criticised by Marquardt following his antics at UFC 127, when he delivered an illegal knee during a win over Jorge Rivera. The Brit was also seen spitting, an action that was claimed to be directed at Rivera's camp.

Marquardt had his say publicly on that incident, despite Bisping's apologies, telling Yahoo! Sports: "I would love to fight that guy, just to punch him in his mouth and shut him up. He's an ass. He's a total punk, no respect. I don't like those kinds of people."

Marquardt continued: "The fact that he goes and spits on an opponent's corner, that's so disrespectful. That's just not what a martial artist does and it's not what a sportsman does."

Now Bisping has had his say on Testosterone Replacement Therapy, labelling fighters on the treatment "cheats", whilst hinting individuals in Marquardt's position would never have needed TRT if he had not been banned for using steroids in 2005.

"Fighters on TRT are f***ing cheats," Bisping tweeted. "Low testosterone levels my ass! If you have, that's cos you were juicing in the past, cheating b*****ds!!

"Sick of hearing about fighters doing testosterone replacement therapy... it's just a clever way of cheating. Everyday there seems to be a new story of a fighter on it. BULLS**T!

"Steroid use reduces your natural levels of testosterone, so if fighters need TRT, it's because their ass was like a pin cushion in the past!"

Bisping is not the first UFC fighter to express strong views on TRT, following BJ Penn's recent opinion on the subject.

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