Bisping almost canceled due to Staph

Woah, that would have sucked!
http://www.espn.co.uk/ufc/sport/story/73349.html

 

"It was something I picked up in October and then it flared up again at the start of camp," Bisping told ESPN. "The first couple of weeks it was really bothering me, and I couldn't really use my arm at one point.

"My manager did say to me, 'maybe you're gonna have to pull out of the fight', but we still had time. Fortunately the antibiotics have cleared it all up and now the arm's great.

"My manager was saying, 'you're doing great, hopefully we're on our way to a title shot, so you don't want to derail anything'. He wasn't saying, 'let's pull out', but he was saying that I should think about it.

"But we still had plenty of time and it cleared up."

Bisping is expected to enter into a stand-up war with Rivera on February 27, meaning his ability to time and land punches will be crucial. The Wolf's Lair fighter is not concerned though, revealing he merely had to alter his training camp.

"It's been clear for a couple of weeks now and it's almost perfect. It's no problem, I just had to train round it, I could still run and still hit pads etc. I could still do everything but it was just extremely painful."