Bisping considering UFC London offer; family wants him to retire

Michael Bisping may have one last fight left in him, despite his family thinking otherwise.

Speaking on his "Believe You Me" podcast on Tuesday, the 38-year-old middleweight said he's been mulling whether to accept an offer to fight at UFC London in March, and that a final decision will be coming soon, according to Jed Meshew of MMA Fighting.

"There’s a fight in the works for myself, and I’ve got until the end of the day to tell the UFC whether or not I’m taking it," Bisping said. "There’s an offer that’s been made to me, and all fairness to the UFC, I’ve been kind of taking my time to give them an answer so I’ve got until the end of the day to give them an answer."

Bisping added that his hesitancy is largely due to resistance from his family and friends.

"I have a bad eye and my wife doesn’t want me to continue fighting, and my manager doesn’t want me to continue fighting," he said. "I see out of that eye but not as well as I used to, and I’m still a young man so it’s kind of the reason I may hang the gloves up. My wife and manager and friends and people close to me say, 'Mike, what do you want to do that for? You’ve done it. You’ve had the belt.'"

Even if Bisping does fight in England, he has said it definitely won't be a rematch with Vitor Belfort due to longstanding personal animosity.

"This is my - if I fight in London - it's my last-ever fight ... I don't want it to be some bitter rivalry with a guy that has caused me lasting disfigurement and that I'm emotionally charged up against," Bisping said recently on his podcast, according to Meshew.