Ex-UFC Champ Recalls Mid-Fight Hallucination After Getting Punched

"He took me down, I was trying to get back to my feet. Bang. He hits me with a proper good shot," Bisping said in an appearance on Sky TV's Rob & Romesh Vs. "I swear to God, this is not a joke. Momentarily, I was transported, I was in the middle of a field, on a bike, riding through a field on a bike with golden flowers everywhere.

"All of a sudden I come back to it and I'm like, 'I'm in the f****** Octagon!"

Fans of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator might notice striking similarities to Russell Crowe’s character, Maximus, as he dissociates and walks through a wheat field before dying in the arena.

What Bisping experienced is possibly a transient altered state of consciousness or awareness brought on by Sonnen's concussive punch. It could also have been a flash knockout that put Bisping into a dream state, only to be reawakened by more blows from Sonnen.

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