After UFC 114 Win, Michael Bisping Eyes Rematch With Wanderlei Silva, Title Shot
Michael Bisping has his sights set on a rematch with Wanderlei Silva and a run at the middleweight title after earning a unanimous decision over Dan Miller in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC 114 in Las Vegas.
“Wanderlei Silva said he wants a rematch with me, and I would love a rematch,” Bisping said at the post-UFC 114 press conference. “I want to fight the best guys out there now. I feel like some of the fights in the past were a little bit too soon, but I’m maturing as a fighter and I’m ready for the challenges.
“I want to build on this win, and hopefully toward the end of this year, early next year, I’ll get a title shot,” Bisping continued. “I want to be the first Englishman to win a title. I was the first [Englishman] to win ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ … and I will be the first English world champion.”
Bisping dropped a unanimous decision to Silva in the main event of February’s UFC 110 in Australia, and now awaits the outcome of Silva’s July meeting with Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116 before learning if he’ll get the rematch.
Regardless of his next opponent, Bisping is likely to return to action in October at UFC 120 in London, which is also expected to feature fellow Englishman and recent welterweight challenger Dan Hardy.
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If and when Wanderlei beats Sexyama I hope it propels him into title contention himself. I really don’t care to see him have to rematch one of the most over-rated fighters in the UFC. Unless of course it’s a guaranteed title shot for the winner. When Bisping isn’t beating nobodies, he’s losing to anyone with a name or putting us to sleep and going to decision after decision.
Wanderlei at least has a punchers chance against some of the best in the world at 185, whereas the Count really does not. Watching Bisping run away from Anders Silva for a round or two or until he got knocked out wouldn’t do him good at all. Though it would be fun to watch come to think of it.
All I am saying is that I really don’t think Bisping is anywhere near or deserving of a title shot. His list of wins does not impress me one bit. He’s kinda like Brendan Vera, just can’t beat anyone who is someone. And as a big Wanderlei supporter and loyal fan, I want to see him in interesting fights where he can go toe to toe, trade blow and knock or be knocked the F out.
Neither Dennis Kang nor Dan Miller are nobodies.
Thank you Justin.
By the way, Sexyama has beat some quality opponents, Wanderlei is going to have his hands full with him.
Dennis Kang looked terrible and has beat nobody noteworthy in the past 4 years… please… give me a f’in break.
Anytime Bisping fights real competition he loses. It’s that damn simple.
Rashad, Wandy, Hendo… and hey, even Hamill (we all know)!
And when he fights the lesser to nobodies hes lucky if he squeaks out a decision.
Put him against Sonnen, Marquardt, Silva, Silva, Franklin, he loses.
im not the brightest guy, so can someone please explain to me why if wandy beats sexyama, he gets a rematch with a guy he beat, and then the winner gets the next title shot? how does that make sense?
It don’t Chris, at all. Bisping is doing what he does and talks trash. At the very least Silva woudn’t even face these guys until next year at this time at the earliest. Considering he has to face Sonnen and Belfort the next two fights he has.
The Silva we’re referring to is W.Silva, not A.Silva.
bsbiz,
I think Timcat was saying that Anderson Silva wouldn’t even face Wanderlei or Bisping until this time next year at the earliest, if either of them earned the chance to face him.
he has beaten no bodies at 185 last time checked. how about he fights nate the great palhares winner. two guys who love to bang and have outstanding ground games.
Belcher vs Bisping is what needs to happen.
Belcher is fighting Maia next. The UFC’s middleweight division is very busy at the moment, most of the top fighters are already booked into fights, so I think Bisping may be on the shelf for a little bit, at least until some of the other top names are done fighting one another. I’m predicting he’ll be back for UFC 120 in London, which should give plenty of time to select an opponent. The only UFC middleweights that I can think of at the moment that are not booked are Patrick Cote (injured), Ed Herman (injured), and Gerald Harris is set to face the mysterious “TBA” at UFC 116. If Bisping and the UFC want to rush him back to action he could face Harris, but most people would complain that he was fighting another “nobody” or they could hold off till 120 and put him against Cote, or maybe if Aaron Simpson beats Chris Leben at the TUF finale they could set that up… even though many people might consider him another “nobody”.
I would love to see Bisping face Simpson. Mostly because I hate Bisping and love to see him backpedal like a frightened child when he faces an aggressive opponent.
On the other hand, a win over Simpson would at least force me to have some respect for him. As long as it was done with convincing fashion unlike all his other stick-and-retreat decision victories.
Belcher is aggressive and can take punches in bunches. You and me may want to see this fight happen, but Bisping’s camp wouldn’t.
I see a lot of Bisping-bashing here.
Don’t get me wrong, I have no love for a sh!t-talker like Bisping, but underestimating a fighter with polished stand-up can be detrimental to a fighter’s well-being these days.
Just ask Dan Miller.
Its one thing for us to wave the guy off as a poser and a UK promotional prop of the UFC front office, but I’m thinking the first fighter who buys too much into what he reads online is going to get beaten, and possibly beaten up.
Bisping’s takedown defense is both underrated and improving, and the longer he spends in the North American end of the MMA pool, the more wary he becomes of guys with strong ground games, and savvy as to how to minimize their effectiveness.
Or did I miss all the times Dan Miller put him on the mat and tried stretching him?
I’m no supporter of the Count, and have previously posted dismissively about him, but I don’t think he’s necessarily a crap fighter just because he lost to legends like Hendo and Wand, or lost a SD to a former champion like Rashad Evans at 205.
Yes, his “win” over Matt Hamill was dogsh!t, and we all know it. Even his own countrymen booed when the decision dropped. ‘Nuff said on that IMO.
Yes, his record is filled with wins over fighters that are probably small show caliber at best when measured against the 2010 UFC yardstick.
And yes the UFC needs to stop with the Charles McCarthy highlights. They in fact only MAKE the Bisping detractors case that the guy is more front office creation than frontrunning 185 contender.
But the man has won 19 out of 22 fights, 16 of those via knockout or tapout, which IMO is none too shabby from where I sit in my yard and front of my laptop and playing with my dog, having never made it to the professional ranks and cooking to pay the bills.
Most likely Bisping can’t beat Wand again, and most definitely Bisping would get throttled by Marquardt or Maia or Sonnen.
However a funny thing happened to the 185 ranks while I was b!tching about the fact that its the UFC’s nothing happening weightclass.
We suddenly have SEVERAL talented contenders just waiting for Anderson Silva to move the He11 into 205 ranks [where he probably belongs at this stage of his career] so they can try to restore the weightclass to relevence and fan interest.
Maybe, just maybe, Bisping isn’t as bad as we all think, and by the time Anderson Silva is fighting Jackson or Evans or Rua or whoever for 205 supremacy, the Count will actually matter in the 185 mix…
Great reply. As much as I can’t stand Bisping, can’t disagree with any of this.
I somewhat agree jchol, Bisping isn’t nearly as bad as we think he is. But I think his dislikability(if that’s a word) stems from the fact that he’s nowhere near as good as HE thinks HE is.
The man simply can’t watch his own fight tapes and continue to spew the verbal garbage he does fight after fight. Either that or he’s just delusional. And yes I know they have to hype fights and generate interest.
This is from my post I don’t think anyone saw. “Bisping to me is like the Lion from wizard of oz…..he’s lacking courage or something. If only wars in the cage were won by running your mouth, then he would be king. I’m getting pretty weary of him talking like he’s fighting Ali every single fight and then delivering lackluster performance after lackluster performance. And to top it all off, thinking you’re deserving of a title shot, when you aren’t even 2nd tier imo. I think he should be sentenced to 10 rematches with Hendo in punishment. ;) ”
Yeah I think he’s below second tier. I have no idea why Dan Miller chose to stand with someone with superior standup(just superior to Miller’s). I didn’t see many takedown attempts by Miller, the one I did though, was successful. I don’t credit Bisping with a stellar performance, but rather Miller with a disappointingly poor gameplan.
Bisping is described as a “crisp” striker. Maybe so, but someone needs to teach him what it means to commit to a punch. He might get more power that way, instead of punching with his arms. I assume jchol is correct with Bisping’s amount of knockouts and can only theorize that he had more power at a heavier weight.
From what I’ve seen Bisping gets confused and frantic against ultra aggressive types(unlike Miller’s that let him pick them apart) and tends to make more mistakes. I think alot of that stems from his extreme dislike of taking a punch. I mean nobody likes it, but sometimes it’s necessary. Let’s face it, I know he isn’t but sometimes he looks downright scared when he’s being backed up. Not really sure why Vandelei waited until the 3rd round to press him hard.
Is he being propped up by the ufc? I think yes. But it’s smart to do so…..look at all the positive and negative press he generates by being the character that he is.
I should clarify too that at some level I think Bisping is improving, but he needs a new camp imo.
I’m not saying you’re wrong about Bisping thinking more highly of himself than he should, but I think almost the entire UFC roster suffers from the same malady of not being as good as they think they are.
Come to think of it, I can only think of a small handful of active UFC fighters who are actually as good as they think they are, and have the skillsets and/or accolades to back them up.
They are, in no particular order:
- BJ Penn
- GSP
- Anderson Silva
- Matt Hughes
- Randy Couture
Almost everyone else in the UFC is lacking in either credentials or in-cage performance in some area or at some level…
I definitely think you can add a lot of names to that list, Jcohl, starting with Shogun and Machida but your point is not lost on me. Fighters are inherently confident people, so there are bound to be many that don’t completely grasp their own limitations.
There is just something so dislikable about Bisping that compels me to post shady things about him every chance I get. Seems others feel the same.
…and to get all ‘technical’ Bisping hasn’t actually KO’d anybody in 6 years. It’s been all TKO’s for him. Sorry bout that, but I don’t want him getting any more credit than he deserves! ;)
I think it’s his accent. That’s what it is for me.
Bisping doesnt have that killer edge …….. he’s a combo striker with mediocre power . I dont think he can beat a true middleweight contender .
After (if) wandy beats sexyama I think a fight with okami would be cool ….. then a shot at Anderson .
GOOD comments by Amped and Jcohl.
I am a Bisping hater, mainly due to his absurd trash talking, but I have to admit that he has come on in strides as a fighter. If he can find a way to up his striking power he could be some sort of threat at his weight. That said, I think that a Wandy rematch will see Silva come out far less cautiously and pound him down for the KO. Not interested in seeing the rematch. We already know who is better.
Bisping is very underated on the ground his hip escapes are fantastic and his take down defense is of a good standard,
But he is his own worst enemy lacking in courage to commit to any real power punch’s.
His camp in Liverpool the Wolfslair is what’s holding him back, if he hooked up with Greg Jackson he could work wonders or even Xtreme Couture, he needs to train in the US make great leaps in his ability and skill set
Wow, could it be that ever so slightly Bisping is winning people over?
Rather than just outrite criticism, theres alot of good,intelligent constructive criticism here.
I can see how he could irritate alot of people, but he really doesnt get to me that much…if anything i feel a bit sorry for him sometimes, hes a lone brit on the world stage who knows full well how much everyone hates him and wants to see him lose and i dont think he doesnt try to finish fights, maybe as someone said he sacrificed his power when he dropped weight coz he used to be known for his knockouts in his early career.
At the end of the day he has talked s*** in the past, but i think hes started to learn the right and wrong way to go about it now and im sure he wishes he never said/did whatever it was that p***ed everybody off in the first place.
the guys a family man who comes from a humble background and worked hard to get where he is, and at least he earned his place in the UFC through TUF unlike some. He might not be the best around but he has done quite well really, and what is a fighter supposed to say ‘actually i dont really want an opportunity to win the title’ of course not. i dont think he will ever do it against the high calibre of MW opposition in UFC, but id at least like to see him work a little bit harder, take a few more risks and get a couple of high profile wins under his belt and maybe a no1 contender slot before his careers through…and a cheer from a US crowd for a gutsy performance. Well, one step at a time Mike