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Bisping to Face Wanderlei at UFC 105

MMA Rumours — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:17:15 +0000

MMABay.co.uk reports that Michael “The Count” Bisping is all set to face Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva at UFC 105 in Manchester, England.

Bisping is coming off a devastating KO loss to Dan Henderson at UFC 100 whereas Wanderlei is coming off a decision loss to Rich Franklin in what was an exciting fight at a catchweight of 195 pounds. The fight is scheduled to be at middleweight meaning that Wanderlei will have to make the full cut down to 185 pounds this time. Judjing by his last fight, this might be a tough task for the Brazilian superstar. To add to this, Wanderlei has lost 5 out of his last 6 fights and that makes this fight extremely important for him to win.

Should be an absolute war. Bear in mind the papers have not been signed yet, although knowing both fighters, if Joe Silva has approached them with this, the deal should be done soon.

Bisping picks Franklin To Win at UFC 93

MMA Rumours — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:05:03 +0000

MMAWeekly has a great interview with UFC Middleweight and TUF3 winner Michael Bisping in which he shares his thoughts about the upcoming fight between Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson, the winner to coach opposite him in the next season of the Ultimate Fighter.

Popular Opinion and all indications are that the winner in the eventual fight between Bisping and the other coach will get to face UFC Middleweight Champion and Pound-for-Pound fighter Anderson “Spider” Silva. Bisping, who since moving down to the Middleweight division has been on a tear analysed the fight, breaking down each fighters strengths.

“Rich Franklin is probably the smarter fighter out of the two. I think he’s got better footwork, probably more technically composed fighter. Dan’s got great knockout power obviously. They’re both fantastic fighters,” Bisping commented.

“If I had to pick a winner, I’d probably go out on a limb and say Rich Franklin by decision, to be honest.”

A win against either of the fighters will cement Bisping’s position at the top of the contenders list at middleweight and solidify his claim to the throne. As popular as “the Count” is as a fighter, this will probably be the most important fight that he will have to fight post UFC 93.

Henderson: I Think I Am Better than Franklin

MMA Rumours — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:49:22 +0000

Former PRIDE champion and current UFC middleweight “Dangerous” Dan Henderson says that he wants to make his next fight with former Middleweight champion Rich “Ace” Franklin a statement to the division by beating the s@#t out of him. Henderson says that he thinks he is much better at just about everything than the former champion and plans on dominating him with his striking and his ground game.

“I want to dominate him striking, in the clinch, taking him down, ground and pound. I want to dominate him everywhere, that is my goal,” says Henderson.

Dangerous Dan also says that he knows that Rich is a good striker and is hard to finish. This is what motivates him to finish Franklin even more come UFC 93 next week.

Dan Henderson and Rich Franklin headline a UFC card that features exciting fighters such as Shogun Rua and Mark Coleman come next week. The fight also decides who goes on to become one of the coaches in the next season of the Ultimate Fighter: US vs Britain with the other coach being “The Count” Michael Bisping, who has looked really great after his transition to the 185 pound division.

Bisping/ Hendo: TUF 9 coaches?

MMA Rumours — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:00:25 +0000

image courtesy: sun.co.uk

As soon as Mike Goldberg mentioned during the Ultimate Fight Night broadcast that season 9 of the Ultimate Fighter reality series will be a Team USA vs Team UK, speculation was on as to who the coaches would be.

One of the clearer choices is of course, Michael Bisping for the coach of Team UK. Bisping also mentioned recently in a newspaper that he would be more than happy to be the coach, if approached for the role. I am fairly sure that this would be a done deal once Bisping finishes with his current assignment – a much anticipated fight against Chris Leben on the UFC 89 card in October.

Rumours are also circulating regarding Dan Henderson being roped in to coach Team USA. This makes a lot of sense as Hendo and Bisping, along with Nate Marquardt are the three fighters in the UFC middleweight division who can be looked on as contenders for Anderson Silva’s title. TUF9 will prove to be a great platform to see who out of Hendo and Bisping can be called the No.1 contender for the belt.

Henderson, a long time coach and co-founder of Team Quest is also going to be Michael Bisping’s biggest match in the UFC to date, should this match happen.

Tryouts for TUF 9 begin October 20th.

Cheick Kongo Joins Rampage at Team Wolfslair.

MMA Rumours — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:58:14 +0000

MMAWeekly.com reports that Cheick Kongo has decided to follow good friend Rampage Jackson’s path and part ways with Juanito Ibarra and join team Wolfslair.

Wolfslair co-owner Anthony McGann told Eurosport’s Alex Sharratt that Kongo has signed on with Wolfslair for training and management, quickly making it the premier team in the U.K, mainly because similar to Quinton, Kongo too was having problems with resigning with the UFC, because his old management were not on good terms with the UFC. This made Kongo’s decision to join his friends really easy.