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Michael Bisping: UFC Fight Night 84 Is “Huge Event”

Michael Bisping has not fought in London since a 2010 decision victory over Yoshihiro Akiyama back at UFC 120.

This Saturday, not only will the Brit get to return home, he’ll do so against former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in the main …

Michael Bisping has not fought in London since a 2010 decision victory over Yoshihiro Akiyama back at UFC 120.

This Saturday, not only will the Brit get to return home, he’ll do so against former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in the main event of UFC Fight Night 84.

For Bisping, the bout presents a chance to position himself as a contender to current titleholder Luke Rockhold moving forward. “The Count” has won two straight to push his overall mark to 27-7, besting Thales Leites and C.B. Dollaway last year via decision.

When asked about the prospects of meeting “The Spider,” Bisping said “it’s probably the biggest opponent to date.”

“My first fight back in London,” he said, following open workouts (thanks to MMAjunkie.com for the quotes). “It’s a huge event.”

Bisping has shared the Octagon with Rockhold, Cung Le, Tim Kennedy, Vitor Belfort and Chael Sonnen over the years, but nothing compares to the Brazilian who ruled 185 pounds for nearly a decade.

“Anderson is the biggest opponent I’ve faced,” he said. “Outside of a world title fight, this is the biggest fight that is available to me right now. It certainly feels like that.

“It’s not just words. It feels like that. I feel the buzz, I feel the hype and I’ve trained accordingly.”

Marcos Galvao-Eduardo Dantas Off Bellator 150 Card

The planned rematch between bantamweight champion Marcos Galvao and Eduardo Dantas will have to wait a little longer – again.

Officials announced on Thursday that Galvao has been battling an illness and will not make the planned Bellator 150 main ev…

The planned rematch between bantamweight champion Marcos Galvao and Eduardo Dantas will have to wait a little longer – again.

Officials announced on Thursday that Galvao has been battling an illness and will not make the planned Bellator 150 main event title fight vs. Dantas. Instead, Cheick Kongo vs. Vinicius Queiroz will headline the card on Spike TV.

Dantas weighed in successfully and was paid his show money. The plan is to reschedule the bout in the near future.

The changes also mean that Gaston Reyno vs. Chuka Willis will be added to the main card from the Kansas Star Arena.

Below is the updated lineup:

Main Card

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Main Event: Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) vs. Vinicius Queiroz (8-3)

Bellator MMA Lightweight Co-Main Event: Dave Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) vs. Bobby Cooper (12-5)

Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Kendall Grove (22-15) vs. Francisco France (13-3-1)

Bellator MMA Featherweight Feature Bout: Gaston Reyno (5-0) vs. Chuka Willis (6-2)

Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3) vs. Rebecca Ruth (5-1)

Preliminary Card

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Feature Bout: David Hammons (1-1) vs. Kyle Noblitt (1-0)

Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Brandon Farran (12-10) vs. Gregory Babene (16-11)

Bellator MMA Welterweight Feature Bout: Manny Meraz (7-1) vs. Andre Fialho (5-0)

Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Chris Harris (4-0) vs. Julian Marquez (2-0)

Bellator MMA Lightweight Feature Bout: Marcio Navarro (14-11) vs. Henry Lindsay (4-5)

Bellator MMA Featherweight Feature Bout: Thai Clark (5-0) vs. Deron Carlis (4-1)

Bellator MMA Lightweight Feature Bout: Jason Witt (7-2) vs. Jonathan Gary (11-6)

Anderson Silva, Michael Bisping Say “Don’t Forget About Us”

Lost in all the hoopla surrounding UFC 196, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz is the fact that Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping square off this Saturday.

The two took part in open workouts ahead of UFC Fight Night 84 in London Wednesday, and you can se…

Lost in all the hoopla surrounding UFC 196, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz is the fact that Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping square off this Saturday.

The two took part in open workouts ahead of UFC Fight Night 84 in London Wednesday, and you can see highlights from the event in the video below.

Silva-Bisping is the headline bout to the all-UFC Fight Pass card from the O2 Arena.

Ben Askren To Face Russian For ONE Championship Belt In April

According to a report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ben Askren will step back inside the ONE cage this April.

Askren, the reigning welterweight champion, will defend his belt against 25-year-old Russian Nikolay Aleksakhin at ONE: Global Rivals. T…

According to a report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ben Askren will step back inside the ONE cage this April.

Askren, the reigning welterweight champion, will defend his belt against 25-year-old Russian Nikolay Aleksakhin at ONE: Global Rivals. The event takes place April 15 from the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.

For Askren (14-0), a former Bellator champion, the fight will be his first since a 2015 no-contest with Luis Santos. The two signed back on the dotted line for a rematch last year, but Santos was unable to make weight and the bout was called off.

“I look forward to facing Aleksakhin,” Askren said. “He has a good record and looks like a tough opponent.”

Aleksakhin sports a record of 16-3 and is unbeaten in his last six overall. Of those, four have been finishes, including a win last November for ONE.

Frankie Edgar “Pissed Off” About Reports He Passed On McGregor Fight

Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar is not happy.

After UFC president Dana White came out Tuesday and claimed that Edgar turned down a bout with Conor McGregor for UFC 196, “The Answer” wants to come clean.

In an interview with MMAFighting.com, Edgar explained what happened and why he was unable to accept the fight, adding that he is “even more pissed that Dana’s insinuating that I ‘refused’ to take this fight, which is bullshit.”

“I got a call from Ali (Abdel-Aziz, his manager) saying that Rafael dos Anjos got hurt, and (the UFC) had texted him, ‘will Frankie fight him at 155?’ And, I’ve been hurt for the past four weeks,” Edgar said. “I’m pissed off for a couple of reasons. I’m pissed off that I’ve got this opportunity slip through again. I’m sitting here, I’m the one who’s been trying to fight this guy for months now. I’m flying myself to Vegas on my own dime to lobby to get a fight with this guy and now here comes the opportunity, and I’m hurt and I can’t take it. I haven’t done anything in four weeks. I didn’t just pull my groin, I tore it. I sent Dana and everyone in the UFC my MRI.”

Edgar, who is coming off a first round victory over Chad Mendes, stated that he was offered a fight at UFC 189 on 15 days notice that he accepted, but “still didn’t get.”

“I have a feeling that if I had said ‘yes,’ that fight still would have went to Nate Diaz,” he said. “I think Nate Diaz was the fight they were trying to make since the beginning. Now Dana wants to go around saying that I ‘refused’ to take this fight and I don’t know if he’s going to try to use it against me in the future.”

Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar is not happy.

After UFC president Dana White came out Tuesday and claimed that Edgar turned down a bout with Conor McGregor for UFC 196, “The Answer” wants to come clean.

Edgar, who is coming off a first round victory over Chad Mendes, stated that he was offered a fight at UFC 189 on 15 days notice that he accepted, but “still didn’t get.”

UFC Rankings: “The Dominator” Climbs The Pound-For-Pound Chart

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz rose to No. 4 in the latest UFC rankings for the pound-for-pound Top-15.

Cruz climbed three spots and is now tied with lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. The changes saw Robbie Lawler, the welterweight tit…

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz rose to No. 4 in the latest UFC rankings for the pound-for-pound Top-15.

Cruz climbed three spots and is now tied with lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. The changes saw Robbie Lawler, the welterweight titleholder, fall two spots, along with Luke Rockhold and Daniel Cormier moving up one position each.

Despite winning, Donald Cerrone dropped four spots to ninth at lightweight, as his bout vs. Alex Oliveira took place at welterweight. It remains unknown what Cerrone’s plans are for now. Nate Diaz, Michael Johnson and Beneil Dariush all moved up.

Anderson Silva, who takes on Michael Bisping this Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 84, is now ranked fifth at middleweight.

Hector Lombard and Ruslan Magomedov debuted back in their respective weight class rankings.