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‘The Count’ believes he’ll do better without a full camp…

It seems that 2016 is yet another year of the injury bug, as pay-per-view and fight night bouts continue being laid to waste by last minute accidents. The most recent of these main event smashing injuries was Chris Weidman’s withdrawal from the June 4 UFC 199 PPV card in Inglewood, California. ‘The All-American’ requires surgery due to a rather concerning spinal injury, which he detailed in a graphic Facebook post yesterday. In dropping out of the event, Weidman left a gap opposite the middleweight boss Luke Rockhold, but every cloud has a silver lining.

As a result of Weidman’s injury and removal from UFC 199, we get to see another rematch, this time between the 185-pound champ Luke Rockhold and his old nemesis Michael Bisping.

‘Rocky’ and ‘The Count’ first squared off in Sydney, Australia in late 2014, with Rockhold furthering his claim to the title fight with Weidman by rocking and then submitting Bisping inside two rounds. After finishing Lyoto Machida, Rockhold went on to brutally batter Chris Weidman for the title in a gruelling affair at UFC 194.

Just out of interest, here’s Rockhold’s streak compared to Bisping’s:

Luke Rockhold: Costa Philippou TKO, Tim Boetsch submission, Michael Bispig submission, Lyoto Machida submission, Chris Weidman ~~murder~~ TKO

Michael Bisping: CB Dolloway unanimous decision, Thales Leites split decision, Anderson Silva Unanimous decision

So Luke Rockhold is the bigger man, on home turf, coming in on a streak of finishes that includes one against Michael Bisping, and has a full camp compared to two weeks notice for ‘The Count;’ Where’s the smart money going at the bookies?

Well hold your horses, because Bisping believes the short notice fight is actually in his favor…

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The MMA world is still digesting Michael Bisping’s controversial decision win over Anderson Silva in London this past Saturday (February 27, 2016), and for good reason.

‘The Count’ undoubtedly pushed the pace on ‘The Spider,’ throwing and landing far more punches with his superior work rate to sway the judges, but it was also clear that Silva landed by far the most damaging shots with a huge third round flying knee and a fifth round front kick, both of which rocked Bisping.

Many are still arguing that Bisping was finished at the end of that third round, but he appeared to collect himself just quick enough for Herb Dean to allow the bout to go on. While Silva could have easily capitalized and potentially finished Bisping in the fourth, he perplexingly showed little output until a low blow actually gave ‘The Count’ more time to recover and win the pivotal round.

The bout ultimately came down to a close unanimous decision, and again, many, including Silva’s manager Ed Soares, who called for an immediate rematch at UFC 198 in May, still believe ‘The Spider’ deserved the nod. But there were also several key things that Silva didn’t do but should have, and those aspects most definitely helped ‘The Count’ win according to the rules in place.

Let’s take a look back to what Silva could and should have done to sway the scorecards in his favor or finish the fight outright.

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