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Previewing Michael Bisping’s Future As Middleweight Champion

Michael Bisping successfully defended his UFC middleweight title for the very first time at last weekend’s (October 8, 2016) UFC 204 from his home of Manchester, England, scoring a unanimous decision victory over Dan Henderson in a five round war that left him battered and bloodied, albeit still the titleholder. With his first title defense

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With his first title defense now in the rear-view mirror, Bisping can look at what lies ahead, and it may only get tougher for him from here on out. The murder’s row of middleweight contenders will be competing next month to earn the next shot at divisional supremacy.

Let’s take a deeper look into potential opponents for Bisping and how he may fare against each of them:

Chris Weidman

No. 2-ranked former champion Chris Weidman hasn’t competed since surrendering his title to Luke Rockhold at last December’s UFC 194, but he’s set to return to action at November 12’s UFC 205 from New York against No. 4-ranked Yoel Romero.

Weidman was actually scheduled to rematch Rockhold at June 4’s UFC 199, but he was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury. Bisping stepped up on short notice and took out Rockhold to become the undisputed champion. With that being said, if Weidman can indeed get by Romero, a man who’s won seven straight UFC bouts, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him receive the next title shot.

In terms of how Bisping and Weidman stack up against each other, it would undoubtedly be an interesting clash from a stylistic standpoint.

Weidman has always been a tough and gritty wrestling-based fighter with powerful and ever-improving striking as well as strong submission skills. In my opinion, Bisping may hold the pure striking advantage in terms of combinations, movement, and footwork, although I’d give Weidman the advantage in the grappling department.

Bisping, however, has always had solid takedown defense, and keeping the fight on the feet against Weidman would be a crucial factor. To defend his title against the ex-champion, “The Count” would likely have to use his speed and angles to pick Weidman apart on the feet, while avoiding the New York native’s power. I simply don’t see him having much success if Weidman gets a hold of him.

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Gegard Mousasi Would ‘Love’ To Fight Anderson Silva After UFC 204

The UFC’s middleweight division is currently quite crowded. The title is set to be defended tomorrow night (October 8, 2016) in the main event of UFC 204, as Michael Bisping meets Dan Henderson. No. 2-ranked Chris Weidman will then face off with No. 4-ranked Yoel Romero at November 12’s UFC 205, while No. 1-ranked former

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The UFC’s middleweight division is currently quite crowded.

The title is set to be defended tomorrow night (October 8, 2016) in the main event of UFC 204, as Michael Bisping meets Dan Henderson. No. 2-ranked Chris Weidman will then face off with No. 4-ranked Yoel Romero at November 12’s UFC 205, while No. 1-ranked former champion Luke Rockhold will meet No. 3-ranked Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza on November 26, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia.

One middleweight fight that may be flying under the radar, however, will also take place tomorrow night when No. 9-ranked Gegard Mousasi meets No. 5-ranked Vitor Belfort. While a win over Belfort would indeed move him up the rankings, Mousasi knows he’s still multiple fights away from a shot at gold given the ‘busy’ nature of the division:

“It’s going to get me higher (in the rankings) but it’s not going to do anything different for me,” Mousasi told the Fight Society podcast recently. “You have now “Jacare” (Souza) against (Luke) Rockhold, (Chris) Weidman against Yoel Romero so those are guys that can easily fight for the belt. Those guys are ahead of me.

“After beating Vitor, it’s just another guy I have to face. The title shot seems far away for me so I’m not thinking of it but it will come. After this victory, I will be a step closer to that.”

With that being said, Mousasi plans to get by Belfort before hopefully taking on another Brazilian legend in former longtime champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva:

“The only one that doesn’t have a fight is Anderson Silva. I would love to fight him. Those are fights, fighting legends, fighting big names. If you can get a win over those guys, it’s on your record and it’s going to stay that way. Those are the fights that make sense. Those are the fights people are going to remember you for if you beat Vitor or Anderson or Dan Henderson, guys like that.”

Silva last competed at July 9’s UFC 200 when he suffered a decision loss to 205-pound champion Daniel Cormier in a bout that he accepted on just two days notice. If Mousasi is indeed successful tomorrow night, a bout between him and Silva would not only make sense, but it’d likely be quite exciting.

Would you be interested in seeing these two face off in the near future?

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Rockhold Wants To See Henderson Put Bisping To Sleep

After surrendering his title in brutal fashion to Michael Bisping, whom he had beaten back in 2014, at June’s UFC 199, Luke Rockhold made it clear that he wanted a trilogy bout with “The Count”. He wasn’t given his wish, however, and Bisping will defend his title against Dan Henderson tonight (October 8, 2016) in

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As far as tonight’s fight goes, Rockhold is torn on who he would like to win. While he would like to see a friend in Henderson put Bisping ‘to sleep’, he’d also like to get another chance at “The Count” for the title:

“I’m on both sides,” Rockhold told Ariel Helwani recently during an in-studio appearance on The MMA hour. “I mean, of course I would love to fight Bisping. I would love to beat him.

“It sounds appealing, going out there and getting to finish that one. I put him away fairly easily the first time and I got caught the second time, and so I would love to go solidify who the better fighter is. And so, that would be nice, but I’m not going to hold onto it. I’m not going to hold onto that and make that be my dying desire, to have that fight. I hope Dan goes out there and wins. I’m a friend of Dan’s and I don’t really care if I get that as much. I’d rather have Dan go out there and put him to sleep. It would be sweet both ways.”

While it seems as if the masses are picking Bisping to win, Henderson’s patented right hand can never be counted out. After all, it was that right hand that Henderson used to score one of the most iconic knockouts of all-time when he and Bisping met for the first time at UFC 100. Either way, “Hendo” has sworn that tonight will be the last time we see him in the Octagon win, lose or draw.

Rockhold admitted that he was ‘surprised’ to see the UFC grant Henderson the shot given the fact that he’s hell-bent on retiring:

“Yeah, I guess,” he said. “I was surprised, I thought that might deter them from making that choice, but he stood firm to what he was saying and they granted him the shot, so good for Dan.”

Rockhold is set to rematch Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza next month with a title shot potentially looming in the balance. If he can get by “Jacare” and earn a title shot, who do you expect him to face?

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Michael Bisping Predicts Weidman-Romero, Rockhold-Jacare

Newly crowned UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is gearing up to defend his title for the very first time against longtime veteran Dan Henderson in the main event of next weekend’s (October 8, 2016) UFC 204 from Manchester, England. If he does indeed get by Henderson, multiple options will await him as two pivotal 185-pound

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Former titleholder Luke Rockhold, who Bisping knocked out last June, will face off with No. 3-ranked Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza next month, and No. 2-ranked Chris Weidman will battle with No. 4-ranked Yoel Romero, who’s coming off of a six month suspension, at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016.

Although it’s currently unclear which winner will receive the next title shot, Bisping has an idea of who he’d like to fight if he outlasts Henderson:

“I’ll tell you who I don’t think deserves it — Yoel Romero,” Bisping said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I don’t think he deserves it. There’s no smoke without fire. He got a reduced sentence, but the fact is, he still got a sentence. Even if you take performance enhancing drugs, the benefits of those stay in your system for a long, long time. So I don’t think Yoel Romero deserves it.”

“I would like Chris Weidman simply because, listen, for all the back and forth and the s— talking and because for all of that, I respect Chris Weidman,” Bisping said. “I like Chris Weidman and what he does. He’s got a little bit of a case of sour grapes and this and that, he’s talking a lot s— about me, but, you know, I respect this guy, the way carries himself and this and that, you know, he’s a likable guy. But he’s talking shit, so I’d like to fight him.”

Bisping also made his prediction for the two upcoming bouts:

“I beat Luke Rockhold, I knocked him out Yoel Romero I have no interest, Jacare is another guy, he’s nice as well. They’re all worthy, they’re all very very good, but of course Yoel is coming off a ban for performance enhancing drugs. But other than that, you know who I think wins? I think Weidman beats Romero and I think Jacare beats Rockhold.”
Do you agree with his predictions?

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