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Khamzat Chimaev tipped to bring ‘Tough’ fight to ex-Champion Kamaru Usman in potential UFC clash

Former light-heavyweight title challenger, Anthony Smith sees Khamzat Chimaev as a tough stylistic matchup for Kamaru Usman. It has been rumoured that Kamaru Usman and Khamzat Chimaev will square off later this year on the Abu Dhabi PPV in October. It would be a meeting of a decorated and experienced former champion in Usman and […]

Former light-heavyweight title challenger, Anthony Smith sees Khamzat Chimaev as a tough stylistic matchup for Kamaru Usman.

It has been rumoured that Kamaru Usman and Khamzat Chimaev will square off later this year on the Abu Dhabi PPV in October. It would be a meeting of a decorated and experienced former champion in Usman and an up-and-coming brute in Khamzat Chimaev, who is unlike anyone that the MMA world has seen before.

The matchup has all the making to be a great one and the winner would put themselves in prime position to fight for a title, but when analysing the fight Anthony Smith feels that Usman could be at a disadvantage. Talking the Believe You Me podcasts which he co-hosts with Michael Bisping, Smith discussed the potential welterweight bust up.

It’s a bold move, for sure,” Smith said. “It says a lot about where he is mentally because I think a lot of people were kind of writing him off just a little bit and saying, ‘Oh, he’s done. He’s probably just gonna kind of fade off into retirement.’ But him wanting to fight Khamzat is the total opposite of that.

“That’s a tough fight for Kamaru if I’m just being very honest and fair with my analysis. I think what he does well kind of fits right into Khamzat’s game. I think maybe a younger less beat-up Kamaru, I think that fight’s a little bit different. He’s not as much of a wrestler as he used to be. He used to chase the takedown relentlessly. I don’t think he even has the capability to really do that anymore just with his knees and some of that stuff.” (H/T MMAFighting)

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Michael Bisping sounds off on ‘little d*ckhead’ Jake Paul: ‘He talks a lot of crap’

Michael Bisping is pulling no punches after Jake Paul decided to antagonize the former middleweight champion on Twitter. Jake Paul will return to the squared circle on August 5 for a professional boxing clash with ex-UFC fan favorite Nate Diaz. In the meantime, ‘The Problem Child’ has been living up to his moniker, targeting practically […]

Michael Bisping is pulling no punches after Jake Paul decided to antagonize the former middleweight champion on Twitter.

Jake Paul will return to the squared circle on August 5 for a professional boxing clash with ex-UFC fan favorite Nate Diaz. In the meantime, ‘The Problem Child’ has been living up to his moniker, targeting practically anyone in the world of combat sports that he could potentially make a dollar off of. That includes current UFC commentator Michael Bisping who revealed that the social media star has been sneaking into his DMs to talk sh*t for no apparent reason.

“I’ll tell you what I think, I think Jake Paul’s a little d*ckhead,” Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “He’s been sending me DMs on Twitter again. I don’t know what prompted this one, I don’t know, maybe six months ago, maybe a bit less, he just came at me on Twitter, started talking a lot of crap, this is direct messages by the way, I won’t go into the exact details. We went back and forth for a bit, you know what I mean, I was just kind of laughing at him, he was all upset.

Michael Bisping Taken Aback by Jake Paul Attacking Him in DMs

“The reality is I don’t know Jake Paul,” Bisping continued. “I’m sure he’s not a bad person, you know, he talks a lot of crap, he’s doing his thing, he’s promoting himself, but I don’t know him, I’ve never met him. And I’ve never said anything personal about him, all I’ve ever said is that I wish the guy would fight a boxer” (h/t MMA News).

Michael Bisping did ultimately reveal what Jake Paul said to him that set him off.

“He said, ‘How does Dana’s nuts taste? I don’t know where that came from… So I said, ‘How does Tommy’s uppercut taste?’”

After starting his career going 6-0 in the sweet science, Jake Paul suffered his first loss against Tommy Fury in February by way of a split decision. He’ll attempt to climb back into the win column this summer as he welcomes Nate Diaz to the world of professional boxing. ‘The Problem Child’ is also expected to make his mixed martial arts debut under the PFL banner in late 2023 or early 2024.

Video – Michael Bisping chokes out Jackass star Steve-O inside the Octagon after UFC Vegas 73

Michael Bisping scored his own finish at UFC Vegas 73 on Saturday night. The former UFC middleweight champion was on hand for what turned out to be a spectacular night of fights at The APEX in Las Vegas. In the main event of the evening, Mackenzie Dern delivered a show-stealing performance against the always-game Angela […]

Michael Bisping scored his own finish at UFC Vegas 73 on Saturday night.

The former UFC middleweight champion was on hand for what turned out to be a spectacular night of fights at The APEX in Las Vegas. In the main event of the evening, Mackenzie Dern delivered a show-stealing performance against the always-game Angela Hill, but the action didn’t stop there. Following the broadcast, Michael Bisping was called into the Octagon to join Jackass star Steve-O.

With one-time middleweight title challenger Marvin Vettori by his side, ‘The Count’ was tasked with choking out Steve-O inside the cage, a wish ‘The Count’ was more than happy to grant. In the video clip, which you can see below, Michael Bisping sends the professional(?) stuntman to la-la land in a matter of seconds.

Of course, Steve-O comes to moments later and appears to be genuinely excited by the feeling of lost consciousness.

Once he got the Jackass star back to his feet, Michael Bisping turned his attention toward the camera where he congratulated the night’s big winner. “Mackenzie Dern got the job done tonight. Congratulations to her. Great striking and jiu-jitsu as always,” Bisping said. With the victory, the No. 8 ranked strawweight moved to 8-3 inside the Octagon. She is just 2-2 in her last four, but those losses came against two of the best in the division, Marina Rodriguez and Yan Xiaonan.

Saturday was a big night for women’s mixed martial arts as four fighters saw their hands raised, including perennial contender Karolina Kowalkiewicz. The Polish Princess scored her third-straight win as she continued a career renaissance, besting streaking standout Vanessa Demopoulos. Elsewhere, Natalia Silva delivered a brilliant performance against Victoria Leonardo while Loopy Godinez made it two in a row against Emily Ducote.

Dern vs. Hill was appropriately dubbed Fight of the Night, earning both competitors a $50,000 bonus for their effort.

Conor McGregor urged to ‘Get off the good stuff’ ahead of end of year UFC return by former champion

Former undisputed middleweight champion and promotional Hall of Fame inductee, Michael Bisping has called for fellow former promotional champion, Conor McGregor to “get off the good stuff”, ahead of his impending Octagon return before the end of this year. McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion under the banner of the UFC, has been […]

McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion under the banner of the UFC, has been sidelined since he fractured his left tibia and fibula en route to a doctor’s stoppage TKO defeat to Dustin Poirier back in July 2021.

Conor McGregor is expected to make an “immediate” USADA return

Expected to make his return to the Octagon before the close of this year ahead of his “immediate” return to the USADA testing pool, Conor McGregor has been tied to a welterweight fight with one-time lightweight contender, Michael Chandler – with the duo recently wrapping up filming on The Ultimate Fighter 31 this year.

Sharing his thoughts on the Dubliner’s return, UFC color-commentator, Bisping envisioned a December return for the former two-weight champion, before urging him to “get off the good stuff” and return to “protein shakes and porridge”.

“Where are we at now? May, so six months, you can fight at the end of the year,” Michael Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “I think the idea was Madison Square Garden, that’s going to be Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, judging by what everybody has been saying online.”

“So, the final card of the year at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, they [the UFC] have seven months for that,” Bisping explained. “So, Conor McGregor just has to get into the testing pool. He needs to get off the – whatever he’s on. He’s got to get off the good stuff, and get back on protein shakes and porridge, and we’ll be good. He’s got to do some work, he’s got to get training, he’s got to get in the gym, he’s got to do everything.” (Transcribed by MMA Fighting)

UFC backed to entertain Jon Jones, Francis Ngannou fight: ‘Everyone would sit around the negotiation table’

According to former undisputed UFC middleweight champion and promotional Hall of Fame inductee, Michael Bisping, the promotion would likely weigh up the possibly of a future resigning of former champion, Francis Ngannou – should current gold holder, Jon Jones beat Stipe Miocic in an expected title fight this year. Jones, the current undisputed heavyweight champion […]

Jones, the current undisputed heavyweight champion under the banner of the UFC, is expected to make his return to the Octagon later this year in a championship title defense against former two-time division best, Miocic at Madison Square Garden.

Expected to announce his retirement from the sport in the coming future, Jones claimed that a potential fight with former heavyweight champion, Ngannou would likely see him postpone his retirement from mixed martial arts competition, however.

As for Ngannou, the Batié knockout artist has been sidelined since January 2020, seeing his UFC exit granted in January of this year following the completion of his contractual obligations with the organization last December.

Francis Ngannou has been linked with a move to the PLF later this year

And yet to pen terms with a promotion following his Octagon departure, UFC leader, Dana White confirmed that the promotion would never entertain a return for Ngannou, however, former middleweight champion, Bisping scoffs at that narrative.

“Francis Ngannou – Dana (White) said he will never fight for the UFC ever again, and I understand that of course,” Michael Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “But if Stipe (Miocic) and Jon Jones were to fight, and it’s a big if, if Jon Jones was to win that fight because it ain’t no walk in the park… Stipe Miocic can do it all, so that would be a huge test for Jon Jones and a massive fight…”

“Let’s just imagine that he [Jones] beats him [Miocic] and he says, ‘That’s it. I’m done. I’m done, unless Francis Ngannou comes back’… I think in that situation, everyone would sit around the negotiation table,” Michael Bisping explained. (Transcribed by MMA News)

Michael Bisping labels UFC rival Vitor Belfort ‘Biggest cheat’ in combat sports history: ‘He cost me an eye’

Former UFC middleweight champion, Michael Bisping has hit out at former lightweight heavyweight gold holder, Vitor Belfort, labelling the Brazilian the “biggest cheat” in the history of combat sports. Bisping, a former undisputed middleweight champion under the UFC banner, headlined a UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo card against Belfort back in 2013, suffering a devastating […]

Bisping, a former undisputed middleweight champion under the UFC banner, headlined a UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo card against Belfort back in 2013, suffering a devastating high kick knockout loss to the hometown favorite.

Off the back of the defeat, Bisping suffered multiple issues with his eye, eventually resulting in his using a glass eye for the remainder of his career, while Belfort was punished for multiple anti-doping policy breaches and transgressions.

Michael Bisping hits out at arch-rival, Vitor Belfort

Sharing his thoughts on his arch-rival, Bisping claimed Belfort cost him the use of his eye, and claimed the veteran former UFC light heavyweight champion was the biggest cheater in the history of combat sports.

“This guy (Vitor Belfort) is everyone’s favorite bible-basher, everyone’s favorite hypocrite, everyone’s favorite lecturer,” Michael Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “The guy’s the biggest piece of sh*t, and it blows my mind. He cost me to lose an eye.”

“Yes, that’s right, I’m talking about Vitor ‘The Phenom Hypocrite’ Belfort,” Michael Bisping said. The former light heavyweight champion, the former heavyweight champion, the former middleweight contender, and the biggest known drug cheat in the history of the sport – alongside Wanderlei Silva.

Eventually striking middleweight gold back in 2016 with a remarkable knockout victory over common-foe, Luke Rockhold, Bisping would defend his title once against Dan Henderson, before suffering a title loss to the returning, Georges St-Pierre.

Bowing out from the sport following a short-notice main event appearance against Kelvin Gastelum, which resulted in a first round KO loss, Bisping has since been inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.