Michael Bisping has shocked the world. Taking his 26th fight on just over two weeks notice, the long-time middleweight veteran in Bisping upset Luke Rockhold in the first round of the main event at UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, knocking Rockhold out cold. Not only did Bisping finally attain the UFC middleweight
Taking his 26th fight on just over two weeks notice, the long-time middleweight veteran in Bisping upset Luke Rockhold in the first round of the main event at UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, knocking Rockhold out cold.
Not only did Bisping finally attain the UFC middleweight title, but he also received a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus.
Earlier on the main card, ageing veteran Dan “Hendo” Henderson scored a spectacular stoppage victory over Hector Lombard in a bout many thought he would lose as well. The former Olympian was also given a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” Bonus for his efforts.
The opener of the UFC Fight Pass prelims actually took home the “Fight of the Night” honors as Polo Reyes and Dong Hyun Kim went back and forth in an exciting three round affair. In the end, Reyes got the job done via a TKO. Both men were awarded $50,000.
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Veteran Michael Bisping shocked the MMA world in the main event of tonight’s (Sat., June 4, 2016) UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, when he knocked out former champion Luke Rockhold with a picture-perfect sequence of punches and ground shots in the opening round. Filling in as a late replacement for Chris Weidman, longtime
Veteran Michael Bisping shocked the MMA world in the main event of tonight’s (Sat., June 4, 2016) UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, when he knocked out former champion Luke Rockhold with a picture-perfect sequence of punches and ground shots in the opening round.
Filling in as a late replacement for Chris Weidman, longtime veteran Bisping stood his ground against the bigger man in the heavily favored Rockhold, and capitalized in a historic way when his opponent fought a bit lackadaisically with his chin in the air.
With 10 years of experience in the UFC, Bisping finally took advantage of a title fight opportunity in shocking fashion that few – if any – predicted. Watch the full fight video highlights of Bisping’s game-changing win right here:
New UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and former champion Luke Rockhold shared their thoughts following UFC 199’s main event inside the Octagon Saturday night.
Bisping earned a first round knockout, becoming the first-ever British UFC champi…
New UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and former champion Luke Rockhold shared their thoughts following UFC 199’s main event inside the Octagon Saturday night.
Bisping earned a first round knockout, becoming the first-ever British UFC champion.
Another card in the books (UFC 199, in particular), another lineup of winners and losers. While there’s usually some nuance and room for creativity when it comes to picking out the luckiest and unluckiest competitor on an MMA card, this one i…
Another card in the books (UFC 199, in particular), another lineup of winners and losers. While there’s usually some nuance and room for creativity when it comes to picking out the luckiest and unluckiest competitor on an MMA card, this one is incredibly clear-cut.
The biggest winner was Michael Bisping. For 10 years now, the Count has been MMA’s greatest B-plus player. Good enough in the cage to get wins. Good enough to make his smack-talking shtick work…but not really good enough to headline big events, and most certainly not good enough to be a champion.
It took a small miracle for him to even get a title shot, winning three razor-thin decisions in a row to build his resume before having Chris Weidman and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza get injured just two weeks ahead of UFC 199. It took a big miracle for him to actually put the champ, Luke Rockhold, onto wobbly legs, knock him out and take his belt.
The line Bisping used in the commercials for UFC 199 was that he was “destined” to win the UFC title. Apparently he was right.
The biggest loser, on the other hand, was Urijah Faber. Faber has been around the block more than a few times, but UFC gold has eluded him with a strange consistency…and it happened again at UFC 199.
In what was arguably the worst performance of his recent career, The California Kid struggled to even make Dominick Cruz uncomfortable. Every scramble and every exchange would fit into a Cruz highlight reel. Faber was just along for the ride and could hang them up in the next month.
So who else walked away a winner at UFC 199? Who wasn’t so lucky? Read on and find out.
Michael “The Count” Bisping made his dreams come true on Saturday night.
At the UFC 199 pay-per-view at The Forum in Inglewood, California, longtime UFC Middleweight contender Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold in the first round of the eveni…
Michael “The Count” Bisping made his dreams come true on Saturday night.
At the UFC 199 pay-per-view at The Forum in Inglewood, California, longtime UFC Middleweight contender Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold in the first round of the evening’s main event to become the new UFC 185-pound champion.
Bisping, as predicted, walked off a movie set, took a rematch against Rockhold on 17 days notice, and knocked him out to become the new UFC Middleweight Champion.
After the fight, “The Count” enjoyed a special moment inside the Octagon, celebrating the biggest victory of his career with his wife and children.
UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold tests his mettle tonight (Saturday June 4, 2016) in his first attempted title defense against Michael Bisping. The two mouthy middleweights have shared an eventful rivalry, fraught with confrontation and heated arguments leading up to their second fight. But ‘Rocky’ has beef with plenty of other fighters besides ‘The Count.’
UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold tests his mettle tonight (Saturday June 4, 2016) in his first attempted title defense against Michael Bisping. The two mouthy middleweights have shared an eventful rivalry, fraught with confrontation and heated arguments leading up to their second fight. But ‘Rocky’ has beef with plenty of other fighters besides ‘The Count.’
As well as sharing a feud with Bisping, Rockhold harbours bad feelings towards former heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum. ‘Rocky’ and ‘Vai Cavalo’ talked some serious trash towards each other before Cain Velasquez, also of American Kickboxing Academy, fought the Brazilian at UFC 188. Many believed their differences were somewhat theatrical, given his team mate was about to fight Werdum, but they continue to this day.
Speaking during the UFC 199 open workouts this week, middleweight boss Luke Rockhold went off on Fabricio Werdum once again. MMAFighting.comhad the scoop:
“I thought he was a joke,” Rockhold said. “I thought he was making [off] with something he stole. That’s how I saw Werdum.”
“He was parading around with a belt like he stole something with that stupid face he always kept,” Rockhold said. “How do you keep that face? How do you walk into the cage with that face on? Be a champion and carry yourself like so. I’ve never been a fan of Fabricio and I didn’t think he was the true champion. That’s my opinion on that.”
Werdum eventually fell to the one punch power of Stipe Miocic at UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil. A rematch with Cain Velasquez was originally meant for his first fight as champion, but when ‘CV’ pulled out injured, ‘Vai Cavalo’ refused to face Miocic as he ‘hadn’t trained for’ the Croatian.
Funny how things turn out isn’t it? Werdum is now booked in to face Ben Rothwell at UFC 203, where Miocic will face Alistair Overeem in the main event.
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