We are hours away from seeing another great season of The Ultimate Fighter close out. While this season had many memorable fights, many fans are anticipating the matchup between Michael Bisping and Jason “Mayhem” Miller. Miller and Bisping ha…
We are hours away from seeing another great season of The Ultimate Fighter close out.
Miller and Bisping have talked a lot of trash about each other from the moment it was announced that they would face each other.
Bisping has been in this position once before.
While coaching opposite of Dan Henderson during season nine of TUF, Bisping antagonized both Henderson and fighters on the opposing team.
When Bisping and Henderson met at UFC 100, Bisping found himself on the opposing end of Henderson’s signature right hand.
Bisping has been 4-1 since the Henderson fight, and is currently on a three-fight win streak. If Bisping defeats Miller, it could put him in a good position to make a serious title run. He is one of the few well-known middleweights that has not challenged Anderson Silva for his UFC title.
If Bisping loses, though, he can kiss his title hopes goodbye.
Although he has only lost to former champions, losing to Miller would prove that Bisping can’t win against big-name fighters.
Bisping is one of the UFC’s most marketable fighters thanks to his international appeal. He is also one of the company’s most hated fighters because of his antics both in and out of the Octagon.
Many fighters in MMA talk trash. But Bisping has gone beyond that, being disrespectful to fans and fighters alike.
It’s easy for Bisping to talk trash. But if he really wants to shut up his doubters, he will have to get wins over big-name opponents.
If he loses against Miller, it will show that he may never be a top contender.
At UFC 136, the UFC welcomed back Chael Sonnen, who had been suspended for a year and had his share of legal issues. With all of that behind him, he defeated Brian Stann in the second round by arm triangle choke, afterward calling out the champion Ande…
At UFC 136, the UFC welcomed back Chael Sonnen, who had been suspended for a year and had his share of legal issues. With all of that behind him, he defeated Brian Stann in the second round by arm triangle choke, afterward calling out the champion Anderson Silva.
It was then assumed that Sonnen was the No. 1 contender, and after a weird phase of Anderson’s representatives saying Sonnen didn’t deserve the fight, the UFC announced that Chael was indeed the No. 1 contender. Soon after, Silva ended up injured and out until June.
When that was announced, Sonnen had already said multiple times that he wanted to stay active, and that if someone could beat him, then they deserved the title shot. The UFC soon announced that Sonnen would be facing Mark Munoz at UFC on FOX 2, after Munoz did an interview discussing how they had wrestled each other in the past. At the World MMA Awards, Sonnen stated in an interview that he was not facing Munoz, and without actually saying it, he implied that he would be facing the winner of Michael Bisping vs. Jason Miller in The Ultimate Fighter finale.
Years ago, Sonnen defeated Miller by decision, but neither man is truly the same fighter that they were in that fight, and Sonnen has been wanting a fight with Bisping for a while now.
If Michael Bisping were to win and go on to face Chael Sonnen, this match up would be very bad for him. Bisping does have wrestling, and has decent stand-up, more technique than power. The problem is that Chael has some of the best wrestling in MMA, and his striking is very underrated, and always plays a big role in him setting up his take downs.
Bisping is good at picking his opponents apart, but when the pressure is put on him, it appears that he becomes overwhelmed, ex. vs. Dan Henderson, and vs. Wanderlei Silva. Chael always puts the pressure on and never backs off. This would be a fight where Chael would utilize his striking, and do what he does best and utilize his wrestling and ground and pound handing Bisping a loss.
Many people try to discredit the striking of Sonnen, when in fact he got the best of Silva on the feet when they fought, and before he went to college years ago, he wanted to give up wrestling to focus only on boxing. Him sticking to wrestling was a very wise choice.
If Sonnen were to rematch Miller, this would be the tougher of the two fights. Miller is an excellent grappler, and also has much improved stand up. The problem that Miller has had over the years is that he has always struggled against grapplers that were just a little bit better than him. Sonnen’s wrestling, and his dominate top control would be the difference maker in this fight. Miller would have to land a sub off of his back if he is going to win this fight. Sonnen has had his trouble’s with elite grapplers in his past. People hate on Sonnen for his submission defense, but if you go and see who exactly the losses were too, then odds are the hate would go down just a little bit on that topic.
It would be totally unfair to say that Chael would 100 percent defeat both men, because this is MMA and anything can happen, but when it comes down to it, the Sonnen vs Silva rematch is a must and Chael will do whatever it takes to get that fight.
When Sonnen’s father was on his death bed, he promised him that he would be champion, and defeating one of these two men will put him one step closer to his promise.
In arguably the most important fight of his mixed martial arts career, Michael Bisping will step foot inside the Octagon to take on his rival in Jason “Mayhem” Miller.It’s been made known that Miller is the clear fan favorite as Bisping has fallen from…
In arguably the most important fight of his mixed martial arts career, Michael Bisping will step foot inside the Octagon to take on his rival in Jason “Mayhem” Miller.
It’s been made known that Miller is the clear fan favorite as Bisping has fallen from popularity.
However, none of that will matter when action begins in just a few short hours as Bisping is believed to be the favorite on paper.
In order for Bisping to prove he is, in fact, the better mixed martial artist, there are several things he’ll have to accomplish throughout the fight.
As soon as the opening bell rings, Bisping is likely to attack Miller as he’s been away from the sport for over a full year.
Bisping needs to test Miller’s quickness as well as his defense as he hasn’t been physically tested since his bout with Jake Shields in 2009.
While Bisping can certainly defend himself on the ground as he’s established himself as a well-rounded fighter, he’ll want to keep the fight in the stand-up position.
Bisping is the clear favorite in striking as he’s knocked out an impressive 13 fighters over the course of his career.
However, Miller has shown in the past that he can exchange strikes fairly well as he’s been knocked out just once in 31 career fights.
If Bisping fails to finish Miller early in Round 1, it’s likely he’ll attempt to wear down his opponent as Miller has shown signs of gassing out in the past.
Miller’s lost five of nine fights when his bouts goes to the judge’s scorecards while Bisping has come up short in a decision just twice.
If Bisping can effectively establish his striking game and avoid being taken to the ground, he should have no problem inching closer to his much desired middleweight title shot.
Jason “Mayhem” Miller makes his anticipated comeback to the Octagon on Saturday to take on Michael “The Count” Bisping at the TUF 14 Finale. Miller will fight for the first time in the UFC since he lost a unanimous decision to then-rising contender Geo…
Jason “Mayhem” Miller makes his anticipated comeback to the Octagon on Saturday to take on Michael “The Count” Bisping at the TUF 14 Finale.
Miller will fight for the first time in the UFC since he lost a unanimous decision to then-rising contender Georges St-Pierre at UFC 52.
He has fought in various MMA organizations since the 2005 bout, including Strikeforce, Icon Sport and Dream.
Bisping is currently riding a three-fight win streak with wins over Yoshihiro Akiyama, Dan Miller and Jorge Rivera.
The finale of the fourteenth season of The Ultimate Fighter will take place on Saturday, Dec. 3, from the Pearl at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. The main event will feature a middleweight bout between this season’s coaches, former TUF winner …
The finale of the fourteenth season of The Ultimate Fighter will take place on Saturday, Dec. 3, from the Pearl at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. The main event will feature a middleweight bout between this season’s coaches, former TUF winner Michael Bisping and recent UFC signee Jason “Mayhem” Miller.
The two fighters openly expressed their dislike for one another during the reality show and each fighter would like to take a step toward a title shot against divisional kingpin Anderson Silva. The fight will be a five-round affair and will headline the Spike TV broadcast.
Also on the main card, winners of the promotion’s newest divisions, bantamweight and featherweight, will be crowned. In the 135-pound final, Team Miller’s John Dodson will battle Team Bisping’s T.J. Dillashaw. The final for the 145-pound division features Team Bisping’s Brazilian wrecking machine Diego Brandao against Team Miller’s hard-nosed Dennis Bermudez.
A lightweight fight between winner of Season 13, Tony Ferguson, and veteran Yves Edwards always graces the main card.
Rounding out the card are a number of combatants from this season of the reality show.
Saturday night is going to be an exhilarating culmination to Season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter. This has been one of the most exciting seasons of TUF in quite some time. From the very first episode we witnessed some great fighters and some entertaining…
Saturday night is going to be an exhilarating culmination to Season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter. This has been one of the most exciting seasons of TUF in quite some time. From the very first episode we witnessed some great fighters and some entertaining fights.
The two coaches of this season were also great and they’ll be facing off against one another on the same card as the men they helped train.
Many UFC fans were introduced to Jason “Mayhem” Miller with this season of TUF. Miller was an excellent coach for his fighters and helped lead many of them to victory inside the Octagon. Miller will face off against the better known Michael “The Count” Bisping.
The fight between these two men should be highly entertaining and is sure to polarize many fight fans. For some it will be the first time they’ve seen Miller in action.
The weigh-ins for the TUF finale take place at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. Make sure you check in with us here at Bleacher Report for minute-by-minute updates and our reaction to any and all fighter antics.
We are hours away from seeing another great season of The Ultimate Fighter close out.