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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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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 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

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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UFC Unveils Special Mega-Sized Fight Poster For UFC 205

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Leave it to the UFC to try and go big for the upcoming UFC 205 event.

The promotion unveiled the official fight poster recently, expanding what is normally two or four fighters to include…

UFC 205

Leave it to the UFC to try and go big for the upcoming UFC 205 event.

The promotion unveiled the official fight poster recently, expanding what is normally two or four fighters to include all six that will compete in UFC championship matches.

The November 12 event from Madison Square Garden features Conor McGregor challenging Eddie Alvarez for the UFC lightweight title.

UFC 205

Chris Weidman To Michael Bisping: You Barely Beat No. 14

After successfully defending his middleweight title for the very first time at this past weekend’s (October 8, 2016) UFC 204 against Dan Henderson, Michael Bisping took the time to call out the division’s top four contenders: Luke Rockhold, Chris Weidman, Ronaldo Souza and Yoel Romero. Next month, Rockhold and Souza will face off, and Weidman

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After successfully defending his middleweight title for the very first time at this past weekend’s (October 8, 2016) UFC 204 against Dan Henderson, Michael Bisping took the time to call out the division’s top four contenders: Luke Rockhold, Chris Weidman, Ronaldo Souza and Yoel Romero.

Next month, Rockhold and Souza will face off, and Weidman and Romero will scrap with the winner of either bout possibly receiving the next shot at “The Count”.

While Bisping may have generated a bit more interest in the division with his words, Weidman feels as if the champion ‘embarrassed’ himself. The ex-champion also felt as if Bisping ‘barely’ beat Henderson, a man ranked outside of the division’s top 10:

”That guy had it in his head before the fight, and told himself, ‘after I dominate Dan Henderson, I’m going to get on the mic and call out all these four guys and say certain things about them, and it’s going to look really cool,’” Weidman said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “But the guy, he shouldn’t have done that when you barely beat the No. 14 in the division. … to get on the mic like that and call out the top four guys like he just did something impressive, I really thought Dan Henderson should have got his hand raised, so I was embarrassed for him. He can say my name a billion times and call me all the names he wants. That guy does not affect me.”

In fact, Weidman scored the bout for Henderson, who knocked Bisping down multiple times in the opening rounds:

“I scored it for Henderson,” Weidman said. “I thought he won the first round maybe 10-8. I think at least one of the judges should have given him a 10-8, I don’t know why that wasn’t even a thought, and then the second round, I thought he won, yes, he was getting pitter pattered most of the round, but he almost finished the fight again in the second round, then he dropped him again. I think if you almost finish the fight you win the round, it doesn’t matter how long you were losing the round. He was never in danger in the second round so I thought he won that round. Then I also thought he won the fifth round.”

Weidman hasn’t competed since surrendering the title to Rockhold last December, and he admits that it’s still ‘weird’ seeing another man wearing the title, especially one that he doesn’t feel deserves to be atop the throne:

“I kind of got used to it, it was kind of weird to see these guys fighting and that was the for the championship belt, and that was the champion in my weight class” Weidman said. “He’s out there and he’s struggling, it wasn’t an impressive performance at all, and he wanted to go out there and really show he’s the true champ of the MW division. He got the fight he wanted, which was crazy that he got that fight, and that’s the way he looked. It’s a little embarrassing.”

If Weidman can get by Romero at November 12’s UFC 205 from New York, should he be given the next title shot?

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Rumor Debunked: Conor McGregor Did NOT Get Knocked Out In Sparring

Rest easy mixed martial arts fans, ‘The Notorious One’ is doing just fine after a rumor surfaced he had been knocked out cold in sparring, potentially putting his anticipated UFC 205 lightweight title bout with Eddie Alvarez at risk. Earlier today MMA Insider Dizz reported that the featherweight champ had been knocked out during a

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Rest easy mixed martial arts fans, ‘The Notorious One’ is doing just fine after a rumor surfaced he had been knocked out cold in sparring, potentially putting his anticipated UFC 205 lightweight title bout with Eddie Alvarez at risk.

Earlier today MMA Insider Dizz reported that the featherweight champ had been knocked out during a sparring session in Ireland at SBG and was shaky to his feet, possibly suffering from a broken nose:

The MMA world began to go into a frenzy at the possibility of their massive main event for the biggest UFC event of all time falling through, with the Irishman dealing with the NSAC in regards to his water bottle and Monster Energy can fight with Nate Diaz a few months ago as well.

This rumor was later debunked, however, as someone on Twitter admitted to having fed Dizz false information:

DizzSo there you have it fight fans, all is well in McGregorland and for now the UFC 205 card will remain as is. The only real blow McGregor suffered today was to his wallet, the NSAC fined him $150,000 along with 50 hours of community service for his UFC 202 press conference altercation with Nate Diaz.

That won’t likely matter much, however, as McGregor claimed to be on track for a record-setting $40 million year in 2016.

McGregor will meet Eddie Alvarez in the main event of UFC 205 for the 155-pound title live on pay-per-view (PPV) from Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 12, 2016.

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[ARCHIVES] McGregor Reportedly KO’d While Doing Sparring Training

On This Day Five Years Ago… [ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED OCTOBER 10, 2016, 2:03 PM] Reports started circulating Monday that Conor McGregor was knocked out during a sparring session ahead of his UFC 205 lightweight fight with Eddie Alvarez. John Kavanagh, the head coach for McGregor, addressed the rumors on social media. Kavanagh also added a few […]

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On This Day Five Years Ago…

[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED OCTOBER 10, 2016, 2:03 PM]

Reports started circulating Monday that Conor McGregor was knocked out during a sparring session ahead of his UFC 205 lightweight fight with Eddie Alvarez.

John Kavanagh, the head coach for McGregor, addressed the rumors on social media. Kavanagh also added a few more replies, saying “because I’m trying to teach you how to think critically. Otherwise my time wasted on the next silly rumor and the one after that” when asked why he wouldn’t directly address the claims.

Alvarez had his own fun with the rumors, as well, as he took to his official Twitter page to share the following comment regarding the McGregor KO rumor:

UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor takes place on Saturday, November 12, 2016 from the world-famous Madison Square Garden arena in New York City. Join us here at MMANews.com on 11/12 for live coverage of the UFC 205 pay-per-view.

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NSAC Fines Conor McGregor $150,000 For UFC 202 Bottle-Throwing Incident

Reigning UFC featherweight champion the “Notorious” Conor McGregor has been fined $150,000 and ordered 50 hours of community service by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for his part in the so called ‘water fight’ at the UFC 202 press conference prior to his August 20, 2016 bout with Nate Diaz. ESPN’s Brett Okamota detailed

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Reigning UFC featherweight champion the “Notorious” Conor McGregor has been fined $150,000 and ordered 50 hours of community service by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for his part in the so called ‘water fight’ at the UFC 202 press conference prior to his August 20, 2016 bout with Nate Diaz.

ESPN’s Brett Okamota detailed the hearing via his official Twitter account:

After Diaz got up and left the press conference with his team, the two sides exchanged words before bottles and cans began to fly across the room. The Stockton native has yet to receive a punishment from the commission.

An interesting thing to note is that McGregor was present at the hearing via phone after a rumor surfaced earlier today that he had been ‘knocked out cold’ during a sparring session leading up to his November 12, 2016 lightweight title fight with Eddie Alvarez.

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