Middleweight contenders Michael Bisping and Demian Maia will finally meet at UFC on Fox 2, which goes down Jan. 28 at the United Center in Chicago, IL.The fight was confirmed through ESPN by the UFC after speculation that Bisping would be making his re…
Middleweight contenders Michael Bisping and Demian Maia will finally meet at UFC on Fox 2, which goes down Jan. 28 at the United Center in Chicago, IL.
The fight was confirmed through ESPN by the UFC after speculation that Bisping would be making his return as early as the first month of 2012.
Bisping is coming off his impressive victory over Jason “Mayhem” Miller at the Ultimate Fighter Finale. After an intense season of TUF opposite Miller, Bisping had little trouble in stopping his opponent three rounds into the fight by strikes. It set him up for a possible chance at a top contender, and Maia is someone who has experience fighting the very best.
Maia will enter the bout with a 15-3 record, including nine of those from inside the Octagon. His only losses are to Anderson Silva, Nate Marquardt and Mark Munoz.
A win for Bisping would mean he is one of the top fighter’s in the division, and one fight away from a long-awaited title shot.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans has been on the waiting list of title contenders for almost two years, and he will get the chance to finally put himself into the No. 1 contender’s spot when he faces the undefeated Phil Davis at UFC o…
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans has been on the waiting list of title contenders for almost two years, and he will get the chance to finally put himself into the No. 1 contender’s spot when he faces the undefeated Phil Davis at UFC on Fox 2.
The event will take place Jan. 28 and feature Evans and Davis in a five-round main event. Davis will enter the bout with a 9-0 record and five of those victories coming from inside the Octagon.
Since losing his title to Lyoto Machida in 2008, Evans has gone 3-0 with wins over Tito Ortiz, Quinton Jackson and Thiago Silva.
During the most recent episode of Inside MMA, Evans discussed the upcoming bout and where he thinks he has the advantage over Davis and where he thinks the win will put him.
“Honestly, I don’t know for sure, to say, if I will definitely get a title shot,” Evans said of what a victory will do for him.
“The thing about it is that, I’ve been promised a title shot, and the UFC does what they need to do to keep putting on shows so I just got to keep on fighting.”
Evans’ training partner and current light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will be facing Lyoto Machida later this week at UFC 140. The winner of that fight could be an intriguing challenger for Evans, no matter who it is, if he is to come out victorious against Davis.
“It’s more than a slight edge,” Evans said of his chances against the former NCAA Division I wrestler.
“Phil is definitely a tough competitor. He’s very athletic. He’s very long, and he’s strong, and he’s got that youngness about him. He has a big opportunity in front of him, so whenever you got a big opportunity in front of you, you have nothing to lose. You can really go all out, so I definitely got my hands full going against a guy like Phil Davis.”
Hello there! Raise your hand if you think that Anderson Silva has completely finished the Middleweight division. Even though I can’t see anyone’s hands, I would imagine that you believe it to be true. Well, I’m here to say otherwise.As a disclaimer, I …
Hello there! Raise your hand if you think that Anderson Silva has completely finished the Middleweight division. Even though I can’t see anyone’s hands, I would imagine that you believe it to be true. Well, I’m here to say otherwise.
As a disclaimer, I must say that Vitor Belfort and Yushin Okami will not be on this list, seeing as they were both one-sided fights within the past year. Anyway, continue to the rest of the article!
(Roop: seen here enforcing the theory that a straight shot to the head will kill any zombie.)
Looking to rebound from his controversial decision loss to Hatsu Hioki at UFC 137, featherweight contender and TUF 8 alum George Roop has recently agreed to face Cub Swanson at UFC on Fox 2. Prior to the Hikoi loss, Roop scored a brilliant thrid round TKO over Josh Grispi at the TUF 13 Finale in June. Swanson, on the other hand, is coming off a less-than-controversial second round submission via arm triangle choke to Ricardo Lamas in his UFC debut at UFC on Fox 1. The Team Jackson product has dropped three of his last five and should need a win here if he wants to continue fighting under the Zuffa banner.
Fun fact: Roop hasn’t put together a win streak since 2007 and has gone loss-win in his past 9 bouts (excluding a draw with Leonard Garcia), so pure logic dictates that he will emerge victorious from this one. You can’t argue with that science, Potato Nation.
(Roop: seen here enforcing the theory that a straight shot to the head will kill any zombie.)
Looking to rebound from his controversial decision loss to Hatsu Hioki at UFC 137, featherweight contender and TUF 8 alum George Roop has recently agreed to face Cub Swanson at UFC on Fox 2. Prior to the Hikoi loss, Roop scored a brilliant thrid round TKO over Josh Grispi at the TUF 13 Finale in June. Swanson, on the other hand, is coming off a less-than-controversial second round submission via arm triangle choke to Ricardo Lamas in his UFC debut at UFC on Fox 1. The Team Jackson product has dropped three of his last five and should need a win here if he wants to continue fighting under the Zuffa banner.
Fun fact: Roop hasn’t put together a win streak since 2007 and has gone loss-win in his past 9 bouts (excluding a draw with Leonard Garcia), so pure logic dictates that he will emerge victorious from this one. You can’t argue with that science, Potato Nation.
In other booking news, Daniel “Ninja” Roberts announced on his Twitter yesterday that he will be facing inaugural Pros vs. Joes winner (whaa?)Charlie Brenneman in a welterweight tilt set for the UFC’s debut on FX, which features a headlining bout between Melvin Guillard and Jim Miller. Roberts has dropped two straight bouts to Claude Patrick and Rich Attonio at UFC 129 and UFC Live 4, respectively; a loss here will surely secure him a spot in the unemployment line alongside his past three UFC victims.
Brenneman recently saw a two-fight win streak, including a decision upset over Rick Story, snapped at the hands (and feet) of Anthony “Rumble” Johnson at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson in October. Unfortunately for Brenneman, his only wins inside the octagon other than Story have similarly come over now released fighters in Jason High and Amilcar Alves, so this match-up could likely be Zuffa’s way of trimming some fat from its welterweight division.
UFC on FOX 2 goes down January 28th from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. UFC on FX transpires just eight days prior at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Filed under: UFCThe UFC on FOX 2 fight card headlined by Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis is fast shaping up for the Jan. 22, 2012 event from the United Center in Chicago, Ill.
After hosting a heavyweight championship bout in November, the second live FOX …
The UFC on FOX 2 fight card headlined by Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis is fast shaping up for the Jan. 22, 2012 event from the United Center in Chicago, Ill.
Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis
Chael Sonnen vs. Mark Munoz Evan Dunham vs. Paul Sass
Michael Johnson vs. Cody McKenzie
Cub Swanson vs. George Roop
John-Olav Einemo vs. Mike Russow
Demetrious Johnson vs. Eddie Wineland
Michael Bisping tops TUF 14 Finale salaries by A LOT with $425,000 payout. Some mugger tried to rob an MMA fighter and quickly found out that was a bad idea. Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson.
Michael Bisping tops TUF 14 Finale salaries by A LOT with $425,000 payout.
Middleweight contenders Michael Bisping and Demian Maia will finally meet at UFC on Fox 2, which goes down Jan. 28 at the United Center in Chicago, IL.
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