Michael Bisping

With Dana White announcing Mark Munoz is out of his bout with Chael Sonnen due to an elbow injury via twitter, Michael Bisping is now in as a replacement. White reported that Munoz had injured his elbow in a “key-lock type position” and didn’t feel any better after a cortizone shot.

What a way to start off the new year. Jose Aldo continued his dominance of the featherweight division at UFC 142 in Rio while Vitor Belfort made sure an overweight “Rumble” Johnson didn’t stop the momentum he built after his vicious knockout of “Sexyama.” The rest of the card was no sneeze fest, Palhares grabbed his signature heel hook against Mike Massenzio and Edson Barboza gave us a knockout of the year candidate with his spinning heel kick.  Here are the matches to make after UFC 142 for the main card winners. Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung Aldo destroyed [...]

Cheick Guillaume Ouedraogo — better known amongst mixed martial arts fans as Cheick Kongo — has signed a new six-fight deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, according to a report from Fighter’s Only Magazine. The heavyweight is 15-6-1 — 8-4 in the UFC — and he is coming off of a win against Paul Buentello at UFC on Versus 1. Prior to his last victory, Kongo was on a losing skid after losing two straight to top UFC heavyweights Cain Velasquez and Frank Mir. Kongo is a member of the UK’s Wolfslair gym. He is a teammate of Michael Bisping [...]

Middleweight contender Nate Marquardt was offered a bout at UFC 114 which would have put him in the cage against British star Michael Bisping, Fighters Only reports. “They offered me Bisping for May 29th but I have a baby due on May 27th so I turned it down. I don’t want to have any regrets in life, like ‘Man, I missed my kid’s birth,’” Marquardt told today’s Fight Club Q & A session. Bisping will remain on the scheduled UFC 114 fight card in a bout with Dan Miller, which will likely be featured on the night’s pay-per view portion [...]

Wanderlei Silva and Michael Bisping had a back and forth battle in the co-main event of UFC 110. The decision ultimately went in favor of “The Axe Murderer” and Bisping was not pleased with the result. “I don’t know,” Bisping said. “It was a close fight. Personally, I think I won rounds one and two.” Silva clearly won round three after he dropped Bisping at the bell and round one was in favor of Bisping as he controlled with his takedowns, but round two was a toss up. Silva’s guillotine choke attempt in the closing moments of the second frame [...]

OFFICIAL RESULTS Cain Velasquez def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:20 Wanderlei Silva def. Michael Bisping via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) George Sotiropoulos def. Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Ryan Bader def. Keith Jardine via knockout (punch) – Round 3, 2:10 Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic def. Anthony Perosh via TKO (cut) – Round 2, 5:00 PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS Krzysztof Soszynski def. Stephan Bonnar via TKO (cut) – Round 3, 1:04 Chris Lytle def. Brian Foster via submission (knee-bar) – Round 1, 1:41 C.B. Dollaway def. Goran Reljic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, [...]

UFC 110 is headlined with a heavyweight battle between top contenders Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1) and Cain Velasquez (7-0). The winner of the main event could get a title shot against current UFC champ Brock Lesnar.The evenings co-main event is a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping (18-2 MMA) vs. Wanderlei Silva (32-10-1). The other bouts made official today were lightweights Joe Stevenson (31-10) vs. George Sotiropoulos (11-2), light heavyweights Keith Jardine (14-6-1) vs. Ryan Bader (10-0), and heavyweights Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (25-7-2) and Anthony Perosh (10-5). Here are the UFC 110 main card predictions: *Main Event: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira [...]

Weigh-ins for UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez take place this evening in Sydney, Australia. The event will take place on Feb. 21 at the Acer Arena it Sydney and will be televised live on pay-per view in the United States at 10 p.m. ET. UFC 110 is headlined with a heavyweight battle between top contenders Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1) and Cain Velasquez (7-0). The winner of the main event could get a title shot against current UFC champ Brock Lesnar.The evenings co-main event is a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping (18-2 MMA) vs. Wanderlei Silva (32-10-1). The other bouts made [...]

Michael Bisping is one of the most polarizing figures in mixed martial arts. The fans in his home country love him, but many American fans view Bisping as arrogant and obnoxious. Bisping believes that most of this split opinion comes from his time as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter: Team USA vs. Team UK. Bisping and his fellow Brits ran through Team USA in dominating fashion as they claimed both titles on season 9 of the popular reality show. “They’re always going on about how bad I was on the Ultimate Fighter, I for the life of me can’t [...]

The “Countdown” show for UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez will premier on Spike TV tonight. The even which airs live on pay-per view in the United States on February 20 features a heavyweight main event between Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira and Cain Velasquez. The winner of the main event could get a title shot against current UFC champ Brock Lesnar. Here is a lengthy preview of tonight’s episode of Countdown to UFC 110: Here is the full UFC 110 fight card: MAIN CARD * Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez * Michael Bisping vs. Wanderlei Silva * George Sotiropoulos vs. [...]