Dana White loves Michael Bisping

“Without a doubt the most talented guy we saw [for TUF cast] was Michael Bisping”
Dana’s picking on the handicapped now. Didnt he say Matt Hamill was the guy with the most promise at one point on the show?
I like Bisping, and I’m glad to see that Dana isnt gonna waste him because the guy could go somewhere. But it’s his work ethic, lack of a great team, and the size of his head that I think will hold him back. The 205 division is really split into an A B and C tier, and there isnt much blur between them. When Bisping moves up to the B tier, he may not be ready and the record’s gonna read X-1. How Dana deals with that will be interesting.

Forrest vs machida is a ballsy fight, not many people know machida, but everyone knows and for the most part likes Forrest..not many people would like to see forrest lose to machida, but its a possibility

Nothing against Bisping but he hasen’t fought anyone on the upper tier of 205. Unless he really gets better fast hes going to get pounded.Hopefully he can get into a good camp and go somewhere.If anyone is going to be “protected” its him..

I hope everyone realizez that Werdum submitted Fedors brother Aleksander…Fedor has been quoted as saying that he is often “beaten up” by his brother in training. I’m a huge AA fan but I think he better bring his A game to this one.

yeah werdum is legit…this is a good fight to prove if AA is legit

Where are you mma dude? All that great TALK.

Speaking of Werdum, I often tell friends ( especially those who are gay for Matt “I dont bathe” Lindland ) to check out this match. Its from ADCC. Lindland has a much hyped GnP game and was an Olympic wrestler, collegiate champion, blah blah blah.
Watch complete ground domination at the mans’ own game.

http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/werdum/video/x13et1_adcc-werdum-vs-lindland-hl

That is definitely complete domination, but it’s BJJ dominating wrestling; not GnP. So it’s really not is own game (no, I’m not a Lindland fan, just being a stickler for details).

That’s pretty impressive against a guy like lindland. Werdum looks really small there, he couldn’t have been a heavyweight, and if he is that big he might have a tough time with arlovski’s power. Either way it should be a wicked fight.

hopefully AA’s new hottie fuels the fire not puts it out

E, you’re correct. But in ADCC wresters have done very well over the years. Lindland didnt enter the tourney not thinking he couldnt win. We was already an accomplished MMAist, so he knew what he was getting into. But, was there a point where he could have GnPed? If he woulda started punching, that armlock woulda come a lot sooner…..

So, here’s another addressing his small size in a true MMA fight from the end of last year:
http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/Werdum/video/x130mc_fabriciowerdum-vs-aleksander-emelia

This guy has only lost a split dec to karatonin(?) and a decision loss to Nog. No KOs, no TKOs. Score one for Dana bringing this guy in.

I LIKE BISPING BUT GIVING HIM SINOSIC MIGHT BLOW UP IN DANA’S FACE, REMEMBER ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN MMA. I CAN’T WAIT FOR GRIFFIN VS. MACHIDA AND AA VS. WERDUM, THE BEST 2 FIGHTS ON THAT CARD BY FAR.

Agree Bx. I have changed my mind. Those two with Crocop on the card, if think I may have to get it. I just hope one more good fight gets on it so I can get my $$$s worth.

Thanks for the vid Morethanufc, didn’t know how good this guy really was. Arlovski better bring his best, otherwise he’s in some deep shit.

That’s because Dana is gay and he saw Bisping’s dick in a locker room and he want’s it badly.

I think Dana wants Bisping to be the Randy Couture of England. He is hoping he will carry the promotion over there. I think Bisping has some work to do. He is good but needs about 2 more years to be an elite fighter.

Werdum is a fine fighter, but I don’t think AA will have much trouble with him. His BJJ is about equal to Pe De Pano’s. Werdum has better standup than PDP, but that is hardly relevant, since if he stands with Andre, he will be KOd.

This should really have been a UFN undercard. Bleah! As if UFC is having a shortage of viable, legit contenders to fight Bisping.

How does having a wondeful personality have to do with fighting. He must be in love.

I hope so Rollo the Cat. I’m a huge Andrei fan.
“That’s because if Werdum loses, he loses to “The Pitbull.” And if he wins, he’s instantly regarded among casual fans as a serious threat to the title.

It’s a win-win situation."

What if Arlovski looses? how is that win-win for him?

If Michael Bisping is the Randy Couture of the U.K., then who the hell am I?

who cares

bisping is a cocky lil bastard. i think if he loses this fight he should be forced to start speaking german

Bisping’s fallowing Forrest’s shadow almost too closely, the only reason we haven’t seen more of him is the obvious customs issue with fighting in the US. With the UFC announcing their intentions with UK it’s only natural to establish a poster child for that particular market. I only hope that Bisping’s next fight is against a high B level fighter. You would assume that given his contract must be rather economical establishing him as an attraction in order to generate revenue in future UK events will create a huge profit margin by keeping huge payout fighters like Chuck, Tito etc from headlining the event in order to draw the crowd

I am definitely looking forward to this event. I was pissed we didnt get to see Machida in his last fight. Forrest doesn’t stand much of a chance against him, in my mind. As for Bisping, I was impressed with his win over Schaefer, who isn’t spectacular, but who is very good on the ground. We already knew Bisping could strike, so I thought that showed some well-roundedness. Arlovski vs. Werdum should be a very good fight. I saw Werdum beat Alex Emalianenko, which makes me think he is very capable of doing the same to Arlovski.

It might be a bit early for this but here are the winners for me: Bisping, Cro Cop, Werdum, Machida. I really hope to see Machida shock Dana with his win here, as well as Werdum taking AA out of the HW title shot equation, even thou it will be a competitive business for Werdum and Cro Cop who both fight out of the same camp. If Cro Cop would just learn some of the BJJ and Werdum some of Cro Cop’s striking ..

As for Bisping: as cocky as he might be, he is not that bad of a fighter. Only thing that annoys me is his will to be a complete sell-out for Dana with such half-arse fights.

Everyone who just starts up in UFC has a few “easy”
fights, thats just the way it is. If it continues this way, then it really is an issue. Following Forrests shadow, this is only his third fight in the UFC, how is he following Forrests shadow. The guy definately has skills, we saw that in the last fight, lets hope Dana puts them to good use with better opponets after this one. He definitely has potential. Lets see what happens after this one.

I think You sould have bisbing fight matt hamill it would have been the finals if he had not of had that injury to me matt the hammer is the future not bibing prove me wrong go teampunisment

Good call, barela. Didnt think about Bisping vs Hamill. Wow, that’s a good one.

YouTapped – “…Werdum and Cro Cop who both fight out of the same camp. If Cro Cop would just learn some of the BJJ and Werdum some of Cro Cop’s striking …”
They have had a falling out and are no longer are together. And, actually, Mirko was Werdum’s striking instructor, and Werdum was his BJJ teacher. That’s why I always find it funny when ppl say CC needs to learn BJJ. He already knows it, he just hasnt needed it. CC swore after the loss to Nog that he would never go into another fight and not improve that part of his game. Hence, he hooked up with Werdum. Any proof needed of what he has learned? Watch the Fedor fight. I think Mirko learned.

Wow, didn’t knew about the falling out. Now what would really kick ass is Cro Cop making Randy tapout with a BJJ technique no one expected from him like a Tuck and Roll Kimura. Ok, its past my bedtime and I’m daydreaming already.

I think Bisping has the potential, but in all honesty he got to prove himself with a “Real” fighter before he gets my vote. All this Press surrounding him these days may become his own undoing in the long run for him. I kind of a dangerous game Dana got him playing; let’s hope he can back his mouth up with his fists when it comes time..??

I do think the lad is strong and will succeed in time however. I would personally like to see him shut up the Matt Hamill mouth personally. “Matt Hamill”…now there’s one over rated fighter in my opinion, it’s easy to see this, just look where he coming from…Tito, man, I can’t take anyone of those guy’s serious at all. I love to see Bisping kick Matt Hamill’s butt all the way up to Big Bear.

Anyhow, for the mean time …I think Bisping needs a good old fashion whippin’ from a bigger name to put him in his place, so he can get a real sense of the true competition in the UFC.

give mike a few more low key fighters then once hes got the feel for the octogon then give him a harder oppnent then thats when you will no what kind off fighter he is no point puting him in with chuck or some one of his calibre straight away

bispings a great fighter

was Michael Bisping"
Dana’s picking on the handicapped now. Didnt he say Matt Hamill was the guy with the most promise at one point on the show?
I like Bisping, and I’m glad to see that Dana isnt gonna waste him because the guy could go somewhere. But it’s his work ethic, lack of a great team, and the size of his head that I think will hold him back. The 205 division is really split into an A B and C tier, and there isnt much blur between them. When Bisping moves up to the B tier, he may not be ready and the record’s gonna read X-1. How Dana deals with that will be interesting.

erm ok

bisping is going to be champ within 2 years

When chuck beats Tito again let Bisping beat on Tito’s fat head for a bit then maybe people will give him a break

please dont tell Tito I said he had a fat head…lol

Not to take anything away from Bisping, I think he’s a very talented fighter , and well rounded, but His fight against Matt was given to him , I think Matt should’ve won the decision. plus Bisping too cocky, after the fight with those comments. WoW , what great highlights of Bisping getting beat while talking to Joe. Also Bisping no match for Tito!!!

bisping got his ass kicked by matt hammil and everybody knows it.the only reason he won was because of where they fought..bisping is a cocky,arrogant man..the way he came out that night was embarrassing.matt hammill would have been tuf champ if he would not have gotten hurt..how about you guys fight in the states.you know you were given the fight, you are a good fighter but matt is a hell of alot better…

Dana White = Vince Mcmahon