UFC 114: Michael Bisping in talks to face Dan Miller on May 29 in Las Vegas
Michael Bisping wasn't kidding when he said he wanted to get right back into the cage following his unanimous decision loss to Wanderlei Silva at last month's UFC 110 event from Sydney, Australia.
"The Count" is currently negotiating a return against Dan Miller at UFC 114 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the promotion's Memorial Day weekend extravaganza on May 29.
MMAmania.com learned of the pending match-up earlier today.
Bisping was in cruise control for the better part of his UFC career -- until running into a devastating right hand from now-exiled Dan Henderson at last year's UFC 100 event.
Though he quickly rebounded with a stoppage over Denis Kang at UFC 105 in Manchester, the Brit came up short against another PRIDE legend when Wanderlei Silva sent him to a unanimous decision loss at UFC 110 just last month.
While losses to "Hendo" and "The Axe Murderer" are forgivable, he's going to need to make a statement against the venerable Miller if he expects to stay relevant in a very crowded middleweight division.
Like Bisping, things haven't exactly gone Miller's way over the last couple of fights.
He burst onto the scene at UFC Fight Night 15 back in September 2008, strangling Rob Kimmons en route to a submission (rear naked choke) win in his Octagon debut.
Miller went on to make it 3-0 under the Zuffa banner and had people talking about his candidacy as a 185-pound title contender until Chael Sonnen played spoiler at UFC 98, outworking him and giving the New Jersey native just his second career defeat.
He tried to right the ship at UFC 109 by staying out of the submissions of Demian Maia; however the grappling guru surprised Miller (and most of the viewing audience) by instead using an improved striking attack to take home the judges decision.
While Bisping's International appeal may spare him the pink slip with another loss, the same can't be said for Miller, who will have dropped three straight if he fails to get past "The Count."
UFC 114 will likely be headlined by TUF 10 coaches and now mortal enemies "Suga" Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. The card is also expected to feature an interesting battle between light heavyweights Forrest Griffin and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more news on UFC 114 as it becomes available.
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Here we go again.............
And rampage is fighting rashad, my head hurts just thinking about it…………..
i’m going somewhere else.
Miller
Via UD or sub. No one’s gonna be KO’d here I think, and I like the Miller brothers so gonna go with Dan
I like Miller in this one ...
But it has all the markings of a snoozer… 2 guys who are coming off loses who will be tentative and playing it safe.
Miller by split D.
"You're doing a lot of choppin', but no chips are flyin'." - Foghorn Leghorn
I called this fight after he got ko'd by Hendo...
I like Miller in this fight. His stand up has gotten better and with his takedowns and BJJ skills, I think he takes this in a split devision or a possible sub.
Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up they would pound each other behind the barn!"
this is where bisping belongs
fighting above average B fighters.
not impressed but this will be Dana and not Bispings choice
Bisping will destroy him most likely 1st round tko. But wow what a f**king card PLEASE SHOW ALL THE PRELIMS!!!!!
I was a fool to think Bisping had any chance against the Axe Murderer, and even more foolish to bet agaisnt the great Puck Head.
1st round TKO?
Do you know who Dan Miller is? He’ll probably mop the floor with Bisping. Bisping has zero chance of scoring a knockout.
by ballhawkdawk on Mar 1, 2010 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
Dan knows how to finish guillotines. He just needs to shore up his standup. Hopefully he just works active guard passing or gnp for a UD. Bisping doesn’t tko guys unless they’re on the level of Chainsaw McCarthy or Sinosic aka non UFC quality guys. I think he should leave wolfslair if he wants to get better since in all his fights he’s lost it was because of the same reason and they still haven’t corrected it. Much better if he joined Rough House. Same thing for the MEAN1 and Jackson’s but that’s another discussion.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Mar 2, 2010 8:26 AM EST up reply actions
Bisping is a very tough guy to keep on the mat...Dan might take him down, but I doubt he will be able to keep him down.
I like the count in this one via, decision!
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Rashad Evans
Forrest Griffin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Michael Bisping vs. Dan Miller
Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway
Amir Sadollah vs. Dong-Hyun Kim
Cyrille Diabate vs. Luis Cane
Aaron Simpson vs. Chris Leben
Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon
Melvin Guillard vs. Thiago Tavares
Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow
Aaron Riley vs. Joe Brammer
Ryan Jensen vs. Jesse Forbes
I was a fool to think Bisping had any chance against the Axe Murderer, and even more foolish to bet agaisnt the great Puck Head.
Superb card
And this is a good competetive fight, both are coming off losses over good MWs so they should be matched up with each other. Bisping should win this one as Dan’s striking is not on his level but he can’t get cocky, Miller has much better BJJ.
I say the winner of this fight should face the winner of Cote-Belcher, that way one of those 4 guys can establish themselves as a top 5 MW and earn title contender fights.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
Only one crap fight...
Aaron Riley Vs Joe Brammer but I ain’t gonna watch that from the prelims anyway. Interesting to see what Todd Duffee does. Lets see if he has a ground game
Marcus Davis twitter “I hope Hardy dies of aids” those bloody cocky brits eh?
I was a fool to think Bisping had any chance against the Axe Murderer, and even more foolish to bet agaisnt the great Puck Head.
Bloody hell Tony I know that it's a stupid tweet from a twat but don't keep putting it on every thread
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
Awesome
You guys really dislike Bisping if you think Dan Millers gunna mop the floor with him… Bisping 2nd round tko
bisping sucks!!!!!
bisping is & always has been the most overated,overhyped fighter n ufc history i mean look at who he has beaten vs who he has lose 2….not 2 mention be is 0-3 vs top fighters Rashad,Hendo,&Wandy when r ppl going 2 accept that he is not as good as his record.
by titonash23 on Mar 2, 2010 6:59 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Bisping is a poof
I accepted the fact that he sucks when he was on TUF. No skills at all. he beat leben by running. Yes leben was on roids but bisping ran like a bitch!!!!
Bisping loss to Hamill
Michael you lost to Hamill ( i just know you love hearing the truth EVERY THREAD !)

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