UFC 120: Michael Bisping vs Yoshihiro Akiyama on tap for Oct. 16 in London
by Jesse Holland on Jul 9, 2010 9:08 AM EDT
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No rest for the weary.
Less than one week after his "Fight of the Night" against Chris Leben on July 3, Yoshihiro Akiyama has been pegged to take on another Ultimate Fighter (TUF) veteran when he faces Michael Bisping in the main event of UFC 120 from the O2 Arena on Oct. 16 in London, England.
Fighter's Only brought word of the pending match-up earlier today.
Akiyama returned to the Octagon after nearly a year on the sidelines, facing off against "The Crippler" at UFC 116 back on July 3 after original opponent, Wanderlei Silva, was forced to bow out of the contest due to injury.
After an exciting and back-and-forth war of attrition, an exhausted "Sexyama" succumbed to Leben's third round triangle choke to bring his UFC record to an even 1-1. It was a performance that won him a $75,000 bonus and the respect of the fans and media alike.
Can he replicate that excitement against Bisping?
"The Count" rebounded from a unanimous decision loss to Wanderlei Silva "Down Under" back on February 20 to outwork the venerable Dan Miller and take all three judge's scorecards at UFC 114 last May.
Bisping is 3-2 in his last five fights with losses to Silva and Dan Henderson. In addition to Miller, the Brit also stopped Denis Kang at UFC 105 and decisioned Chris Leben way back at UFC 89.
Does a big win over an International star like Akiyama put him into title contention? That remains to be seen.
In addition to Bisping, UFC 120 is expected to feature a who's-who of British MMA stars including Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy and John "The Hitman" Hathaway.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for future updates to this still-developing fight card.
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I'll have to go with Bisping on this one
Though that was Akiyama’s first loss in like 5 years; it could light a fire under his ass but he just looked flat/gassed in the 3rd rd and I’ve never seen Bisping have that issue. I still think he’s undersized at 185 lbs and Bisping’s a pretty big MW.
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 9:11 AM EDT reply actions
I think Akiyama takes this one actually
Leben only won because he survived a shit storm and managed a submission. I don’t see Bis submitting Akiyama and he doesn’t have the power in his hands to get him in trouble. Sexy bu decision.
Bullets dodge Fedor.
i'm going with akiyama till the day i die...
on a side note… that nigga needs to hit the treadmill, do some jumping jacks and run a at least 150 miles between now and then…
agree
I don’t’ think Bisping has anything to offer. Akiyama stood there with Leben and ate his punches(he may have gotten rocked) but he took it an he dished it back out at Leben. I think Akiyama has the better standup and chin. I may have to go with Bisping having an advantage on the ground just because Sexy got caught but other then that I got Akiyama all day. Bisping sucks.
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by the chubbster on Jul 9, 2010 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
bisping is a much more technical striker than leben, not as powerful, but better technique, hes quicker
he has great td defense…hes got a great gas tank, dude is always going the distance so you know he wont be tired in the 3rd…and in both of akiyama’s fights…belcher and leben, you could see him getting gassed…and yea him getting hit with multiple leben shots had something to do with that…but his stamina isnt good once the fight hits the 3rd round…
and bisping NEVER gets tired…he has soft hands but those soft hands sure as hell score a lot when they’re active…..hes fast, he’ll be faster than akayami…plus his td defense has gotten unreal…its nearly impossible to get that dude down and keep him there….
i got bisping
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
hey assholes, plugging my p4p thread in the fanposts, go there list your p4p opinions and debate it
some people have shameless plugs..but not me..cause one thing hell isnt is shameless, now what i mean???
i listed my top 10 fighters, so you douches go critique mine…oh yea and i listed koscheck and rashad and brock in there…so that should give you something to get pissed off about..
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I don't think you can call Bisping a technical striker
He looks to me like someone who has watched a technical striker, and is trying to copy his movements. Power is partially a product of technique, and he seems to have very little power, if I can even use that word in reference to his striking. Granted, there are guys with huge power that demonstrate poor technique, but if their technique were better, their power would be too.
I got Akiyami in this one.
by The real Philo on Jul 10, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
i'll take ping in the pool, but $$$ on sexy
As he’ll undoubtedly be the underdog leading up to this fight off a loss to a 2 fight (quick) Leben, and a marginal prior W.
The reason I can see Sexy beating Ping is due to giving him some slack, as that’s not the same Leben that lost to Ping a while back, that beat Sexy last weekend.
New Crippla breed! Still wish he could punch Kos just once in the near future :(
Brock Lesnar is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 Brock Lesnar
2 BJ Penn
3 John Fitch
4 Matt Hughes
5 Matt Serra
by daniel worby on Jul 9, 2010 9:19 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I am starting to wish that the UFC never did another card in England.
Every freaking time they do a card there I have to watch a shitty Bisping fight, usually as a main or co-main event. If I am not mistaken, we are also due to see a Dan Hardy fight. I don’t mind the occasional Hardy scrap, but it sucks to watch the same fighters every time the UFC goes to England.
by naturalshadow on Jul 9, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
too true
And I don’t fully get it. I mean how many times has UFC came here now (Canada), and not gave us GSP? We don’t like it. But we quickly get over it… Cause they give us MacDonald and Goulet instead (Thanks a lot ya pricks).
Brock Lesnar is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 Brock Lesnar
2 BJ Penn
3 John Fitch
4 Matt Hughes
5 Matt Serra
by daniel worby on Jul 9, 2010 10:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
it certainly was
I believe Chucky headlined that one? I can’t recall for sure. I know Spider/Cote was here as well. Nonetheless that’s all we’ve seen of GSP live and in person thus far.
Brock Lesnar is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 Brock Lesnar
2 BJ Penn
3 John Fitch
4 Matt Hughes
5 Matt Serra
by daniel worby on Jul 9, 2010 10:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
GSP was at 105 in Manchester.
Amazing luck considering it was my first live UFC and I saw him in the flesh.
Not so amazing though that he was too far away to talk to :( ….
Arlovski : Kang : GSP : Rampage : Lytle : Huerta : Quarry : Serra : Wandy : Pulver : Alvarez
IIf I Brit is in the main or co-main event. I don't want to see any other Brits on the ppv portion.
The UFC only has 2 well known British fighters, with Pearson coming in a distant 3rd. There will be plenty of British fighters on the undercard for the home town crowd, but why does the rest of the world have to suffer through the same guys over and over again. I am sure the Brit’s wouldn’t mind seeing guys like Lesnar, Shogun, Penn, and GSP over a Bisping vs. (name of TUF fighter here) fight every time.
by naturalshadow on Jul 10, 2010 1:33 AM EDT up reply actions
If a Brit*
Messed up that first line there.
by naturalshadow on Jul 10, 2010 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Who says we have to see brits??
The UK is the only territory in the world where the UFC pulls this stunt of filling up the entire card with sub-standard local talent. There could be as many as 11 UK fighters on this card once the usual suspects Etim, Taylor, Kelly, Pearson, Wilkes and Winner are added. I went to the UFC in Dublin and there was one irishman on the card (1 and a half if you count Marcus Davis), germany had, what 2 germans, ditto Australia and I dont recall the Abu-Dhabi card having any Arab fighters on it? So why do the UFC have to load our cards with homegrown talent every single time???
All I want is for a UK show to be identical talent wise to a North American show to justify the UFC name and the high ticket prices. If that means starting at 2 in the morning for PPV reasons, so be it, if that’s what it’ll take. Otherwise when the UFC comes here they may as well change the name to the BFC – British Fighting Championships!
Step back
I think this is a step back for Bisping. Look I hate Bsiping but he is way better than Leben and thats who just beat Sexyama. So if Im Bisping what do I gain from this fight?
I'm guessing since Leben probably isn't getting shelved for 6-7 months
That the winner of this fight gets Wand, so Bisping gets his rematch he was crying about.
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
im tired of rematches.
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Jul 9, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
NOOOOOO!!!!
I am so amped for Leben vs Wand! I seriously look at the chin and determination to plz a crowd in those 2 and just see, possibly one of the best fights of all time in terms of a war.
Don’t tell my heart…
My achy breaky heart…
I just don’t think she’ll understand…
:(
Brock Lesnar is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 Brock Lesnar
2 BJ Penn
3 John Fitch
4 Matt Hughes
5 Matt Serra
by daniel worby on Jul 9, 2010 9:23 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Actually I could see Leben knock Wand the fuck out relatively quickly...
He is no Ping and in a brawl I would give the edge to Leben nowadays.
Bullets dodge Fedor.
I disagree (big surprise)
Leben goes into Zombie mode and Wand isn’t going to to just hit him one time, if Leben drops his hands and goes into Zombie mode Wand is going to light his ass up. Wand has been way more disciplined as of late and Leben still looks sloppy after he eats a clean shot, and he’s not going to have the same luxury of fighting a gassed opponent in the 3rd rd (if it goes that far) as Wand does NOT have cardio issues, period.
Wand can still take a shot, 3 rds with Bisping, 3 rds with Chuck, 3 rds with Franklin, gave as good as he got; the guys that have KO’d him have monster power; CC, Hendo, Page. It’s not like he’s been getting KO’d like Liddell. Wanderlei’s a brawler but he throws punches in bunches, Leben takes these wild sloppy swings one punch at a time. The left hand could land and that’s the only way Leben wins, otherwise Wand outclasses him in all areas, including heart.
Leben is a tough guy, but he’s not gonna stand toe to toe with Silva and out tough/show more heart than The Axe Murderer.
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Agree to disagree on outcome.
But what I think we agree on is that we wanna see that fight!
Bullets dodge Fedor.
lol, yeahhhh... you guys kinda just further proved my point
She’s gonna be a classic.
Brock Lesnar is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 Brock Lesnar
2 BJ Penn
3 John Fitch
4 Matt Hughes
5 Matt Serra
by daniel worby on Jul 9, 2010 10:08 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I want to see that fight too.
I would lean towards Wand winning, but I disagree that he still has a good chin. He has been rocked in all of those fights mentioned, and the KO by Page was just as bad as any I have seen Chuck take. He doesn’t go right out like Chuck does now, but he does get rocked pretty often. 1 or 2 more wars and he starts dropping the way Chuck does.
by naturalshadow on Jul 9, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
He got rocked by a spinning backfist in the Chuck fight
I didn’t see him get rocked against Franklin or Bisping.
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
ya, im still not sold that his chin is all that bad
He got KO’d on appropriate shots. Its his style though, kill or be killed. Bisping made Wandy’s fight the more boring of all his scraps. I think we could see a great hockey’esque fight, and dammit I’m sticking to it!
Brock Lesnar is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 Brock Lesnar
2 BJ Penn
3 John Fitch
4 Matt Hughes
5 Matt Serra
by daniel worby on Jul 9, 2010 10:19 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He got rocked for a second in the Franklin fight.
I can’t remember what round. I should have said in the original post “besides Bisping”, but Bisping never hurts anyone.
by naturalshadow on Jul 9, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Bullshit he never got "rocked"
He got cracked or popped but never rocked or hurt. Wand was gas more than anything it was his 1st time cutting weight.
by d*locc on Jul 9, 2010 12:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bisping caught him with a solid kick;
but I’m a Bisping fan, so what do I know :P
by theworldismine on Jul 9, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
wand looked a little spent
Vs franklin…but that was his fist weight cut..and he looked great vs bizzzzping.ill never forget wands slow my face they put up in the fanshots where he was gullotining at the end of round 2(I believe) that was some funny shit
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by salamagogo on Jul 9, 2010 1:38 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Lmfao!!! Free U must be out your Gdam mind!
Leben Knock out Wand rather quickly =D who do u think he is rampage!? Wand will lay leben the fuck out like he did 2 fujita iron who was never ko’d b4.
by d*locc on Jul 9, 2010 12:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yea Leben's scared I can see it in his eyes
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep, that fight would be an instant classic~!!
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Jul 9, 2010 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
and replacing that with a bisping rematch? or the guy who lost to Leben who took Wandy's spot?
Doesn’t add up to me. And I add good. Me good add.
Brock Lesnar is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 Brock Lesnar
2 BJ Penn
3 John Fitch
4 Matt Hughes
5 Matt Serra
by daniel worby on Jul 9, 2010 10:10 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
"O2 Arena on Oct. 16 in London, England."
All UK fans LOVE Bisping and want to see him in the main event. They can’t get enough of him. I know a lot of you UK people will come back and tell me I’m wrong and that you hate The Count, but look… Just stop lying to yourselves, he wouldn’t be the main event if you guys didn’t LOVE him, ALL OF YOU!
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
So true...
The people that post on Mania may know much more than the average british fan though, so I might believe that they themselves don’t care about Bisping.
But when they try to tell me that average British fans don’t care for Bis, I just laugh. Brits love him and it’s obvious.
Bullets dodge Fedor.
haha, i don't know about that.
he must be their most famous fighter though so it’s the best way to media involved.
I still want Alessio Sakara to replace Akiyama in this fight so he can fight Bisping.
Our most famous fighter is easily TUF 9 reject Alex Reid
He married Katie Price who is a skanky former glamour model with loads of daft reality shows that Reid appears in. He won our last ever Celebrity Big Brother and is in the tabloids every day. Despite being an awful fighter he is the only MMAst (or cage fighter as the media describe him) that the mainstream have heard of. Bisping and Hardy don’t get any mainstream coverage other than the occasional article in the tabloids or in one of Gareth Davies’ columns. Even the UFC gets little coverage over here compared to other sports, though it has a large following and TV coverage is improving all of the time.
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by David W-S on Jul 9, 2010 10:22 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
THAT'S WHO THE UFC NEEDS TO HEADLINE UK SHOWS
Alex Reid; good call David.
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
hey... she's not bad
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I have heard of her.
Isn’t she like the UK’s Pam Anderson, but with even less talent? I think I saw her bag on that guy for dressing like a woman?
She does have a nice rack though.
by naturalshadow on Jul 9, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
just the same over here david.
I don’t ever see anything about the UFC when i read the sports.
Come at me bro!
nba and nhl gets most coverage here of all american sports.
mostly nhl, ppl love hockey up here.
Come at me bro!
thats funny
because there is really only one channel that plays hockey in the states. Hockey is struggling here.
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."
Yeah.
Not to mention that one channel is VS., which isn’t exactly top of the food chain.
by naturalshadow on Jul 10, 2010 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately he's popular
I can’t stand the overrated clown myself but for some reason people like him over here. I’ll be cheering for Sexyama but I hope this is not the main event. This isn’t exactly a marquee fight that I want to travel to London for.
I <3 Dana White, the Ruler and Savior of the MMA World, and will serve his disciple, Synyster, faithfully to the end.
by David W-S on Jul 9, 2010 10:14 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
wow
DOG, where u been?
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Ow do ODHGC
Busy man nowadays fella. Saw this story on another site and thought I’d see what my old buddies made of it. Not a lot by the looks of it, yet again we’re being shafted with our card.
Well you might as well switch back over to Mania since it's better =P
Welcome back into the fold.
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Bloody hell, been a while since I've seen you on here
How have you been mate? Are you going to this show, I was set to go with a mate of mine for the weekend but with this fight as a main event I’m not so sure now.
I <3 Dana White, the Ruler and Savior of the MMA World, and will serve his disciple, Synyster, faithfully to the end.
by David W-S on Jul 9, 2010 10:56 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nah mate,
No chance I’m travelling 600 miles to watch this shower! Seriously, nothing ever changes does it? We get the same fighters on every single card guaranteed. Why the hell wont the UFC start the PPV’s at 2 in the morning or something, so PPV sales aren’t affected in America, then give us some meaningful matches for a change? It’s not Rocket science, they do it here for Ricky Hatton fights. I’m doing okay pal by the way.
Haha don't blame you mate
They should charge PPVs over here for UK cards or put them on at night like they do in boxing do that we get great fights. Our fans won’t remain loyal if they keep getting the sane guys and never get the big fights over here. I wouldn’t be so bothered if Bisping and Hardy were facing top guys but Sexyama and Condit aren’t headline material. Hopefully Hathaway gets a meaningful fight, it’ll be a travesty if he doesn’t fight Kampmann.
I <3 Dana White, the Ruler and Savior of the MMA World, and will serve his disciple, Synyster, faithfully to the end.
by David W-S on Jul 9, 2010 11:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
percentage of fans going to UFC fights is tiny compared to general fans
Realistically UFC doesn’t even care for the arena money. They give tons of tickets away for free and the rest just barely covers the salaries and expenses. It’s all about PPV and Ad Revenues.
Bullets dodge Fedor.
Hathaway made me a huge fan...
He seems to be one of the new breed of MMA. All around great and never backing down. I hope he is champ one year.
Bullets dodge Fedor.
Yeah I like Hathaway
At last a British fighter who doesn’t constantly run his mouth and actually has some talent. His win over sanchez is a bigger win than anything either Bizzzzbing or Hardy has.Not sure about kampmann though, he looked VERY good against Paulo Thiago.
Totally agree with you about Bizzzbing and Hardy.There was talk in the week of Bizzzzy taking on belfort but that came to nothing. That’s a fight I’d loved to have seen, another guaranteed highlight reel KO to go next to the hendo one.
Good to talk to you again anyway mate, take care
Hope to see you on here again soon.
I <3 Dana White, the Ruler and Savior of the MMA World, and will serve his disciple, Synyster, faithfully to the end.
by David W-S on Jul 9, 2010 3:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If it had been Belfort it would have been main event status,
not Akiyama though. I see Ping winning this one, his ground games on par and striking is better.
I love the ufc
And I like this fight but cmon it’s not a main event…same as the last time at the o2 sanchez v stevenson??! I don’t mind watching 2 or 3 of the Brits but as an mma fan I want to see some of the other top fighters from the other divisions.
Don’t get me wrong on paper the last event at the o2 was poor, but the fights were great but I truly think it’s about time we see a strong card!!
I’ll be goin to this regardless and once again all the way from Ayrshire in Scotland but I really want a nice main event! Even the Mir v nogieura would have been nice and that’s not even a contender fight at this point! That’s already confirmed for the card after this WTF!! It makes we believe that they don’t care so much for the British cards!!
I also remember Dana saying we would get a title fight in 2010?? Sure looks like it!! I’m not one to knock the ufc but for fuck sake treat us to one strong card!!
by the real mo on Jul 9, 2010 11:21 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Tony I thought you were Bisping's #1 fan
Yo, God. I know you're creating the world and I'ma let you finish but Sega made one of the best Genesis of all time.
by O damn he got caught on Jul 9, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
???
this just doesent make any sense to me
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