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UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
Date: |
October 18, 2008 |
Venue: |
National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England |
Broadcast: |
Free on SpikeTV |
The main card will air on Spike TV in the US at 9:00 PM EST on same-day tape delay
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MAIN CARD
Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben
Keith Jardine vs. Brandon Vera
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Luiz Cane
Marcus Davis vs. Paul Kelly
Paul Taylor vs. Chris Lytle
Preliminary Bouts
Akihiro Gono vs. Dan Hardy
Jess Liaudin vs. David Bielkheden
Sammy Schiavo vs. Per Eklund
Sam Stout vs. Terry Etim
Shane Carwin vs. Neil Wain
David Baron vs. Jim Miller
ufc 89 links
UFC 89 Results Here
UFC 89 News
UFC 89 Weigh-In Results
UFC 89 Betting Odds
ufc 89 videos
Countdown to UFC 89
MMA Fight Weekly Previews UFC 89
Interview with Michael Bisping
Chris Leben Evolution of an ICON – part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5
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May 26th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami (Middleweight Title)
Dan Henerson vs Rich Franklin
Frank Mir vs Andrei Arlovski
May 26th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
sounds good except for the fact that Arlovski doesnt fight for the UFC anymore and Mir has to fight Big Nog before that could happen so……..your dumb
May 27th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I say it would be great to have Wandelei Silva drop down to middleweight and take on Henderson in an effort to avenge his title loss in Pride.
Also, UFC should hire Melvin Manhoef to take on Anderson Silva.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
hey nik
i read that arlovski was fighting mir on a thread for ufc 88 however that card is stacked with quality fights and white wouldnt shove 4 high profile fights on one card… as for me being “dumb” you must feel real good about yourself being an internet toughguy.
you probably never trained in any form of martial arts since u took karate when u were 8 years old. u study useless facts about these fighters and pretend u know something about fighting. u probably wear a Tapout shirt when u go to bars so people might assume u can fight. u fucking faggot go suck a cock and choke on it. Making attacks at me is fine but be ready for me to retort. Go kill urself u fucking load.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
bj vs gsp
diego sanchez vs matt hughes
chuck vs wanderlei silva rematch
anderson silva move up to fight ck or rampage
ufc 89 THE MASSACRE
June 5th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
hollywoodGAT i wouldnt say i “attacked” you i was joking.granted it was a mean joke but what you said was far more offensive.bro look at what you wrote… who would you say looks like the real internet tough guy here?with all you fag insults i wouldnt be surprised if you suck off all the guys wearing tap out gear. i shouldnt have even responded to you but you kinda had it coming.oh i do train and i dont drink. cant wait for your next retort so i can ignore it.go take your gat and shoot yourself in the face hollywood
June 5th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
hollywoodgat ur a fag im not attacking u im just callin it how it is. u made a stupid comment, got called out on it. u took ur comment way over the line.
June 7th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
There are alot of problems with that guess because 1. Anderson vs Yushin is set for 88, 2. Dan Henderson has yet to confirm that fight and if he doesnt Rich Franklin will be fighting either Micheal Bisping or Martin Kampmann 3. Frank Mir is set to face Nogueria after the next ultimate fighter season they are both going to be coaches. and Andrei Arlovski is going to be fighting for Affliction on the same card where Fedor and Tim Sylvia are going to fight the main event for 89 will most likely be Chuck Liddell vs Shogun Rua or Rashad Evans or it will be Bj Penn vs either winner of Florian Huerta, Tyson Griffin if he wins, or winner of Josh Neer and Nate Diaz i know this because i have a friend who is stage crew for the UFC and he gets the inside scoop alot
June 7th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
i think franklin will fight Kampmann because they were set to fight before then Kamp got hurt
June 10th, 2008 at 12:41 am
UFC will probably have 1 or 2 of these.
Wanderlei(if he drops down)/Bisping vs A. Silva.
Rashad Evans vs. Lyoto Machida(Both undefeated)
Tito Ortiz vs. Dan Henderson(Who should move back up)
Thales Leties vs. Rich Franklin
Bj Penn vs. winner of Roger Huerta v. Florian, but i think Huerta will beat Florian
Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
Mark Coleman vs. Arlovski(depending if he returns)
Thiago Alves vs. Josh Koscheck
Those are just some rumors ive heard and some of my own ideas. Well those are some of my dream fights for UFC 89. Holla Back
Peace
June 10th, 2008 at 8:48 am
it wont be tito or arlovski
June 10th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I think andre should drop to fight chuck that would be badass
June 10th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
who andre arlovski? that would be nice but one he is not with the ufc anymore and two i don’t think he could drop the weight. maybe chuck could move up but thats a fight that i dout will ever happen.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
andre would kill chuck
Rashad Evans vs. Lyoto Machida(Both undefeated) i could see them doing that one
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 pm
lol y would anderson silva be in ufc 88? n fighting middle when he just moved up to lhw? can we say re re’s? and tito vs hendo? come on do you even watch the ufc? and know that tito is out of the ufc? bisping will prolly be the headline fight since he hasnt lost yet and i really cant wait till someone knocks his block off
June 24th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
yo rye.. calm down killer. We all just got the info that A. Silva is moving up like 3 days ago. Relax. Yea i watch more MMA than u do.. Look at the bottom of my first comment.. Ideas of my own. Clearly u dont watch UFC bc bisping isnt in UFC 88. Main event is Liddell vs. Evans.. Plus ur stupid bc Bisping is 17-1 he lost to evans… Dumbass ppl tryin to tell me i dont watch UFC give me a break
June 24th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
none of you have anything remotely sensible to say about the sport, yes bisping is 17-1, he is fighting at ufc 89 in birmingham england, versus leben, after leben had to pull out of the last fight as he was in jail for DUI…
all dumbass bitches!
June 24th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
and as for that hollywood fella, what a prick!
June 27th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
why does everyone have to know more than the other? I want to see franklin to go 205 just to see what happens.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
bisping will destroy leben easy and and anyone else in the 185 devision i dont even think franklin would last 2 rounds, the only good fight for bisping in that devision would be silva but he has moved up so bisping stroll to the title.
June 30th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
yeah your drunk……bisping? He would get rocked by henderson franklin and silva.ROCKED!!!!!! put the bottle down and come to your senses.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I dunno Derek, Bisping’s got a decent chin. He took some good shots from Hamill and Day. Just because he’d be rocked by 3 great fighters doesn’t mean he will by an OK one.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
guaranty lenben got’s what it take’s he’s more focesed and on point with his training and life then he’s been in the last 2years I’m guessing first round KO no joke. I think this well be the best cripler we have ever seen look for it
July 1st, 2008 at 12:57 am
i think its a little early to be putting bisping on such a high pedastle. Mcarthy was a nobody loser on TUF and doomsday isnt that big of a name either. the only two big names he’s faught hamill and rashad have dominated him. i dont care if hamill lost because of the judges that was the single biggest robbery in all of mma and everybody knows it. first 2 rounds werent even close. bisping has a lot of potential to be great but im not so sure he is there yet and i think franklin would destroy him. im pretty sure hendo would detroy him aswell. leben will be a big test for the britt and if leben conects and puts the count to sleep i think a lot of people are going to turn on bisping and choke on their words. its just the way it is mma fans can be so fickle. one loss and all of the sudden people go from great to horrible haha. all im saying is dont give bisping so much credit at 185 yet until he beats someone that is an actual challenge.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:19 am
Bisping will beat Leban and surprise lot of people. He is very under rated (particularly by Americans). He lost the Hamil match (that was a bad call – but he was not responsible for that decision)… Hamil is the worst type of match up for Bisping (big strong top level wrestler)…
Personally I think he won the Evans fight (it was very close)… MW is definatley where he should be…
Other than Silva, Hendo (and maybe Franklin) he is right at the top of the 185 division – I think he’d even beat Okami & Marqudart!!
July 1st, 2008 at 3:20 am
i agree with dan, and dane what u on rashard dominated him did u even see the fight fare enough hammil did win the fight but rashard should have lost the disicion so it works both ways and bisping dosent have to proove anything at 185 he was a top contender at 205 and now he is quicker stronger his record speaks for its self, i may have been a little over the top in my last comment but id bet my house on it hes gonna be in the running for a title shot very soon and derek i think its u who needs to put the bottle down none of them 3 punch as hard as hammil by a long way and bisping took a lot of his punches fine, so go back to sleep. and as for leben bisping will walk right thru him.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:46 am
bisping v leben is too close to call, it will be a tear up for sure. I’d like to see hendo back in the UK, Machida would be good too. After all the problems they had putting the 85 card together, UFC owe the UK fans some massive fights
(OK, they don’t, but wouldn’t it be cool to see gsp v bj, a. silva v thiago silva @lhw, randy…… I’ll carry on dreaming!
Liddell won’t fight in Oct as he’s got evans in Sep and then he’ll fight rampage in dec
NIA in Birmingham is also a great venue for MMA, its alot smaller than the 02, so you get much closer.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:57 am
bisping dont punch harder then A.silva franklin or Hendo. Allthose guy have actual knockout highlight reels. Hamill cant even get one KO.Arlovski doesnt want to fight in UFC so why talk about him possibly fighting in it when he is with affliction right now?Tito will not get signed back with the ufc unless dana wants him to and i dont think thats happening anytime soon unless tito puts a lot of wins together in other orgs. Arlovski would not kill chuck and bisping cant destroy and middleweight and the fight with A. Silva wouldf end as fast as the britts opponent’s fight lasted with him.Rashad didnt dominate shit agfainst bisping either. Many thought bisping won including me and yes he should have lost to hamill.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:35 am
Arlovski would kill chuck..
chris vs micheal is going to be all around badass fight..
Matt hamill did beat micheal
July 1st, 2008 at 8:53 am
no way does hamill punch harder than hendo,silva, or franklin.i think bisping is the more technical striker but i am not sure about his chin he did get rocked by elvis sinosic and lebens got a great chin and power so if bsping can stay away from that he should win but if leben lands i think he is going down.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:26 am
micheal got rocked every time Hamill hit him and Ross point almost knock him out with one punch on the show.. i dont think micheal has a good chin and chris does have a good chin and badass power
July 1st, 2008 at 3:52 pm
leben will win by stoppage. I like bispbing but he will not win and as far as anyone saying he is in top 5 . i dont think so
July 1st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
all u people saying hammil cant punch like the 185 fighters we shall see and to even think leben stands a half decent chance against bisping its laughable and i will smirk at these comments when bisping kills him in round 1 early round two latest and to say bisping has no chin obviosley brit haters anyone here name one pearson who has beat bisping up so he cant stand up and fight back thats right no 1 and fair enough hammil won the fight but the last 6 mins hammil gased out and bisping unloaded after taking a right beting he cant be stopped by no 185 exept maybe silva fools and as 4 steave u talk so much sht its unbelivable no 1 said bisping had knock out power, and about tito its titos choice dena;s not gonna stand in the way titos a poster boy and brings in the cash the business is not personal
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
just to add the fight with franklin and hammil will open eyes to how well bisping will do at 185 just my oppinion
July 8th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Bisping has got a chance of going all the way with out a doubt just look at rampage i would not of thought he would of got beat. taking nothing away from griffin but i thought he would of got stoped in the early rounds anything can happen ufc is all about upsets. Go on the count!!!!
July 8th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
cj said it all come on count
July 8th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
sy i think bisping is pretty goood and i never siad he has a weak chin but i don’t know if its a great chin i don’t hate brits and i don’t think hamill punches harder than franklin hendo or silva, if bisping evers fights one of those guys i would love to bet you on that fight, and who has bisping beaten thats worth mentioning?his two toughest fights he pretty much lost.
July 9th, 2008 at 3:18 am
True he has not really fought anyone great but he is in a new division and at this moment in time only silva looks better than him.
July 9th, 2008 at 8:18 am
and hendo and franklin, but he does look alot better and i beleave could do good at m.w.
July 9th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
roy please tell me how hendo and franklins last 2 fights have looked like they could out fight bisping sure they have been great in the past :past: been the key word in that bisping aint faught any one great and the 2 toughest fights hes had fair enough the hammil fight i agree he lost but the evans fight he did win well acording to me and 80% of mma fans unless u think holding on to someone so they dont hit u means winning a fight, anyways time will tell everyone gave me shit for saying if the rampage forrest fight went the distance forrest would win bcoz they hang on to ledgands but new and upcoming fighters are the future of the sport and bisping is a real contender for the title weather anyonle likes him or not and sorry for the brit hater comment i was out of order saying that.
July 10th, 2008 at 4:03 am
sy is right bisping looks awsome at the moment maybe if he beats leben he should face hendo or franklin they would be good fights and that way he can prove that he is just as good as anyone in that division.
July 10th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I`d love to see Thiago Silva Vs Lyoto Machida fight on this card both, are dominating and both are undefeated
July 11th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Machida confirmed on the UFC 89 card in birmingham. No opponent yet but likely to be W. Silva in a LHW title eliminator.
Also on the card Sanchez V Alves
Shaping up nicely
July 11th, 2008 at 8:49 am
I’m not getting too excited about the line up just yet following the last debacle at the O2 – we could still end up with Dan Severn headlining with me against my little brother on the undercard. Having said that, the O2 show turned about to be a great night
July 11th, 2008 at 8:54 am
sy i agree bisping looks great, he destroyed lower level comp and thats what he is supposed to do, if he gets past leben witch i think he can if he dosn’t get caught he should face franklin or hendo and thats where i think he loses, hopefully we will get to see.the difference though is hendo would have killed evans or hammill where bisping barely won or barely lost those fights depending on how you see them and i agree with you on those fights, but come on hendo gots wins over wandy, big nog the hw champ and a list of others.
July 11th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
i hope silva is on the card id love to see him fight but how do you know hes against machida
July 11th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
First things first, machida can get a shot in my book. HOWEVER, Wandi did lose to chuck who was the former champ who still hasn’t gotten a rematch yet, Chuck will get a shot before Wandi. Lets not forget that last fight was real close and Dana has to be careful with this because I say Rampage deserves a rematch due to the closeness of the fight (not a rampage homer, wanted him to lose, but it was a great fight and he deserves the rematch if he wants it) Wandi still needs to get a few more quality wins in my eyes. lets not forget before he killed jardine he had lost 3 straight. And to me the sleeper in all this is Thiago Silva. In my mind the contenders are in this order. 1. Rampage 2. Liddell 3. Macida 4. T. Silva 5. W Silva Cant figure in Rua since he still wont fight for a while
July 11th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Also Bisping has been beating up guys like Charles Mccarthy. CMON. He should have beaten Rashad and COULD have easily lost to Hamil. Put him in the ring with Silva and he will suffer the same fate as any person in that weight class. DEATH by crazy fast punches and knees. To me Silva is untouchable in his division. Okami will get worked. Leben, seriously the guy that just missed the biggest fight of his career because he was drunk driving. If I am dana no way that guy gets a shot for a while deserving or not just to send a message. either way has no shot against spider which we have already seen.
July 13th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Silva is a beast i really dont think LHW fighters can stand with him, the sandman gots nothing on siva and he would destroy current champ Griffin. i predict silva LWH champ in no time.
super fights – lol
GSP vs Silva
Iceman vs rampage 2nd rematch
Huerta vs Bj Penn (very possible after ufc 87)
Arlovski vs Couture (not likely, but would be a good fight)
Tim Silvia vs Fedor (already came true gonna be a badass fight)
just some fights i really wanna see
July 14th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Lyoto-Shogun?
What do U think?
July 14th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Unfortunately, Shogun is injured.
I can’t want to see what he’s really like when his conditioning is back to where it was in PRIDE.
Rampage fought a different (And better) Shogun then Forest did.
July 15th, 2008 at 8:48 am
UFC 89 just announcd 3 new fights to the card. Does Dana White & Joe Silva think we’re twats in the UK. How the fuck can they call 89 a “super show” with the card as it is right now? Bisping v Leben is the only good fight announced & Sodkodu v cain ain’t goona be a fight of the night contender like they’re saying. The card needs another headline fight and some top 10 fighters in their weight classes on the card.
I’ve heard that theres a PPV the week after (UFC90?). That probably explains it. Rant over.
July 15th, 2008 at 8:56 am
they usually do give the uk weak cards, those are the only shows i don’t buy because of that and the time.
July 15th, 2008 at 9:16 am
uk does get weak cards
July 15th, 2008 at 9:24 am
why don’t they give us the UFC 88 card first ?
Chuck VS Evans…… then what?
July 16th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Does Marcus Davies actually live in the UK these days or what? Seriously, most of us in the UK have seen him fight live more than any other UFC fighter. No offence to him, but another name would be nice for a change…
July 17th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
its still a pretty weak card but i am looking forward to the silva machida fight i hope silva knocks him out
July 17th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
i am starting to like this card, this should be the best uk event they have had every fight looks good to me
July 18th, 2008 at 3:47 am
is thiago alves defo fighting?
July 26th, 2008 at 8:19 am
sanchez will win
July 27th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Anderson Silva will eventually fight Rampage and win that. Bisping will fight Franklin and Fedor will kick anybody’s ass as soon as he enters the UFC doors. Randy, stay as far away from Fedor. This guy is going to kick your ass silly!
July 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
i don’t know randy has suprised me before.
July 29th, 2008 at 8:11 am
@Puto Culero “Anderson will fight Rampage”. A) never B) who gives a fuck. Rampage lost his belt. If Silva fights at 205 again (and it is an if) he’ll be in against someone like Thiago Silva.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:55 pm
[...] UFC 89 on Oct. 18 in Birmingham, England [...]
August 24th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Why is leben bisping getting top billing? In my eyes silva and machida has much bigger effect on the title picture in their division because leben and bisping are just fighting to see who gets there ass kicked by silva again.
August 24th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
because bisping and leben will put on a slugfest while silva and lyoto will put on a game of tag
August 25th, 2008 at 1:02 am
gonna be a top night,,, COME ON THE COUNT
August 25th, 2008 at 1:04 am
fight of the night?? 100 per cent paul taylor, absolute class
September 6th, 2008 at 8:59 am
We need a top notch replacement for the Machida vs Silva now
September 8th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
leben will def lose. Bisping is a god
September 9th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Hi all,
Been reading with interest the comments on this site [some great stuff!], so gonna add a few of my own. I think Bisping will beat Leben, but it won’t be an easy fight. I don’t think it will go 3 rounds and it would be nice to see around 10 hard & fast succesive knees again [that's what the fans wanna see!]. Agree with all the comments on Lebens chin, he can take a proper beating. Looking forward to seeing Lyoto fight again. He & Rashad would make for an interesting fight, but not sure if they’d actually connect with each other seeing as they are so bloody elusive!
I notice no-one has discussed the Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar fight as of yet [announced at UFC-88]. Firstly I think Randy is as hard as a church bell and has the heart the size of a watermelon, as strong as they come and can take a punch but [and it's a big problem] Lesnar has the hunger. He walked all over Herring, he’s so explosive for such a big fella and you’d rather get punched by Chuck than Brock. I’m no fan of wrestling [Hey, I'm British] and you don’t ever dis-respect fighters like he did at the end of the Herring fight, but I just think he’s literally too strong for Randy [and Yes, I saw the Sylvia fight]. Agree that Silva is [almost] unstoppable. I think Griffin would be a good test for him [he came across as a bit of a cock on TUF as a coach], but I still rate him. Other than that only Sylar or Peter Petrelli could take him.
Anyway, would like to hear some thoughts on the above [and no I don't train in MMA, but do have some tap out shorts but don't wear them down the sucker [that's pub / boozer for the US compadres]
Obama for Pres!!!
September 9th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
am goin to this 1 n am bit gutted about silva,was a weak card already but this makes it worse!hope the ufc surprise me n get a good replacement,w silva would be good if hes available!bisping 1st round TKO
September 11th, 2008 at 11:57 am
has silva fight definately been cancelled then??????
September 11th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
nice post nalla, and yes kevo the silva vs lyoto fight is canceled
September 13th, 2008 at 3:51 am
this is the worst card ever i can honestly say im going for one fight bisping leben which bisping wil win by tko 2nd round.
September 13th, 2008 at 4:29 am
UFC 80 was much worse than this and it was on PPV and UFC 85 was no better than this either. You can totally see why this is onSpikeTv but that being said this card will hopefully have some wars and answer a couple questions I have.
Ok about the main event
1. Will Bisping who outstruck R.Evans be able to outsrike and keep angles on the Rock like head of Leben?
2. Wil Leben be able to KO Bisping and is Bispings chin Solid??
3. Who has evolved and actually got a manager and good training to come up with a great gameplan which u need to be a big star in the ufc.Maybe neither of them have. I pick Bisping on the fact that if Leben cant hurt him I dont see him outpointing Bisping stick and move weird herky jerky stlye kinda like Keith Jardine awkward.
Now with Soku and Cane
1.Is Soku just a 2 hit wonder? or is he for real and a real contender?
2. Is cane who has showed promise but against lack luster performance for real or just another opponent to be put into fill cards and make the fights exciting.
3. Cane has great stand up but is it better then The Afican Assasins?
And onto the last fight that I will coment on
Keith “Dean of Mean” Jardine vs Brandon “50-50″ Vera.
1.50-50 is perfect for talking about Vera b/c anymore there is a 50 percent chance he wont show up an 50 percent chance he will. His move to LHW isnt lookin as promising as some would have liked.
2. Vera is almost completly forgotten when talking about a title shot. If ever wants to get a shot in the most crowded division in UFC history he will have to put together a string of big KO’s or do what Rashad did and fight an older and slower Chuck Liddell and KO him.Since Vera cant do that he MUST win this fight or he will maybe be released from the UFC. Atleast I feel he should on the undercard for sure and fight a couple low lvl comp get his confidence back.
3. Vera doesnt seem that confident anymore. I remeber his first fight against Fabiano Scherner and he called out Chuck Liddell and said he was gonna be the LHW champ and HW Champ at the same time. Now he is turning down fights like he did with Machida. This says that he may not be confident in his skills.
4. After a huge KO loss to Wanderlei will Keith bounce back and avoid getting hit on his already questionable chin. I mean Wanderlei has power but the punch that dropped Keith grazed the top of his head.
These things are the only reason I am interested in seeing this card. Sorry if its long and just coment on my question plz and maybe give ur thoughts on the fights.
ALso the Silva and Machida fight was scrapped both fighters are off the card.
September 13th, 2008 at 5:02 am
Sam Stout? Someone is actually still willing to pay this kid to show up? WTF!
Love Chris Leben’s heart & chin, but Bisping is one of the most under rated fighters out there, as are both Diaz brothers & Rashad Evans.
I think Keith’s spotlight days are coming to an end. Brandon Vera is more blow than show and “the Irish hand grenade” has some of the best Western boxing skills in the MMA ring, alongside Spencer Fisher.
September 13th, 2008 at 5:20 am
Thank you Mike, I love to watch Marcus Davis fight. Steve, you bring up a good point about Vera, but if he fights this fight smart, and brings it to the ground, I think he can take the win. I can’t say anything about Bisping’s ground game because I don’t think I personally have seen it, but on the feet I think it can go to anyone. Leben can take and give hard punches, and Bisping can give good punches and is explosive. Either way, I’m not exstatic, but I think it will be entertaining. At least it’s free.
September 15th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
agree with you steve,80 n 85 were weak as well its def a uk thing.a payed extra to get a floor seat so am bit pissed bout machida,hopefully vera will turn up to fight. hes been hit n miss when ave saw him
September 18th, 2008 at 8:01 am
kinda pist about the machida silva fight being pulled, that was the only reason that i really even wanted to watch this one. but since its free i will watch and prolly be disappointed.
September 18th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
i understand what everyone is saying about the card but almost every time the card looks great the fights r dissapointing i think that there will be some good brawls on this one a few knock outs, so is macida still fighting or is it another chuck rashard waiting game.
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 am
hey all,
i completely agree with sy. every time i watch ufc for fights that sound really good i get disappointed and i turn it off… i don’t know why that happens but it really sucks. however i am looking forward to bisping vs leben… if this turns out to be a disappointment i don’t think that i will be able to watch another fight again..lol
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I can agree that too often the ufc seems to disappoint and sometimes doesnt even show what were the best fights on the card or at least the more popular fighters that anyone actually wants to watch.
September 28th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Hello,
Just wondering if anyone knows which t-shirt bisping will be wearing on the night and where i can get a couple them from?
This will be the first UFC i’ve been to and i would like to show support for our boy.
Thanks,
Ed
October 1st, 2008 at 9:19 am
It will be a tough fight for both fighter because Bisping has a great heart and Leben has great power but I think that Bisping will come out on top by split decision.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:58 am
I really like Bisping…he has come along way and is great to watch. i hope the best for him.
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Bisping have not shown nothing as a tough fighter, he only has fought low ranking guys like Jason Day, Charles McCarty in middleweight division and LH was the same, the only tough guy was Rashad, but Bisping lost and also he lost Hamil’s fight all three rounds, Hamil just took him down 7 or 8 times and Bisping never took Hamil down, besides Hamil and Evans he has never fought Jardine, Lidell, Wanderlei, Machida or any other top ten LH Fighter, i hope Leben KO him in the firs round even though Leben is not in the top ten middleweights, but hopefully we will see Bisping against really fighters like Anderson Silva, Dan Henderson, Nate Marquadt or Paulo Filho
October 12th, 2008 at 4:38 am
I do hope bisping goes all out on his fight against leben! i dont thing he will knock leben out coz that guy has a tough chin and a fuckin huge dome!!!
you all gotta remember that Bisping is a natural middleweight so he aint had the chance to showcase what he got yet (so he says) hes only fought day and mcCarthy in mid-weight.
allthough the 1 flaw i see in Bispings game is that the guy don’t seem to strike hard enough! Leben packs some power in his strikes!
October 13th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Go England!!!
October 13th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben
bisping strikes
Keith Jardine vs. Brandon Vera
jardine strikes
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Luiz Cane
cane submission
Marcus Davis vs. Paul Kelly
davis submission
Paul Taylor vs. Chris Lytle
lytle strikes
October 16th, 2008 at 8:53 am
im rooting for leban to win but i dont think it will happen…if bisping wins it will be in a decision
jardine will lose in rd 2 TKO
October 29th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Bisping won by Decision you were right on.