UFC

Was I the only one watching Joseph Benavidez v Demetrious Johnson & had a little chuckle thinking it looked like midget MMA, they made the ref look 7ft tall.

Bisping looked good & composed, not doing anything silly knowing the big shot could come at any point, when it did he coped well.
I think he'll get his shot now but will have to do a bit more to beat Silva.

Vitor put in a poor show, I thought & hoped he'd be better than that, it was the same against Anderson Silva, I hope he's not going down the same road as Wanderlei Silva!

I watched the first ep of TUF: Australian v UK last night, the first fight was piss poor & I'm not sure how he lost given the punch didn't look that big. I've not seen the US one yet.

I'd really like someone to give me a good explanation why Michael Bisping deserves a title shot?

He decisions Brian Stann (a fighter far closer to the bottom of the Top 10 than the top), before that he lost to Sonnen, beat Mayhem Miller (who has a mightily impressive 0-3 record in the UFC), beat a journeyman in Jorge Rivera (and could easily have been DQ'ed in that fight) and had decisions over Akiyama (who has really set the UFC alight!) and a mid-level fighter in Dan Miller. I don't see how a one fight winning streak over a guy like Stann is enough to earn someone a shot.

Michael Bisping

UFC record 13-4 (23-4 overall) KO/TKO 8, decision 5, losses 1 KO 3 decisions.

His split decision win over Matt Hamill should've gone the other way but so should his obnoxious unanimous decision loss to Chael Sonnen a fighter who's UFC record is 5-2 two of those fights were for the UFC middleweight title.
He lost a close split decision to Rashad Evans a man who went on to win the UFC light heavyweight title & most think his unanimous decision loss to Wanderlei Silva could've been different if it wasn't for a last minute take down (I think, I can't remember). He also dominated a dangerous Chris Leben. His decision over Yoshihiro Akiyama was Akiyama's 3rd loss in 18 fights.

For a fighter who doesn't have a defining skill his record is very good & his skill set have improved with every fight of his 6 years in the UFC. I can't remember what it was but on Saturday Joe Rogan was saying Bisping now has one of the top 3 (I think) significant striking rates in the UFC.
Before Saturday: Significant strikes landed per min 4.57, significant striking defence 70%

Anderson Silva has defended his title against.

Chael Sonnen x2
Yushin Okami
Demian Maia
Thales Leites
Patrick Côté
James Irvin
Travis Lutter

He'll make his 14th defence against Stephan Bonnar on October 13th.

Why shouldn't Michael Bisping get a shot at the UFC middleweight title......

Hey guys,
A little help? I'm probably being a little dense here but is TUF: UK vs OZ available to watch on UK tv? like on sky?
Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you in advance

Yeah it's on espn on Wednesday I think

Why shouldn't Bisping get a title shot?

As stated, because he has only beaten one Top 10 fighter (in Stann) and the majority of his UFC wins have been racked up against low to mid-level fighters (Haynes, Sinosic, McCarthy, Day, Dan Miller, Rivera, Mayhem etc). Yeah, Leben is dangerous but Bisping boxed his way to a decision in that one, and Leben had so much disdain for his power that he just dropped his hands and let Bisping tee off on him at one point. Kang has never been the same fighter since Shelby Walker OD'd, and truth is whenever Bisping has fought an opponent of quality he has lost (Rashad, Hendo, Wanderlei). If he was to rack up some more wins over say a Belcher, a Munoz, a Boetsch, a Belfort even an Okami I'd say he is due, just at the moment there is not a way he deserves a shot over Weidman who has already defeated a higher level of opponent (in both Maia and Munoz) than Bisping ever has.

BTW, the Irvin fight was not for the title and neither will the Bonnar one be.

Hey guys
i may sound really thick but ive always wanted to know what the numbers on aftet UFC ie "UFC 75'
Any answers appreciated

It just means the 75th event. I think it's up to 152 now.

UFC on Fuel TV: Struve v Miocic ESPN 21:00 Saturday Capital FM Arena, Nottingham

Main Card
Stefan Struve v Stipe Miocic
Dan Hardy v Amir Sadollah
John Hathaway v John Maguire
Brad Pickett v Yves Jabouin
Paul Sass v Matt Wiman
Che Mills v Duane Ludwig

Prelims
Tom Watson v Brad Tavares
Kyle Kingsbury v Jimi Manuwa
Andy Ogle v Akira Corassani
Tom Watson v Brad Tavares
DaMarques Johnson v Gunnar Nelson
Jason Young v Robbie Peralta

I don't like it when they throw the home nation on the overseas card but this one look good.

New MMA rankings.

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)
1. Junior dos Santos (1)
2. Cain Velasquez (2)
3. Daniel Cormier (3)
4. Fabricio Werdum (4)
5. Frank Mir (5)
6. Josh Barnett (6)
7. Travis Browne (7)
8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (8)
9. Stefan Struve (9)
10. Roy Nelson (10)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)
1. Jon Jones (1)
2. Rashad Evans (2)
3. Dan Henderson (3)
4. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (4)
5. Lyoto Machida (5)
6. Phil Davis (6)
7. Alexander Gustafsson (7)
8. Gegard Mousasi (8)
9. James Te Huna (9)
10. Ryan Bader (10)

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)
1. Anderson Silva (1)
2. Michael Bisping (3)
3. Vitor Belfort (2)
4. Chris Weidman (4)
5. Tim Boetsch (5)
6. Mark Munoz (6)
7. Alan Belcher (8)
8. Brian Stann (7)
9. Yushin Okami (9)
10. Luke Rockhold (10)

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)
1. Carlos Condit (1)
2. Johny Hendricks (2)
3. Martin Kampmann (3)
4. Jake Ellenberger (4)
5. Josh Koscheck (5)
6. Jon Fitch (6)
7. Diego Sanchez (7)
8. Rory MacDonald (8)
9. Ben Askren (9)
10. Siyar Bahadurzada (10)

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (155-pound limit)
1. Benson Henderson (1)
2. Frankie Edgar (2)
3. Gilbert Melendez (3)
4. Gray Maynard (4)
5. Anthony Pettis (5)
6. Nate Diaz (6)
7. Michael Chandler (7)
8. Eddie Alvarez (8)
9. Clay Guida (9)
10. Donald Cerrone (10)

FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145 pound-limit)
1. Jose Aldo (1)
2. Chad Mendes (2)
3. Erik Koch (3)
4. Chan Sung Jung (4)
5. Ricardo Lamas (5)
6. Hatsu Hioki (6)
7. Dustin Poirier (7)
8. Pat Curran (8)
9. Cub Swanson (n/a)
10. Daniel Straus (10)

BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (135 pounds or less)
1. Dominick Cruz (1)
2. Renan Barão (2)
3. Michael McDonald (3)
4. Urijah Faber (4)
5. Brian Bowles (5)
6. Brad Pickett (6)
7. Bibiano Fernandes (7)
8. Masakatsu Ueda (8)
9. Eduardo Dantas (9)
10. Eddie Wineland (10)

FLYWEIGHT DIVISION (125 pounds or less)
1. Demetrious Johnson (2)
2. Joseph Benavidez (1)
3. Ian McCall (3)
4. Jussier da Silva (4)
5. Yasuhiro Urushitani (5)
6. Shinichi “BJ” Kojima (6)
7. Darrell Montague (7)
8. Mamoru Yamaguchi (8)
9. John Dodson (9)
10. John Moraga (10)