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Michael Bisping makes fun of Belcher, Weidman and Boetsch

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#1 ·
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mma--m...lf-with-title-shot-on-the-line-200617727.html

Obviously commiserations are in order for my former fellow top five contenders Alan Belcher and Tim Boetsch, who both came up short in big fight at UFC 155 on December 29. Belcher lost to Yushin Okami and Boetsch lost to Costa Philippou. I respect all my fellow fighters, and I know the agony of defeat, so heartfelt commiserations to both of these two fine, upstanding gentlemen.

Now I’ve got that obligatory fluffy stuff out of the way, I’d like to say I’m looking forward to these two simpletons keeping their pie holes shut about me for a little while. Those two have been calling me out and talking crap for months, and I would have got some real enjoyment beating them in the Octagon but two no-marks took that glory.

Belcher lost every minute of every round in a fight so boring I was afraid my brain was going to melt and start to dribble out of my ears. It was like someone detonated a nuclear bomb of boredom in the arena – everyone in the seats around me was playing Angry Birds.

What delusions of grandeur Belcher has. This is a guy who didn’t fight for a year after giving himself career-threatening eye-strain by watching too much internet porn, and he thinks he’s god’s gift to MMA. He even told UFC president Dana White that after he beat Okami, he’d fight me on January 19 if something happens to Belfort. This is a guy who got his arse kicked by two guys I smashed (Yoshihiro Akiyama and Jason Day) but he thinks he can not only beat me on a couple weeks’ training, but also assumed he was getting passed Okami, who is not to be underestimated.

Anyway, now we don’t have to listen to this guy anymore. Back to the undercard, sunshine!

That really leaves myself and Chris “Sick Note” Weidman, a nice humble guy who’s got plenty to be humble about, at the top of the rankings. And as Chris retired last June, there’s no doubt I’m the No.1 contender to Anderson Silva’s world middleweight title.

Hit me up on Twitter @bisping, as ever, Hendo gifs are welcome.
WAR BISPING.
 
#4 ·
eh I wanna see weidman against bisbing, be interesting to see if weidmans wrasslin is all that, I know he can do it against he mid tiers and he has very solid top game BJJ, but if he can't get bisbing down should they ever fight he never gets close to getting anderson down.
 
#10 ·
Im pretty sure that Bisping has better TDD then Anderson. Their fights tend to support that theory.

Though Anderson is alot more scary then Bisping is and im fairly confident in saying that the take down attempts on Anderson will be alot more sloppy and from a further distance and more predictable then they would be against Bisping.
 
#7 ·
Bisping vs Weidman would be a good fight. As would Bisping vs Belcher.

Personally, I think Bisping beats both but who really knows?

What I do know is that Weidman has beat Munoz in convincing fashion and squeeked past a gassed Damien Maia. He's not shown anything yet that would make me think he'd convincingly beat Bisping.
 
#9 ·
I like Bisping, find him to be hilarious. Problem is though he should have waited after the fight on Jan. 19th...cuz "if" he gets knocked out or loses he's never going to hear the end of it. I've run this fight in my head, and I'm not sure how he wins against Vitor. Vitor would really have to come in out of shape, get hit by several lucky punchs, or just not be mentally prepared. I want to see Bisping vs Anderson damn it.
 
#15 ·
I'm a fan of Bisping and see him as a clear top 10 possibly top 5 MW but realistically I can't see him beating Weidman. Stylistically, Bisping I think will edge past Belfort with a boring close decision win playing it safe and could definitely do the same against Belcher. However, Weidman is too well rounded and too fantastic of an athlete that I feel he would overwhelm Bisping and put a savage beating on him.

As for the rest of the elites, we all know it'd be a highlight reel KO for Silva considering all the other "well rounded" fighters who prefer to stand did against him. I also think Okami would be too big and strong of a grappler for Bisping to handle IMO and Sonnen would do better against Bisping the second time around.
 
#17 ·
Well rounded? His striking sucks, if Demian Maia wasn't a welterweight and had punching power, he probably would've stopped Weidman, he outstruck him handily.

Saying Weidman would beat Bisping savagely implies that he's head and shoulders above the wrestler in the division in Chael Sonnen.

I'm incredulous to what possibly could lead people to believe this other than outwrestling Mark Munoz, who couldn't even outwrestle Chael's son Okami.
 
#32 ·
I don't know that Belfort is necessarily anything more than a brazilian Brian Stann with a black belt in jiu jitsu.

Won't be surprised if Bisping out techniques Belfort standing and sinks some TDs on his path to yet another UD he tries polish in claiming his opponent visited a hospital afterward.

War Bisping!
 
#37 · (Edited)
Yeah I felt that was very harsh to Belfort too. Stann has a bit of power behind him, but is pretty generic at striking in all forms. Belfort has timing, speed and sharpness. Belfort isn't the strongest ever while Stann has natural strength, but Belfort generates so much more power through punch technique that if he lands on Bisping, you can at least expect the same results that Stann had when he landed.

The biggest thing to me is Belfort's finishing ability. If he rocks you, he stops you. He's one of the best in the world at it, maybe only having Anderson Silva ahead of him. Bisping proved that his chin isn't great and that he is pretty open to getting tagged in the Stann fight, and assuming Belfort's striking is only equal to Stann's, if he rocks Bisping he's gonna finish it.

Belfort had a hard time finishing Akiyama and Johnson. His boxing looked almost non-existent against Jones. In a way it seems as if his power is fading.

I think Brian Stann hits harder than Belfort does.

But both tend to keep their feet planted always ready to throw a KO punch at all times and don't move much?

All Bisping needs to do is get Belfort down or tie him up against the cage and make Belfort gas out his arms and a good portion of Belfort's punching power will be gone.

Belfort lets loose against Silva, Franklin and others he knows aren't likely to go for the takedown.

But in the back of his mind he has to know Bisping has strong wrestling and be worried about the TD and it could be enough of a doubt for him to be conservative with his boxing and for Bisping to edge him out on a UD.
 
#40 ·
Belfort had a hard time finishing Akiyama and Johnson. His boxing looked almost non-existent against Jones. In a way it seems as if his power is fading.

I think Brian Stann hits harder than Belfort does.

But both tend to keep their feet planted always ready to throw a KO punch at all times and don't move much?

All Bisping needs to do is get Belfort down or tie him up against the cage and make Belfort gas out his arms and a good portion of Belfort's punching power will be gone.

Belfort lets loose against Silva, Franklin and others he knows aren't likely to go for the takedown.

But in the back of his mind he has to know Bisping has strong wrestling and be worried about the TD and it could be enough of a doubt for him to be conservative with his boxing and for Bisping to edge him out on a UD.
What are you talking about

Vitor looked impressive in both those fights and hardly had a hard time. He is fighting grown men who are professional fighters not kids. So he isnt going to be able to just get a finish whenever he wants but he still finished both fights in the first round. Pretty impressive id say.
 
#34 ·
Yeah I felt that was very harsh to Belfort too. Stann has a bit of power behind him, but is pretty generic at striking in all forms. Belfort has timing, speed and sharpness. Belfort isn't the strongest ever while Stann has natural strength, but Belfort generates so much more power through punch technique that if he lands on Bisping, you can at least expect the same results that Stann had when he landed.

The biggest thing to me is Belfort's finishing ability. If he rocks you, he stops you. He's one of the best in the world at it, maybe only having Anderson Silva ahead of him. Bisping proved that his chin isn't great and that he is pretty open to getting tagged in the Stann fight, and assuming Belfort's striking is only equal to Stann's, if he rocks Bisping he's gonna finish it.
 
#36 ·
I've said it a lot that I'm not convinced on the Weidman hype. I think he needs a real win to prove his talent. Mark Munoz is not that impressive to me so that alone doesn't give me anything. If he was to beat Lombard, Belfort or Bisping in impressive fashion then that would be his highlighting moment to me.

I bet for his next fight they give him Okami (if Bisping wins). Okami is the easiest "elite" opponent, just like Boetsch was, so it's annoying that they aren't giving him the real challenges. Okami has a great chance to beat him, because Okami has the oppertunity to out muscle anyone, but he has no chin or striking so Weidman should make easy work of him and get a title shot without actually being asked to break a sweat.
 
#45 ·
Weidman needs to beat someone credible before he deserves all this credibility he's getting. All Munoz was talkin about was sobbing in front of the tv before the fight and how depressed he was, not exactly the best preparation for war.
 
#47 ·
I already don't like Vitor being played down because if Bisping wins I'd hate to see the "Bisping only beat Vitor cause Vitor is an old and past it fighter". I personally think Vitor right now is pretty damn close to as good as he ever was. If Bisping wins, it's the first time Vitor has been beat by someone who isn't a legend ever. I suppose Kazushi Sakuraba isn't quite on the same scale as the others, but we all know the Gracie Killer. Dan Henderson, Alistar Overeem, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Chuck Liddel, Jon Jones, Anderson Silva. No one has ever just cause Vitor off guard and upset him who wasn't/didn't become a legend. I don't think Michael Bisping really fits into that mold of a natural legendary fighter, so to win this fight he will need to have his tactics and dicipline down to a tee, and that will be so respectable if he can do it.
 
#50 ·
Everyone here is talking like Munoz is thrash. As far as I remember, when Munoz was scheduled to fight Sonnen, so many people here were saying "Munoz is going to outwrestle Sonnen, bad" and "Munoz manhandled Sonnen in college wrestling, he is gonna do it again".

Belfort should have been disqualified for the fight against Akiyama. Yes he had Akiyama hurt and was on his way to winning the fight, but that doesn't mean he has the right to swing some illegal blows. He should have been disqualified for those back to the head shots just like Erick Silva and Alessio Sakara were disqualified for theirs. It was utter bullshit. "Back of the head puncher" Belfort ranks right up there with "Nuts destroyer" Kongo for me.

Anyone cares to argue with me that if the Belfort-Johnson fight wasn't in Brazil, the fight could have been hella different?

Anyway, yes Belfort stands a good chance of winning this fight. Good matchup for him anyway. I want Bisping to win though. I hope Bisping fights smart and uses those oblique kicks to take away Belfort's movement, and clinches with Belfort anytime Belfort goes in for the flurry.
 
#54 ·
I'm not saying he's the most agile MW but he's very fast for his size and his coordination and movements is a testament to his athleticism. I'm also not saying he will submit Silva but I find it very unlikely he'll get submitted either.

I love GSP but Weidman and Bones are the only two non HW's on the planet I see beating Silva.
 
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