Thales fought the perfect idiotic fight. This was clearly a fight he should have followrd Chael Sonnen's best technique to put the chin down and bullrush Bisping to grab any limb available and drag him down. But no, how about showcasing your high level Jiu Jitsu by standing against the kickboxer? And lucky you couldn't understand Leo Santos cornering him. Lame...
Striking is subjective, should landing twice as many shots value more than moving forward, and effectively causing damage to his opponent?
Bisping was stunned in the second, the leg kicks also did obvious damage, Leites moved forward through-out the fight.
Is it absurd to give Leites the fight for that...I don't think so.
I'm happy Bisping pulled out the win, I betted on him and he won the fight in my eyes in the last minute of the fifth round. But if they rematched outside of England for a three round fight...I would bet on Leites.
Obviously I'm a big bisping fan but that was pretty clear cut imo. I had it 49-46 Bisping but i can understand the 48-47 scorecards. really can't see how you could give 3 rounds to elites.
I don't think we'll see a rematch, he could draw Yoel Romero or Jacare Souza in a title eliminator. Or they could give him an up and comer like Robert Whitaker or Kelvin Gastelum. Mousasi is the stylistically most intriguing fight then again the way the UFC works they could sit him out for six months and declare him Anderson Silva's return opponent.
Awesome fight... maybe one of Bispings most entertaining fights ever. I am glad it was a split too, such a close fight deserves to be a split. I had it 3-2 Bisping, won it on my card by taking the 5th.
Close fight, i'm glad Bisping won but the guy is done challenging for a title. He is not fast anymore, that was his main asset..now he he is just slow and doesn't have power behind his punches or kicks.
His technique on the feet is really good, he just doesn't have the body to back it up.
The Diaz fight from Anderson Silva was Anderson trying to fight like a "hungry" fighter again. He tried his absolute best to not make it a war, and to be fair man Nick Diaz imo is probably the best striker Anderson Silva has ever faced.
I think Anderson absolutely destroys Bisping. One round or two if the first was uneventful.
Bisping 49-46 for sure. For once i think a fight v anderson would make sense. Surely having half a big toe affected his performance. If not then wow what a machine
Bisping 49-46 for sure. For once i think a fight v anderson would make sense. Surely having half a big toe affected his performance. If not then wow what a machine
Nick Diaz fights smarter than Rich Franklin because... Rich was demolished by prime Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz lost a decision to old Anderson coming from long layoff/injury. Come on, people. Rich Franklin was something Diaz never been and never will be in UFC... :winner01:
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