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Chael Sonnen Meets Michael Bisping At UFC On Fox 2 With Mark Munoz Injured

by Brent Brookhouse on in UFC News

Huge news coming out of the Twitter of UFC president Dana White. Mark Munoz was set to face Chael Sonnen on the upcoming UFC on Fox 2 card while Michael Bisping was to meet Demian Maia, but an injury to Munoz has Sonnen moved into a fight with Bisping. Dana also said that the winner will get a title shot against UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

Here's the tweet:

@danawhite
Dana White Munoz is injured and out of the FOX fight! Now it's Chael Sonnen vs Mike Bisping jan 28th and the winner will fight Anderson for the title.
Jan 17 via Twitter for iPhoneFavoriteRetweetReply

Obviously Sonnen has the wrestling edge but Bisping is notoriously hard to control on the ground and do damage to from ground and pound. While Chael will deservedly be the betting favorite but I think Bisping is much more of a live dog here than many will be willing to accept.

Regardless, Bisping vs. Sonnen is a much "bigger" fight in terms of casual interest than anything involving Demian Maia or Mark Munoz. This is actually a bit of a "win" for the promotion in my eyes.

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Great news!

RolloTomasi - January 17, 2012 reply

This is awesome

I’ve already been called a traitor for picking against Bisping in a potential match with Sonnen. Now I guess I’m going full reverse-Benedict Arnold.

KJ Gould - January 17, 2012 reply

Nice Historical name-drop

BKdroid - January 17, 2012 reply

Nice

Sonnen ftw!!!

Maia vs Palhares???

rscott94 - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

that would be a GREAT fight

..

szanpan - January 17, 2012 reply

I can’t fucking wait. I’m slightly bummed that it won’t be that Triple Header, but this is an awesome fight. The step down from Munoz to Bisping is going to be a breeze for Chael.

Tim Bernier - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping

By triangle choke.

YPG - January 17, 2012 reply

Chael is going to truck him. It’s going to be an obliteration.

Tim Bernier - January 17, 2012 reply

When's the last time Sonnen "obliterated" someone?

Sure, he beats guys convincingly, but (barring the Stann fight), he’s a decision machine.

YPG - January 17, 2012 reply

Sonnen has sold himself so well

That people have bought it all. He’ll most likely win, but it probably won’t be pretty or all that violent

BKdroid - January 17, 2012 reply

missed the Nate fight, huh buddy?

he whooped dat azz.

lukustra - January 17, 2012 reply

He controlled that fight

But unless I’m mistaken (and I’m not) not only did Marquardt come closer to finishing the fight despite Sonnen being on top the whole time, he also managed to cut up Sonnen and avoid much damage from GnP.

YPG - January 17, 2012 reply

Nate did more damage than sonnen

Nate should have won that fight but god forbid a wrestlefuck losses a round or two

Scurnt - January 17, 2012 reply

Nate should have won that fight

no chance, rewatch the fight

Kevin Jennison J. Zametov-St Pierre - January 17, 2012 reply

nate got piss pounded for 3 rounds. yeah sonnen didn’t land any savage bombs through nates guard but he controlled him and was constantly striking. nate may not have been cut up but he definetly was hurting by the end. yes he almost got the guillotine but it didn’t work out.

YoungGun - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

The first round was like a 10-8 round for Chael

Marquardt attempted like two guillotines and landed one elbow. Stop trolling. You couldn’t give a single round to Nate. 30-26.

discoandherpes - January 17, 2012 reply

He trucked Stann

troyd - January 17, 2012 reply

Everyone is so fucking blinded by their hatred of Sonnen that they forget what actually happens in his fights. Same thing happened with Jon Jones before his fight with Rampage.

Tim Bernier - January 17, 2012 reply

What?

Everyone except like three people are saying that Sonnen is going to destroy Bisping with no effort…. What are you reading?

BKdroid - January 17, 2012 reply

I think my mistake was those three people are posting a lot of fucktarded comments in this thread. The results in 11 days will speak for themselves.

Tim Bernier - January 17, 2012 reply

A lot of fucktard comments like...

“Bisping has a 0% chance”

No-one is saying Bisping is definitely going to win, but there’s a few realistic people here recognising that Bisping actually does have a chance.

YPG - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping actually has two chances:

Slim and none

Skoobs - January 17, 2012 reply

Gee Skoobs that doesnt sound like much of a chance at all

Art_Wanderlei - January 17, 2012 reply

Sorry, I never miss a chance to quote Chick Hearn. But yeah, Bisping has not much of a chance at all.

Skoobs - January 17, 2012 reply

this fight’s gonna be a lot closer than some of you think. Bisbing’s got better standup than Chael and his TDD is as good or better than Andy’s.

warren305 - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

I can't remember, how did Dennis Kang get him down?

Shaun32887 - January 18, 2012 reply

This post has so much fail it hurts

YPG - January 17, 2012 reply

That post*

I did not mean my post had so much fail. Kinda fucked up =/

YPG - January 17, 2012 reply

Ya your post failed so hard Chael learned how to reverse a triangle.

dandeman - January 17, 2012 reply

Outside of Hendo

(whose power Chael won’t recreate in all the punches he throws from now until the end of his life) who has really trucked Bisping?

I think Chael will probably do enough to win, but I’m not expecting any truckings.

Dave Strummer - January 17, 2012 reply

Getting dominated for three (five?) rounds without hope of victory

…that is a trucking.

KGNLuc - January 17, 2012 reply

Man...fuck

I want to see BOTH Chael and Bisping get smashed back to back by Andy, but this is still a highly interesting bout. Is it 5 rounds?

SentientAndroid - January 17, 2012 reply

why would it be 5 rounds? Rashad/Davis is the main event

Our Bovine Public - January 17, 2012 reply

AND now at last Chael can again unleash his beast inside

he clearly doesnt really like Bisping

so should we come up with the " Im no Michael Bisping ? LOL

szanpan - January 17, 2012 reply

Changing from a BJJ guy to a crazy power wrestler like Sonnen on 11 days notice is bad for Bisping

Also…PLEASE get Palhares to fight Maia

Chris Groves - January 17, 2012 reply

Training BJJ for months and now fighting Sonnen...

…sounds like that could turn out fine to me.

But even if he had prepared for Chael for three months, IMO Bisping gets fitched.

KGNLuc - January 17, 2012 reply

I doubt he was training to submit Demian Maia though.

Bolshevik - January 18, 2012 reply

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

Well that clears a lot up, huh?

bigstupidsmile - January 17, 2012 reply

Yesssssssssssssssss

TheDreadedMarco - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

I really wish that there was proper build up for this fight

The trash talk would have been beyond epic.

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

Uncle Chael will make it again

i m sure of that cant wait!!!

szanpan - January 17, 2012 reply

Any update on Maia?

RagingNoodles - January 17, 2012 reply

Will this be the two most hated men in the UFC fighting?

I’m having a hard time thinking of anyone more disliked.

I really wanna see some good ’murca trash talk from Chael. Bisping is going to get pounded into the ground so hard…

thirdparty - January 17, 2012 reply

Kos gets up there, as do Tito and Mir

but yeah, I think this is for the despised crown.

Dave Strummer - January 17, 2012 reply

Tito turned face after the Bader fight

don’t think he’s in the argument any longer

Anthony Pace - January 17, 2012 reply

Jon Jones?

Or are you saying, BE does not represent all of MMA!?

KGNLuc - January 17, 2012 reply

I heart this fight so much.

I should send a thank you note to Mark Munoz’s knee ligaments.

Dave Strummer - January 17, 2012 reply

well

you should already be sending a “sorry for your loss” note to Massenzio’s knee ligaments so another one would be appropriate.

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

You should actually do that. Then post it and see if he writes back....

Brandon Starr - January 17, 2012 reply

I think you mean see if SHE writes back...

Knee ligaments are like ships.

Moper - January 17, 2012 reply

Ahhhh..... I knew that.

Brandon Starr - January 17, 2012 reply

Not according to the Atha’an Miere.

The so-called Beautiful - January 17, 2012 reply

Not sure

why people are acting like this an easy fight for Chael. I know Bisping isn’t particularly spectacular at any one thing, but it’s not like Sonnen’s sub defense went from mediocre to competent with a win over Stann. Just because he reinvented his image doesn’t mean he’s reinvented his game.

David Castillo - January 17, 2012 reply

Probably because isping is waaaaaaaaaaay more disliked than Chael.

Also Chael looked pretty much unstoppable against Stann. Bisping looked somewhat vulnerable against Mayhem Miller’s wrestling (before he gassed)

IRodC - January 17, 2012 reply

I personally dislike Chael more than Bisping.

BKdroid - January 17, 2012 reply

Dude

You just said Sonnen’s submission defense was mediocre, how is lasting almost twenty five minutes on the ground with Anderson Silva a bad thing?

Chael’s got some high level jits, bro

WanderChe - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

You cant blame him for the Maia sub. Maia executed that whole sequence flawlessly. The sub to AS was just a mental lapse that he’s been working on. Chael’s sub and sub defense skills are plenty good enough for Bisping at this point in his career.

Hardy's in your face - January 17, 2012 reply

He mentally lapsed on Jeremy Horn 3 times?

The Lethal Haze - January 17, 2012 reply

Horn only submitted him twice, but yes, the same Jeremy Horn with 60 sub wins. People discredit his sub defense, but the majority of his submission losses are very high level MMA grapplers. People claim he has shoddy sub defense while quoting losses to Silva, Filho, Sobral, Horn, and Maia.

Baby Wads - January 17, 2012 reply

He has 11 losses

8 are by sub. Distinguished grapplers such as Forrest Griffin and Trevor Prangley have submitted him.

You realize the fact that he has been submitted by every Brazilian he’s faced isn’t proof that he’s a good grappler, right?

The Lethal Haze - January 17, 2012 reply

people improve over time. chael is a good grappler that much is obvious. the whole point of my comment was that Bisping doesn’t have the goods to tap Chael.

Hardy's in your face - January 17, 2012 reply

ahhh man, you're taking me a bit too seriously

I don’t think Bisping has what it takes either. I predict a fairly pedestrian UD for Chael.

My point is Chael sucks because fuck Chael.

The Lethal Haze - January 17, 2012 reply

I just wish Chael haters could keep their views on his personality from biasing their views on his MMA.

Bolshevik - January 18, 2012 reply

LOL

The exact same thing could be said about Bisping. The way people talk, you’d think he has a losing record.

YPG - January 18, 2012 reply

lol

I think he’s a good wrestler with shitty sub defence… I resent the fact that the majority of his game (imo) is based around top control and gaming the URs.

Must be blind hatred.

The Lethal Haze - January 18, 2012 reply

He clearly beat Stann, Marquardt, Okami, Dan Miller, and Paulo Filho (the second time) regardless of how you interpret judging criteria.

You either didn’t see the fights or you’re letting your opinions of Sonnen’s personality (and rap sheet, in and out of MMA) change how you see them, which makes any discussion with you an exercise in futility.

Bolshevik - January 19, 2012 reply

what are you even replying to?

Where did I comment about any of those wins? You are straight making shit up to argue about at this point.

I don’t like his fighting style in general. I don’t like the shit that comes out of his mouth in particular. And I find it hilarious that once he found a “voice” alot of MMA fans think he’s some world beater…. he’s the same grinder with shitty sub defense to me.

The Lethal Haze - January 19, 2012 reply

So being vague lets you deny later?

What does “gaming the unified rules” mean to you? Sonnen doesn’t do things like intentionally keeping one hand on the ground to avoid being kneed. Obviously you’re talking about exploiting overvalued takedowns and top control to win rounds. But I’ve seen Sonnen’s last five or so decisions and he earned them all regardless of that.

Bolshevik - January 20, 2012 reply

stop arguing with the voices in your head, please

So being vague lets you deny later?

What does "gaming the unified rules" mean to you?

Obviously you’re talking about exploiting overvalued takedowns and top control to win rounds.

How was I being vague, if it turns out you knew exactly what I meant? Do you read what you write before you post?

But I’ve seen Sonnen’s last five or so decisions and he earned them all regardless of that.

I never said otherwise. I never said any of the other guys deserved the win in those fights under the current scoring criteria. So you can stop talking about it, unless the voices in your head compel you to.

I just think that if the URs were clarified or reemphasized away from control to damage, guys like Sonnen wouldn’t fight the way they do today. I don’t like wrestlers who come in planning to pin their opponents (either to the floor or the cage) as their path to victory. I LOVE wrestlers who come in to try to end the fight.

But holding that opinion obvsiously makes me a fanatic, and not worth discussing MMA with… Which is why you’ve spent so much time rebutting the voices in your head instead of what I’ve written.

The Lethal Haze - January 20, 2012 reply

Good God you’re terrible at this.

Bolshevik - January 20, 2012 reply

Help me wrap my head around it.

You think I suffer from psychosis because I misinterpreted your post, then also inexplicably accuse me of misusing the term vague on grounds that – as the rest of the post clearly shows – my interpretation was spot-on all along.

My entire point is that Sonnen won his last five decisions based on damage based scoring too (please watch the fights?), so I don’t think the unified rules are responsible for his style, Einstein.

I will never be able to take another argument with you 10% seriously ever again.

Bolshevik - January 20, 2012 reply

if you are not ESL, I feel sorry for you

and I’ll try to help you out, but you can’t even follow your own arguments.

ME: I resent the fact that the majority of his game (imo) is based around top control and gaming the URs.

YOU: He clearly beat Stann, Marquardt, Okami, Dan Miller, and Paulo Filho (the second time) regardless of how you interpret judging criteria.

ME: what are you even replying to? Where did I comment about any of those wins? You are straight making shit up to argue about at this point.

YOU: So being vague lets you deny later?

you think I’m being vague, but thats because you think I’m talking about Chael’s last couple of fights… except I wasn’t talking about those fights, just grinding in general. Which you almost seem to understand, but then keep talking about fights and arguing with me like you know what I think about them.

You think I suffer from psychosis because I misinterpreted your post, then also inexplicably accuse me of misusing the term vague on grounds that – as the rest of the post clearly shows – my interpretation was spot-on all along.

I think you hear vioces that aren’t there because you are arguing about things I never said- Like Sonnen didn’t win those fights or his opponents were robbed.

My entire point is that Sonnen won his last five decisions based on damage based scoring too (please watch the fights?), so I don’t think the unified rules are responsible for his style, Einstein.

I’m of the opinion that damage based scoring/reffing would have led to more standups in Chaels fights, and possibly points deducted for stalling (and regardless of your opinion, I think Chael stalls). You realize a change in the rules would force fighters to adjust their gameplans, right?

I posted my opinion on “grinding” as a “fighting” style. If you can’t stand that that is what I think… maybe you shouldn’t get so wound up about my opinion to the point you find yourself arguing over points I never made.

The Lethal Haze - January 20, 2012 reply

I haven't claimed that I expect him to take gold in the absolute division at the ADCC

But he wasn’t submitted by Joe Schmoe and Billy Bob Williams out at Wild Bill’s Fight Night. I was simply saying that most of the men that submitted him were high level black belts, far above Bisping’s level. If you want to tell me that Bisping has better submission abilities than any of those Brazilians, then please explain your logic. Also concerning the Forrest and Prangley submissions, I wouldn’t doubt that he has improved his submission defense in the nine years since those bouts.

Baby Wads - January 17, 2012 reply

I just enjoy shitting on Chael. Why?

My point is Chael sucks because fuck Chael.

The Lethal Haze - January 17, 2012 reply

Fair enough

I can accept irrational hate, as long as people admit that it’s irrational hate.

Baby Wads - January 18, 2012 reply

It's rational to hate Sonnen

Chris Barton - January 18, 2012 reply

That Maia throw-to-mount-to-sub was a work of art

One of my favorite submissions of all time.

KGNLuc - January 17, 2012 reply

Name one person Bisping subbed in the UFC

Skoobs - January 17, 2012 reply

Does anyone actually expect Bisping to beat Sonnen?

LeDuc - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

Nah i dont really think so

..

szanpan - January 17, 2012 reply

Did anyone expect Edgar to beat Penn? Or Lauzon to beat Guillard? Or Tito to beat Bader?

Crazier thing have happened than one top 5 fighter beating another.

YPG - January 17, 2012 reply

Having said that I expect Sonnen to win.

I just don’t think it’s as easy as people are saying.

YPG - January 17, 2012 reply

yeah but still

tell me Bisping’s path to victory.

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

Triangle choke

Henrique - January 17, 2012 reply

hahaha

but still, no.

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

Knees? Bispings got powerful knees!

Mustardfinger - January 17, 2012 reply

if he attempts a knee

he spends the rest of the round on his back

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

in all seriousness?

Good TDD, good scramble, better technical boxing. If Bisping can frustrate a good percentage of takedowns, get back up quick, and pepper Chael with strikes, he could conceivably UD the UD master. It’s not like either of them are great finishers.

I’ll pick Chael to win all day, but I won’t be stunned if Bisping finds a way. He’s pretty good at this MMA business.

Dave Strummer - January 18, 2012 reply

Too bad Bisping isn't exactly a top 5 fighter...

thirdparty - January 17, 2012 reply

You don’t know that. He could very well be, or not. But we don’t know.

Kenya_MMA - January 17, 2012 reply

Ya we do or you dont but we do even though you dont.

dandeman - January 17, 2012 reply

Then you don’t need to watch any fight since you know in advance what the rankings will be like after the fights have taken place.

Kenya_MMA - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping has zero chance of victory

If Maia had that Munoz decision go his way I’d rather see Maia vs. Sonnen II.

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

People really like to say dumb things don't they?
Bisping has zero chance of victory

Worldisart - January 17, 2012 reply

Fine, he has minimal chance. Do you want me to be more serious?

What does Bisping have for Sonnen? He’s got much better boxing than Chael and has one of the best boxers in MW. But that’s about it. He’s a notoriously slow-starter and Chael is more than capable of grinding him out in three rounds.

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

Chael is more than capable of grinding him out in three rounds.

I don’t think that’s true

Chris Barton - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping has a solid ground game, is good off his back, good at creating scrambles. Once he gets his timing and rhythm he’s great at sticking a fighter at the end of his jab and out pointing him.

I get that people don’t like Bisping, but he’s not some scrub being led to the slaughter. I’m picking Sonnen to win, but he lets people he has beat back into fights, and it can cost him.

Worldisart - January 17, 2012 reply

Oh don't get me wrong I don't hate Bisping as a fighter

But unless he can keep it on the feet and get into Chael’s range the whole fight I don’t see a victory for The Count.

If Bisping beats Sonnen I’ll laugh my ass off because Silva vs. Bisping would be one hell of a mismatch.

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

I can see Chael winning the first round and then Bisping finding the range needed to stop the shot and winning the second and third. This isn’t the squash match you and so many others seem to be painting it as.

Worldisart - January 17, 2012 reply

a fun mismatch though!

gspmademegay - January 17, 2012 reply

not that it's relevant but

Who would you guys pick in a Bisping vs Stann matchup?

TheDreadedMarco - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

Bisping, all day everyday. Stann has that big one punch but Mike is the better fighter.

Worldisart - January 17, 2012 reply

Same couldve been said about Hendo..

TheDreadedMarco - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

Bisping

Stann is hilariously overrated

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

Chael via bad touch.

RolloTomasi - January 17, 2012 reply

let the epic trashtalk begin!

Our Bovine Public - January 17, 2012 reply

2 weeks is not enough

we needed like 3 months of it

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

Chael has two weeks

He will be unleashed and Bisping will be pissed

IRodC - January 17, 2012 reply

Just as long as Chael makes cringw worthy videos ridiculing Bisping and his whole family

We should be fine

Our Bovine Public - January 17, 2012 reply

The shit talking for this fight may very possibley be more than we've ever witnessed

AfroSamurai - January 17, 2012 reply

Yeah, this is indeed a win. Had both Munoz and Maia won (a far outside shot, but a possibility) the MW division would be in some serious trouble as far as the next contender goes. Either man winning this one makes for a perfectly fine challenger.

Fraser Coffeen - January 17, 2012 reply

I think with GSP and Lesnar out its Chael who is the biggest ace of the UFC

at the moment. That magnetic force

szanpan - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping with a full camp has a shot

But in a short camp where he cant drill subs from his back for months does he have anything that can slow down the Chael-dozer?

Day Man - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping is dead

crucified - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping to win this then fight Anderson in the UK!

LWB - January 17, 2012 reply

I’d bet money that they book Palharas vs Maia… They’re usually pretty good at booking the fights people want.

LeDuc - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

Over/under on how long it will take Bisping to shit himself when he sees this on top of him?

mountaineers101 - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping has a crippling fear of broken images

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

’Tis just a regular image. Of Chael with a hulk face.

mountaineers101 - January 17, 2012 reply

I'll laugh so hard when Bisping triangle chokes him

and then gets murderized by Anderson

Win-Win

Henrique - January 17, 2012 reply

I think everyone is takin Bisping too lightly

RooBeN - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

Bisping does really well against wrestlers

He’s beaten a good MMA wrestler in Hamill and should have beaten a great MMA wrestler in Rashad. Mike’s only gotten better with his footwork and TD defense. This smells like an upset.

Chris Barton - January 17, 2012 reply

damn.....mentioning the Hamill fight in your defense of Bisping.

very interesting.

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

He won that fight

it was just super close. Chael is an amazing MMA wrestler and should be the favorite, but Bisping is a real live dog here. He is super aggressive off his back and is hard as fuck to takedown.

Chris Barton - January 17, 2012 reply

On any other country's soil, he lost that fight.

but anyways moving on from that…..

Chael is by far the best wrestler Bisping has ever faced. I think if the same Chael shows up against him that showed up against Stann, Bisping gets trucked

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

The one judge who scored it for Hamill was the only British judge

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

the others just wanted to get out of the country safely

thanks for fucking my point up dude. sometimes weird things happen

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

You know

a number of MMA websites scored that fight for Bisping?

Chris Barton - January 17, 2012 reply

No effin way he won that fight.

RolloTomasi - January 17, 2012 reply

He did

it was close, but he did. He “won” the Rashad fight even more convincingly, which is even more impressive.

Chris Barton - January 17, 2012 reply

He "beat" Matt Hamill.

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

Hamill, who’s every bit as fast and explosive as Sonnen…

Machiel Van - January 17, 2012 reply

I’m with you.. Bisping actually has great takedown defense, and is really good at getting back up to his feet when taken down. Will it be enough to stop Sonnen? Probably not, but it could be closer than what most are giving him credit for.

Horselover Fat - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping has good takedown defense

Not great takedown defense. He’s currently sitting at 64% on FightMetric, which puts him in the same range as Demian Maia and Nick Diaz. He’s been taken down by such wrestling luminaries as Wanderlei Silva, Dan Miller, and Chris Leben, not to mention the schoolings he received from Hamill and Rashad (6 each). He’s good, but he’s a long way from Jose Aldo territory.

Patrick Wyman - January 17, 2012 reply

Good point! Still I think he has a better chance than no chance at all, like some are arguing.

Horselover Fat - January 17, 2012 reply

of course he has what we're doing here is to hype the fight umm for us fans LOL

in real anyone in a fight has a chance. What s chaels big opportunity here is that the best way to take him out is by submission and in the case of Bisping its not likely to happen.

btw i like this hyping i have never seen fans so glad for a contender change. Was there any other condenter change as famous as this one???

szanpan - January 17, 2012 reply

Yeah I get that, I just.. I guess I don’t hate Bisping quite as much as most folks, so when I see all the hate he gets I sometimes revert to defending him! Just to balance things out a little.

Well, hmm.. it has definitely happened a couple of times, when people got injured and the new match-up became a better one. At the top of my head, what I can come to think about right now is the whole Diaz / Condit / Penn / GSP switcharoo a few months ago had some good and bad turns. We got to see Diaz vs Penn which was fucking epic, and now soon we get to see Condit vs Diaz which is a dream match-up too. All those guys are ultra-violent fan favorites, so matching them up with each other pleases many. Still sucks that GSP is injured of course, but at least there are some cool fights in the mean time!

Oh and people were really looking forward to Condit vs Penn too I guess, that didn’t happen.

Horselover Fat - January 17, 2012 reply

Very true

Like you pointed out, I think the key is his scrambling, more than his TDD per se. Submitting Sonnen from his back is a pipe dream; Sonnen rightfully gets flak for his sub defense, but the guys who’ve managed to submit him are all extremely technical, high-level black belts, and Bisping doesn’t fall into that category.

Patrick Wyman - January 17, 2012 reply

Yeah, exactly, even if he gets taken down he’s a tricky bugger to keep on the floor for long. I don’t see him posing any submission threats either. His only chance will be his usually tactic of sprawl and brawl – ie prancing around the cage throwing pitter patter punches and keeping his opponent at distance. If he gets taken down, he need to focus on getting up, up, up.

Horselover Fat - January 17, 2012 reply

It's not only TDD though

Also, how fast he scrambles back up. I guess many of the TD that are scored against Bisping in those stats had him on his back for all of twenty seconds. These numbers alone do not tell the whole story.

KGNLuc - January 17, 2012 reply

Bisping doesn't have great tdd

He has great scrambling ability.

discoandherpes - January 17, 2012 reply

Chael won't need to be able to control Bisping on the ground.

Cause even if Bisping can get back up to his feet, he’ll just get taken down again. And again, and again, and again.

pud333 - January 17, 2012 reply

...and again, and again, and again...

and again… and so on and so forth.

pud333 - January 17, 2012 reply

Damn Chael just got a even easier fight. Munoz has good wrestling cred but his MMA wrestling isn’t that good. Bisping though has good def grappling that said umm ’murica and has someone lit the Paul Harris signal?

MaZZacare - January 17, 2012 reply

The British hero is going to dish out the beating that the US judiciary refused to on this American criminal.

Sink - January 17, 2012 reply

The British “hero” is probably going to get shitkicked.

Riley_96 - January 17, 2012 reply

I have one fear with how this fight plays out

But SB Nation could always launch a new MMA site called Watch Bisping Run.

KJ Gould - January 17, 2012 reply

Does anyone know if Maia has a replacement fight coming?

Because they can’t willingly promote Nik Lentz to the main card.

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

Has everyone forgotten the Bisping\Evans fight?

Cuz that fight was close and Evans almost exclusively tried to wrestle Bisping. I know Evans won, but it could have gone either way. What’s Chael’s game plan again?

Bisping is a live dog, if he can stay on his feet he’ll win a decision easily.

Danthemmaman - January 17, 2012 reply

Sonnen can clinch and suplex if he needs to

Though I admit that’s just wishful thinking on my part

KJ Gould - January 17, 2012 reply

If Sonnen can't take Bisping down he should hang it up on the spot

that’s what he does, the man’s a specialist, and if he can dump Okami on his head he can probably chuck The Count clear out of the octagon.

LBo - January 17, 2012 reply

Why?

Bisping is notoriously hard to takedown.

Chris Barton - January 17, 2012 reply

The last time he was really challenged in that department was by Hamill and Evans

KJ Gould - January 17, 2012 reply

And since then

Bisping’s been taken down by Leben, Miller, and Wanderlei, none of whom exactly qualifies as an elite wrestler.

Patrick Wyman - January 17, 2012 reply

Wanderlei didn't do it with wrestling though

He used those sexy cut kicks

Shaun32887 - January 18, 2012 reply

chael’snever been outstruck and i can actually see him landing a few good shots particualry since he will have a nice reach advantage to exploit/

Hardy's in your face - January 17, 2012 reply

Sonnen is probably bigger than Evans

And a better wrestler to boot. He is going to clinch up with Bisping (with no fear of the power shot), grind him and take him down and frustrate Bisping like he normally does.

discoandherpes - January 17, 2012 reply

Odds Predictions?

I say Sonnen will open at -200 and then stretches to out to closer to -300. Chael is gonna make me mad $$$

MuyThaiGroinAssault - January 17, 2012 reply

much bigger. he’s -450 and Bis is +325 at Bovada (used to be bodog)

Hardy's in your face - January 18, 2012 reply

The only travesty in this

Is that they only get 11 days to get their shit-talking in

Joe Obo - January 17, 2012 reply

beat me to it

KAN0 - January 17, 2012 reply

The press conference is going to be a must-see

KAN0 - January 17, 2012 reply

The only negative about how this fight came to fruition

is that we won’t get to hear the months and months of epic smack talk between these two.

KAN0 - January 17, 2012 reply

I can't wait to watch

Chael turn bispings GNP a hole in Bispings face

attgnp - January 17, 2012 reply

I just rewatched Full Metal Jacket

Classic shit.

“Who said that? Who the fuck said that? Whose the little communist, pinko twinkle-toed cocksucker who said that? WAS IT YOU SCUMBAG?!”

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

How tall are you scumbag?!

5 foot 9 sir!
5 foot 9! I didn’t know they stacked shit that high! Are you trying to squeez an inch on me son?
You look like the best part of you ran down the crack of your mommas ass and became the brown stain on the mattress! I think you’ve been cheated!

RolloTomasi - January 17, 2012 reply

.

“That’s right Private Pyle, don’t make any fucking effort to get to the top of the fucking obstacle course! If god we’re here he would’ve miracled your ass!”

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

God......was here before the Marine Corps......so you can give your heart to Jesus

but your ass…..belongs to the Corps.

RolloTomasi - January 17, 2012 reply

"Your rifle will be given a girl name! Because it's the only pussy that you will get anytime soon!"

“Your days of fingerbanging Mary Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties, are over!”

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

Are you quitting on me? Well, are you? Then quit, you slimy fucking walrus-looking piece of shit! Get the fuck off of my obstacle! Get the fuck down off of my obstacle! NOW! MOVE IT! Or I’m going to rip your balls off, so you cannot contaminate the rest of the world! I will motivate you, Private Pyle, IF IT SHORT-DICKS EVERY CANNIBAL ON THE CONGO!

RolloTomasi - January 17, 2012 reply

Cain looks like 150lbs of chewed bubblegum

Skoobs - January 17, 2012 reply

Oh yeah Chael hasn't TKOed anyone since Kyascey Uscola, the guy who had his balls bitten by pit bulls

Even when he was pounding Anderson it was Chael who looked more beat up than Silva.

SSreporters - January 17, 2012 reply

Chael has paper skin

discoandherpes - January 17, 2012 reply

Side Note: The co-founder of Pinkberry beat a homeless man with a tire iron at LAX

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/pinkberry-founder-homeless-beating-tire-iron.html

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

danas gonna sign him

free pinkberry!

gspmademegay - January 17, 2012 reply

Sure he can try but, ChuckECheese's is still the new UFC.

NickRingp4pGOAT - January 18, 2012 reply

Can BE make amends with Shane Carwin?

I need an engineer to go in there and make the Octagon collapse the exact moment these two step in together. If Dan Miragliotta has to be collateral, so be it.

Anthony Pace - January 17, 2012 reply

although

it would’ve been cool if CM Punk was still gonna come out with Chael and Bisping came out with William Regal

Anthony Pace - January 17, 2012 reply

Goddamn, do I love some William Regal

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

i was just gonna reply

‘is william regal’ a psuedonim for earl montclair?’
then i saw who i was replying to.

gspmademegay - January 17, 2012 reply

He never got the respect he deserved

Really a complete performer. His recent match with Daniel Bryan on WWE Superstars is probably the best match since Punk/Cena from the summer.

Anthony Pace - January 17, 2012 reply

link?

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

http://www.cagesideseats.com/2011/11/11/2554324/video-wwe-superstars-from-thurs-nov-10-2011

Anthony Pace - January 17, 2012 reply

thank you kind sir and yeah

Regal is completely underappreciated. Dude can do it all

Earl Montclair - January 17, 2012 reply

I remember hating him as a kid

He was such a great heel.

Anthony Pace - January 17, 2012 reply

I respect you for not besmirching his good name.

dandeman - January 17, 2012 reply

Regal + Jericho was so money

will never forget Y2J pissing in Regal’s tea

Anthony Pace - January 17, 2012 reply

haha yes!

Loved Regal vs. Benoit matches too.

lwood24 - January 17, 2012 reply

oh man, get these guys on a countdown show STAT

big matt - January 17, 2012 reply

i hope bisping won't win, cause we may witness the first dead in mma if he fight silva

Rampage01 - January 17, 2012 reply

Sonnen via destruction.

Rob Young - January 17, 2012 reply

How do you say "you're gonna die" in Portuguese again?

Rob Young - January 17, 2012 reply

Bocha Bocha Bocha!

RolloTomasi - January 17, 2012 reply

that's not what it sounded like when they said it last weekend.

Rob Young - January 17, 2012 reply

Vai morrer I think.

Sweet Scientist - January 17, 2012 reply

UUUUUU VAI MORRER!

Gremio - January 17, 2012 reply

I never thought i would root for bisping

so there, i’m rooting for bisping.

he fought evenly with rashad, he might take this.

jan 28th isnt that far away, not alot of time for preperation

elmojo - January 17, 2012 reply

Yeah and Bisping wasn't preparing to fight a wrestler, while Chael most likely emphasized on wrestling and stand up equally to fight Munoz.

Rob Young - January 17, 2012 reply

But Bisping will have been working on jiu jitsu a lot

;)

YPG - January 17, 2012 reply

But I doubt he was practicing how to set up triangles and armbars

edtSD - January 17, 2012 reply

Gotta watch out for those guys with “unproven underrated ground games.”

Machiel Van - January 17, 2012 reply

Chael by Unanimous Decision

Yeah I know, I’m way out there with this pick

IRodC - January 17, 2012 reply

Hahahahahahaha

Bisping is going to break into Chael’s house and murder him in his sleep. I mean, if he thought Jorge Rivera was bad…

crazybones - January 17, 2012 reply

Much better fight!!!

Chael will win this fight for sure. The count is gonna get punched in the face on the ground a lot! Can’t wait to see this fight!

Taiter - January 17, 2012 reply

I wish I could’ve seen the grin on Chael’s face when he got the news.

Machiel Van - January 17, 2012 reply

i think he deeply looks down on Bisping

or at least he acts as if he was.. we can never know..

szanpan - January 17, 2012 reply

btw

If anyone has Dana on facebook read some of the comments underneath this post. Quality

Our Bovine Public - January 17, 2012 reply

well shit

if Sonnen’s paperwork is in order, this a huge boon for him. Bisping has underrated defensive wrestling, but Sonnen clearly has the edge in this fight.

T.P. Grant - January 17, 2012 reply

Good fight

should be fun.

Tats16 - January 17, 2012 reply

New Fight

Why not make Sonnen fight Hendo? He has been itching for a title shot and is looking better than ever. This fight makes no sense to me at this point. Sonnen will eat Bisping alive. Not because Sonnen is so great, because Bisping is so bad

WhoWinsIWins - January 17, 2012 reply

Hendo won’t cut to 185 for anyone but Silva.

Machiel Van - January 17, 2012 reply

Especially not on two weeks notice

KGNLuc - January 18, 2012 reply

Aren’t they both Quest guys? Or is Hendo suing them? I forget

Our Bovine Public - January 17, 2012 reply

“Team Quest” really refers to two separate training groups. There’s the one run by Lindland (Oregon) and the one run by Hendo (California). Sonnen trains with Lindland’s group, but they all go way back together.

Machiel Van - January 17, 2012 reply

i remember Sonnen saying in an interview that he wouldn't fight Hendo, Linland or Leben because they are all team Quest guys

darkotto23 - January 17, 2012 reply

How long ago was this?

Weren’t their camps suing each other?

av1o3 - January 17, 2012 reply

2011? Don't remember. As a far as I know the beef is between Dan and Lindland, i don't know how involved Sonnen is

darkotto23 - January 17, 2012 reply

Maia can beat both Vitor and Palhares.

The Don Mega - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

he could, but most likely he wouldn't

let’s face it Maia isn’t going to take Vitor down, and even if he manages to get Paul Harris down he would match him tit for that on the ground

darkotto23 - January 17, 2012 reply

:/

He can of course, but more than likely Vitor would starch him and on the feet against Rousimar they’d be fairly even. I’d probably give the advantage on the feet to Rousimar due to his power advantage and on the ground I assume that they’d be even, but even there I’d give Rousimar a slight advantage due to his strength.

SentientAndroid - January 18, 2012 reply

In order to get that shot I think he would do it. He has been saying very adamantly that he wants a title shot. This assures him if he wins, he gets it

WhoWinsIWins - January 17, 2012 reply

Circumstances force them to book the fight they should have made in the first place.

Sonnen vs Bisping is a win-win situtation with either being a great, marketable challenger for the title. No one cares about Mark Munoz.

Akemi Homura - January 17, 2012 reply

How can you say that, he’s a lovely guy. I care, Munoz….

UK MMA MAN - January 17, 2012 reply

I care Munoz too

noone even wished him " Get Well" or sent him any postcards, ecards or whatever

as for me i dont even know what happenned with him.. was it a banana?

szanpan - January 17, 2012 reply

How the fck u supposed to hurt your elbow with a banana?

UK MMA MAN - January 17, 2012 reply

you slip on the banana and land on your elbow

Do they not have Looney Tunes in the UK?

The Lethal Haze - January 17, 2012 reply

Didn’t Rashad have trouble taking Bisping down? This may be a closer fight than people realise.

MattParker117 - January 17, 2012 reply

but this is Chael Sonnen we’re talking about. this is a whole nother level of pimpin’.

Victor Rodriguez - January 17, 2012 reply

Rashad should try 185 sometime

Because Evnas/Sonnen sounds amazing

sitnam90 - January 17, 2012 reply

i’ve been thinking that for a while. i’d love to see it happen at 185 or 205.

Victor Rodriguez - January 18, 2012 reply

I don't know how I feel about this fight

I hate both of them and I want to see them hurt.

Double ko?

av1o3 - January 17, 2012 reply

So, they're making the fight they should have made all along

Slow clap.

PackMMA - January 17, 2012 reply

This is terrible news.

Half of my brain is telling me to root for Bisping so that Anderson can rape him, the other half is telling me i should never root for Bisping. The third half of my brain is disappointed as fuck.

theburgergeneral - January 17, 2012 reply

is the fourth half of your brain really bad at math?

(i kid, i kid)

darkotto23 - January 17, 2012 reply

Poor Bisbing is gonna get Sonnened.

J_Maddux - January 17, 2012 reply

Cheal Sonnen is a great fighter

but he’s no Michael Bisping

darkotto23 - January 17, 2012 reply

This is a much better fight than Sonnen/Munoz.

I just wish it was five rounds

sun yue - January 17, 2012 reply

based on the "what have you done for me lately"

bisping looked horrible against mayhem…chael p sonnen has been in beast mode, you cant stop the inevitable, when the bell rings hes comin to take you down and now hes workin on his jujitsu…chael by 2nd round arm triangle…

JGaLaXY - January 17, 2012 reply

Typical

Once again Michael gets protected towards a title shot

UK MMA MAN - January 17, 2012 reply

Will it ever stop?

KGNLuc - January 18, 2012 reply

great matchup... a way better fight than Munoz/Sonnen or Bisping/Maia

Sonnen will crush Bisping.

now if only the UFC 2010 servers were online, what a garbage game THQ/gamespy have

Ben Bauman - January 17, 2012 reply

Great for Sonnen

Munoz/Sonnen could have been a MW Diaz/Sanchez ground scramble insanity war

Garbanzo - January 17, 2012 reply

Part of me wants Sonnen to win

cause then Bisping will lose and Silva will be able to shut up his doubters in the sonnen rematch.

Other part of me wants Bisping to win because the gifs/pics after that fight would be hilariously awesome.

Tats16 - January 17, 2012 reply

LETS

Pumped for this. Entertaining lead to the fight and one way or another, interesting fight.

warren305 - January 17, 2012 via mobile reply

Good fight.

I wish there was more time to isten to the trash talk and the hype up of the fight, but oh well. I think it should be a pretty close fight with bisping landing his shots on the feet and chael landing his shots from bispings guard. Anyone thinking this will be a one sided bisping beat down doesn’t remember chaels love for being choked by shapes and bisping has an above average bjj game. my prediction; a long boring decision for chael in which he lays on bisping with an ear on his chest and swinging arm punches over his head. Anything more gets chael subbed and any less gets him dropped and tkod on the feet.

OptimusPiss - January 17, 2012 reply

I was pretty excited for Munoz to finally be exposed for his shitty MMA wrestling and bad stand up by Chael but this is a fight I’ll settle for. If this is for the #1 contender, then Vitor’s probably gonna get the follow up shot if he beats Wandy

savik - January 17, 2012 reply

Palhares' facebook page just posted this
With Mark Munoz injured, Bisping is now fighting Sonnen, leaving Maia without an opponent. Palhares took no damage against Massenzio. Let’s see what happens.

Henrique - January 17, 2012 reply

ohhhhh would be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Palhares!!!!!!!

szanpan - January 17, 2012 reply

OH SNAPS

PAUL HARRIS GIVES NO FUCKS.

Charles Awad - January 17, 2012 reply

BEST INJURY EVER.

Thank you so much Mark Munoz.

crazybones - January 17, 2012 reply

ohhhhhhhhhh shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just posted on his facebook btw well not his but on brazilian top teams

AfroSamurai - January 17, 2012 reply

Awesome. Book it, Dana. BOOK IT!

I know you come here to specifically read my posts!

KGNLuc - January 18, 2012 reply

Toquinho won't be fighting Maia

Source.

Who else is there? Belcher or Weidman?

wonderfulspam - January 17, 2012 reply

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Dana just tweeted that Maia will be fighting none other than…… Chris Weidman!!!!

Huge step up in competition for weidman IMO

darkotto23 - January 17, 2012 reply

quote:
Dana White
3rd fight in the FOX Jan 28th is Maia vs Undefeated Chris Weidman!!!

darkotto23 - January 17, 2012 reply

AWESOME

wonderfulspam - January 17, 2012 reply

For Paul Harris

Garbanzo - January 17, 2012 reply

acording to Dana, Paul turned down the fight

i guess there wasn’t enough time to prepare

darkotto23 - January 17, 2012 reply

Chris Weidman, unfortunately, is getting the Phil Davis Treatment.

I think he is getting accelerated up the ladder of competition way too fast. Alan Belcher or Vitor Belfort should have gotten the opportunity to fight on FOX.

amendamatrix - January 17, 2012 reply

Alan Belcher hmmm

great choice his fights are WAYYYYYYYYYYY to spread out. Maybe he can get winner or maybe he can get Paul Harris on a fuel/ fx card in Brazil’s Oklahoma

AfroSamurai - January 17, 2012 reply

Unfortunately, according to Dana's twitter, Belcher is hurt.

amendamatrix - January 17, 2012 reply

booooo

I like Weidman and all…

but NO, PAUL F’N HARRIS!

Rob Young - January 17, 2012 reply

Blame him for turning down the fight, then. Maia vs Weidman is an awesome, awesome matchup considering the short notice.

wonderfulspam - January 17, 2012 reply

Do we know that Toquinho turned it down?

Rob Young - January 17, 2012 reply

oh nvm, just read it.

Rob Young - January 17, 2012 reply

just read it where

He was asking for it on his facebook

AfroSamurai - January 17, 2012 reply

I'll just get the quote in here anyway
Demian Maia is without an opponent following today’s shakeup on the UFC on FOX 2 card.

With top-tier opponents in short supply, many observers pointed to Rousimar Palhares (14-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) as a potential opponent for Maia.

But Palhares is “not a viable opponent,” manager Alex Davis told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

That’s not to say that the middleweight, who took just 63 seconds to submit Mike Massenzio at this past Saturday’s UFC 142, doesn’t want the fight. But according to Davis, Palhares’ passport is expired.

And not only is Palhares grounded, but the rigorous schedule of the past year has taken its toll.

“He’s been training straight since the last UFC Brazil,” Davis said. “Then he went to Abu Dhabi and then trained for UFC 142, so it would be a little too much.”

http://mmajunkie.com/news/27016/rep-rousimar-palhares-a-no-go-for-ufc-on-fox-2.mma

Horselover Fat - January 17, 2012 reply

Good job on that. Boo, blame immigrations.
I do like to see someone actually take a break from training to remove any small niggling injuries, extend their career

UK MMA MAN - January 17, 2012 reply

Ahh whelp

Maybe the winner of Chris v Maia can fight Paul Harris in a FX or Fuel card in some small town in Brazil sorta like Brazil’s Oklahoma

AfroSamurai - January 17, 2012 reply

Hopefully Manaus

Garbanzo - January 17, 2012 reply

damn is that their Oklahoma

I thought they had some HUGE stadium

AfroSamurai - January 17, 2012 reply

Honestly

I have no idea its just one of a few cities I know of in Brazil cause I’m geographically challenged

Garbanzo - January 17, 2012 reply

He only has 7 fights, and the best name on his record is Alessio Sakara, been training just ju-jitsu for last few months?

UK MMA MAN - January 17, 2012 reply

Well, he’s a damn good wrestler at least.

Horselover Fat - January 17, 2012 reply

Great, so he’ll be forced to use ju-jitsu and not try to stand and bang awkwardly

UK MMA MAN - January 17, 2012 reply

Maia that is

UK MMA MAN - January 17, 2012 reply

Well.. I’m not sure who is the better striker at this point. If Maia could get it to the ground that would be great obviously, but it’s not going to be easy against Weidman. Who knows what’ll happen if it turns out to be a striking match-up.

Horselover Fat - January 17, 2012 reply

he's a purple belt under Matt Serra, and he actually competed in the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship's

so it’s not like he’s some BJJ newbie. Plus his wrestling is great so he decides where the fight takes place, it could be another Maia vs Munoz.

darkotto23 - January 17, 2012 reply

Agree that striking match could be random, looking at the fight metric report http://www.mmamania.com/2011/6/12/2219798/ufc-131-results-demian-maia-vs-mark-munoz-fight-metric-report-shows shows just a weird result of maia having lots of powerful headshots, which might mean u question his power, but taking lots of body shots.
But maia did WIN the ADCC not long ago. Submitting someone with a d’arce choke in a clever manner does look good but completely different level of opponent. He hasn’t had a ground n pound victory in the way of successful wrestling mmaers, I haven’t seen him enough to form a solid opinion but does that say something?

UK MMA MAN - January 17, 2012 reply

Chris Weidman is one of those wrestlers who has adapted to the sub game extremely well

I think he’ll also be physically stronger than Maia, so I think he’s a live dog.

At the same time I think Weidman is the future middleweight champion.

discoandherpes - January 17, 2012 reply

via Dana’s Twitter:

‎3rd fight in the FOX Jan 28th is Maia vs Undefeated Chris Weidman!!!

Ryan Andersen - January 17, 2012 reply

hope Paul catches a break soon

AfroSamurai - January 17, 2012 reply

What do you mean?

He turned down the fight.

wonderfulspam - January 17, 2012 reply

Yeah i know but hey still hoping for winner of that fight to get Paul

Maybe for a Brazil fuel or FX card in Brazils Oklahoma

AfroSamurai - January 17, 2012 reply

dunno how i feel about that.
kid’s got some balls to step up against Maia like that on short notice.

Victor Rodriguez - January 17, 2012 reply

This is awesome, Cheal has a much better chance against Bisbing .

Kefka - January 17, 2012 reply

As a Sonnen hater I'm unhappy about this fight

only because I think Bisping has less of a chance to beat Chael than Munoz

Robust23 - January 17, 2012 reply

So rather than a guy who’s a technically better striker, you would rather have sonnen face an inferior MMA wrestler

UK MMA MAN - January 17, 2012 reply

Man I hate Sonnen and this is a easy win for him.

But he claims that he isn’t going after Anderson after he wins this fight, he will either go after GSP or Jones. I hope it’s Jones so Sonnen can get the ass whooping he deserves.

Meek Mill - January 17, 2012 reply

Im late

Whats the skinny, guys?

Ricardo Arguello - January 17, 2012 reply

Can any other subject garner 500+ comments on BE?

Skoobs - January 17, 2012 reply

a few actually

Griffin incident, Lesnar vs Overeem announcement, maybe like ten others

dajulzta - January 17, 2012 via Android app reply

someone pimping their wife to rampage.

gspmademegay - January 17, 2012 reply

I'd have to disagree with most here.

Sonnen/Munoz and Bisping/Maia were much better fights, aside from prefight trash talk

sitnam90 - January 17, 2012 reply

In what way, shape, and form

Is Sonnen v Munoz any better than Sonnen v Bisping? Aside from saying the words its much better, how exactly?

Sonnen v Bisping is better without even having to breakdown the danged fight. The simple fact that Bisping is going to get TRT’d across the entire pond is enough to nab 1 million ppv’s. Fuck I’ve got wood just thinking about the wood im gonna get for this!

nicey - January 17, 2012 reply

Sorry

I like watching competitive fights. Munoz has a chance to defend the takedown and take Sonnen out of his gameplan. Bisping doesnt have the power to KO Sonnen (if anyone does), nor the ground chops to submit Sonnen. He wont defend most takedowns, and if he is able to get back up (which is possible due to his scrambling ability), Sonnen is competant at striking.

Munoz has wrestling to defend Sonnen or even go for a takedown himself, and the power to give him the edge in the standup.

sitnam90 - January 18, 2012 reply

Disagree. Nobody cares about Munoz, so that’s that. Everyone loves to hate both Chael and Bisping… so pitting them against each other is brilliant marketing. Almost everyone has been saying “I hate Chael, but I hate Bisping even more, so WAR Chael!”. This fight will create a lot of fans for Chael. Or people will hate him even more. Which will make Silva/Chael II an even bigger fight. And as of Maia/Weidman, it’s a more interesting fight and it’ll finally prove that Maia is overrated and never deserved to fight for the title in the first place. Oh, and Weidman is awesome. He easily could be the MW champ to take over Anderson Silva’s reign when he retires.

Shnak - January 18, 2012 reply

Nothing that you said has to do with the actual fight. The prefight back and forth should be great, much better then against Munoz. But Munoz has tools to make it an interesting fight. Bisping (who I like) doesnt have anything Chael cant handle.

sitnam90 - January 18, 2012 reply

Good for Chael

To get another title shot, he gets to face back to back fighters not known for their ground game in a state outside of the one where he gets busted for juice. He deserves it; I hope he wins.

Farthammer - January 17, 2012 reply

This should be a great fight. Sonnen’s Wrestling vs Bisping stand up and scrambles. Should be fun. Plus its Sonnen vs Bisping.

vivero - January 17, 2012 reply

lol

Totally agree, in fact you only need to say Sonnen vs Bisping. All the rest is just fluff!

nicey - January 17, 2012 reply

I love Chael and, on behalf of Brits everywhere, I can’t wait for him to grind Bisping to mincemeat.

Terra17 - January 18, 2012 reply

Grapplefuck meets Punches-in-bunches

Can’t believe I’m the only one not excited for this fight. Bisping manages to fuck up nearly everyone’s game plans by being such a fucking spazz, and Sonnen lacks KO power, so I see a very intense cardio game of running around the ring and throwing a lot of fakes.

Wake me up for the Main Event.

RobtWeaver - January 18, 2012 reply

Sonnen could catch a knee or dive into one going for a takedown. He's one dimensional, his luck can't last.

I realise he’s very good at what he does but I can’t see it ALWAYS working. Sure the whole triangle weakness is well known. I’m just surprised people see him as a lock for every fight since facing Anderson. I think perhaps fans WANT to see him as the clear winner because they can’t get enough of his smack talk.

UncleMax - January 18, 2012 reply

Your really underrating Sonnen

He is a capable kickboxer, he outstruck Okami whenever he wasnt diving for the takedown.

sitnam90 - January 18, 2012 reply

That's a shame, I was really looking forwad to Maia-Bisping.

Llewdor - January 18, 2012 reply

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