Michael Bisping: Wanderlei Silva Will NOT Be My Opponent at UFC 105

by Kid Nate on Aug 18, 2009 9:54 PM EDT in News Comment 58 comments

Quick update on the potential Wanderlei Silva fight. Unfortunately thats not gonna happen. He's undergone facial surgery, so obviously won't be fighting in the near future. Rumours are he's actually out for the rest of the year.

So as of right now, Im still unaware of who I'll be facing at UFC 105. Obviously as stated before, when I know, you know.

Zak Woods elaborates:

Bisping's blog post at least confirms that the two camps were being approached about the potential fight. Currently it is rumored that UFC 105 will be headlined Michael Bisping in Manchester, England (Bisping lives in Manchester).

Without Wanderlei as an opponent Bisping may have to fight either the winner or loser of Maia vs. Marquardt in order for his bout to be a legit main event. Or the UFC could feature a title fight as the main event with Bisping fighting a different middleweight. Either the UFC middleweight or lightweight belts could be defended at that time.

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Akiyama.

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by Beer Monster on Aug 18, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by Nick Thomas on Aug 18, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He needs to drop down to Welterweight.

by AlwaysRelaxing on Aug 18, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think he can be a force at welterweight.. Give him Dan Hardy at 105 for his first fight and then push him up the ladder if he wins and if he loses then you have Hardy you can push further into contention

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Phil Baroni is being talked about for Dan Hardy

by The Bronzeville Bully on Aug 19, 2009 4:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So, they’re bringing Baroni back to get some highlight reel knockouts, huh?

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by Richard Wade on Aug 20, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know Akiyama is the focus of this pic, but it just reminded me how much I’m gonna miss Edith’s…labelles.

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by Beer Monster on Aug 18, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can buy a set of your own for a couple grand, don’t get too upset.

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Aug 18, 2009 10:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 4 recs

Statements like that will get you shunned by the BE community. No referencing anyone elses sexyness in a sexyama pic!

by JaTinkles on Aug 18, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs

Is 105 a UK card? If it is then I guarantee there will be no title fight.

by Zack Gobie on Aug 18, 2009 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If im not mistaken, Rampage vs Hendo was on a UK card

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Penn/Stevenson was in the UK as well

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by The Legend on Aug 18, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but the low low paydays

those title fights got have made it very hard for them to book other title fights on UK cards.
The champs get a % of the PPV and they got stiffed on those cards big time.

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by Kid Nate on Aug 18, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah but...

Wasn’t the plan to have Silva/Bisping for this card if Bisping won at UFC 100? I am just saying although it is unlikely for this card it doesn’t mean there will never be a title fight again in the UK like some are making it out to be.

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by The Legend on Aug 18, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah it’s in England, no title fight. It’s too bad, Wandy is actually one of the few people that would make a Bisping fight interesting to me.

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Aug 18, 2009 9:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Bisping vs Akiyama interest me as a co-main event but i will not buy a Bisping main event card

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This card is one week before UFC 106, which features Colemen/Ortiz.

Basically, it;s going to be free on SpikeTV….

by AlwaysRelaxing on Aug 18, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hendo-Rampage title fight was free on Spike

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And for that we’ll always be thankful.

Keep firing Assholes!

Evil always triumphs because good is dumb.

by Ubernoober on Aug 18, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep..Also, Silva isn’t a real big PPV draw on his own.. So Dana said he was gonna start putting more big name fights on free tv, so here is his chance

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

An expensive commercial for the next card.

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Aug 18, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

if they cant find a meaningful bout we could see a title fight

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by Zak Woods on Aug 18, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We could very well see Anderson vs Hendo 2… then Anderson vs another 205 on the January 8th card

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was January 2nd?

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Aug 18, 2009 10:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

My fault, you are correct.

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I get that a lot. :)

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Aug 18, 2009 10:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Lol smart ass

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why not

BJ vs Diego?

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by Nick Becker on Aug 18, 2009 11:17 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

BJ said after the stevenson fight he would never fight outside the States again as he gets no cut of the ppv money if he fights outside the states. Thats what he said after it anyway

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by RealIrish on Aug 19, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He still gets a PPV cut, but the PPV sales suck for overseas shows.

by Steve4192 on Aug 19, 2009 7:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ugh

this means those creepy pics of wanderlei were real.

by woooburn on Aug 18, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No they weren’t, the real pic showed up last night

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Aug 18, 2009 9:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Where is the real pic?

The pic below is the only one I’ve seen and its just freakin creepy.

He was like 'You hit like a bitch.' I'm like all right. And I stood up and slapped him. I go 'Now you just got hit like one.'" - Kurt Pellegrino.

by Gunslinger20 on Aug 18, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Check out the fanpost about these pics, someone posted the real pic in the comments, via Sherdog.

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Aug 18, 2009 10:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Here's the pic I posted the other night from Sherdog

Right click and view image to make it a little bigger. Like I said before, I find it funny that the first picture is on the front page of the gym he visited in these pictures. So it’s a little confusing on which is actually the real picture.

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by Johpin on Aug 18, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the “original” looks like a bad pshop job to me.

by woooburn on Aug 18, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The same gym that can’t spell
his name.

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Aug 19, 2009 8:30 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

by miss_mma on Aug 18, 2009 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Like freakin a Brazilian Jack Nicholson from Batman...

yikes..

He was like 'You hit like a bitch.' I'm like all right. And I stood up and slapped him. I go 'Now you just got hit like one.'" - Kurt Pellegrino.

by Gunslinger20 on Aug 18, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Nick Thomas on Aug 18, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!

Keep firing Assholes!

Evil always triumphs because good is dumb.

by Ubernoober on Aug 18, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

by Nick Thomas on Aug 18, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs

haha wtf?!?!

Everyone has a game plan, untell they get hit.

by mma is #1 on Aug 18, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s niiiice.

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by Beer Monster on Aug 18, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Real or not,

that picture is totally awesome

It ends in an armbar or a strangle regardless.

by capital L on Aug 18, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here are more from that school seminar

http://bmacboston.com/photo.html

Here’s one where the student is just as mesmerized as I am.

by asa on Aug 19, 2009 7:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another two-shot

Again from the gallery at BMAC Boston.

by asa on Aug 19, 2009 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Off topic but Mike Goldberg is the commentator on Shaq’s new show

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I noticed that.

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Aug 18, 2009 10:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Didn’t Wandy say he didn’t want to fight until Feb?

by Phildo on Aug 18, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Who would have guessed it would be Wanderlei and not Bisping who needed facial surgery?

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by Day Man on Aug 18, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was thinking this...

and I was also wondering if Bisping was lucid when he posted on his blog.

by Cannon Jacques on Aug 18, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Knock Bisping down to sub-main event status

and have him fight Palhares or Kang

by Scott Haber on Aug 18, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Melvin Manhoef makes his long awaited debut against Michael Bisping….

That would be nice.. as the co-main event with Anderson vs Hendo or BJ vs Diego as main event

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 18, 2009 11:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If the UFC did Sanchez vs Stevenson and Bisping vs Leben as a main event to a U.K. card, then the UFC can do a non-title fight again

I can see Bisping co-main eventing or main eventing depending on who his opponent is. Also, I can see the UFC NOT having a title fight on this card especially since there will have a PPV the following week.

by chrisbboy82 on Aug 19, 2009 2:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Please give us a good headliner Dana!

I have no interest in Bisping main eventing my first live UFC. No interest at all.

'He built his whole reputation as a waffle house chef. They’ve been serving him up ham and eggs with a side of canned tomatoes' - Don Frye on Fedor Emelianenko

by Well Read Idiot on Aug 19, 2009 7:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Without Wanderlei as an opponent Bisping may have to fight either the winner or loser of Maia vs. Marquardt in order for his bout to be a legit main event.

My god, can you imaging if they told the winner of that fight that they’d have to go through BISPING before they got a title shot?

by Shaun32887 on Aug 19, 2009 2:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs