Snapshot of the Day: Michael Bisping Leads the Attack at UFC 120
by Nick Thomas on Oct 10, 2010 2:44 PM EDT
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Britain has more fighters in the UFC than ever before but it’s still without title-belt glory. In this special collector’s issue Fighters Only Magazine asks, can Britain produce a UFC champion? Dan Hardy and Michael Bisping, this month’s dual cover-stars, are leading the attack.
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I don't know what Hardy is doing, but at least Bisping is embracing it.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 18 recs
That cover shot reminds me of this classic gif
by Steve4192 on Oct 10, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 16 recs
And probably a Frenchman
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Oct 10, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Libelous bullshit!
I see no white flags behind him.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
priceless
arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics... even if you win, you're still retarded!
Nice work !!!!
Every period in time needs a Hendo
so then Dad goes and turns the knife on her .. then he turns to me and sez ........................................... Why so Serious ??
by RearNakedBloke on Oct 10, 2010 2:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
......
"How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?"
by DamnSevern on Oct 10, 2010 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
my personal favorite
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
by Earl Montclair on Oct 10, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
The absurdity of it is is just too much.
I was in tears the first time I saw it.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I personally think
That this is the funniest gif ever posted on BE. Bravo, to whoever made it and those who posted it. I was just in tears I was laughing so hard.
"Clay "The Missing Link" Guida!!!"
by Adamantium007 on Oct 10, 2010 3:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
haha ha haha Hasselhendo
i think i just pissed my pants
'if you don't have humility as a fighter, fighting will bring humility to you...'
i knew that there was going to be a lot of gif awesomeness as soon as i saw that cover
but that is just glorious
Go big red!
This one's my personal favorite...
"Last time a Russian hit a brother that hard, Ivan Drago killed Apollo Creed"- Some guy on Sherdog, referencing Fedor vs Rogers
by Lulz McGee on Oct 10, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
but wait, there's more
"How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?"
by DamnSevern on Oct 10, 2010 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
This works better
if it’s Rafael Dos Anjos.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
I’m from the streets, BITCH!
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
by Earl Montclair on Oct 10, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Who cares what country someone comes from.
All that matters is how they bring it in the cage
Confucius says:
"Baseball is wrong; man with four balls cannot walk."
Doesn't quite work like that in Japan, though.
I like Fedor, it’s just his fans that are intolerable...and his management.
"Can Britian porduce a UFC Champion?"
Yes, as long as their names are not Michael Bisping or Dan Hardy
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13
by Noah'sArk on Oct 10, 2010 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The proper answer to the question is - Yes, but....
ten years from now, the UFC will claim that some new British fighter could become the first British champion ever.
…Somewhere, Ricco weeps.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, the commercials that I'm referencing say heavyweight specifically, I believe.
So Ricco continues to weep.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
It's pretty remarkable...
That Hardy is a WW and Bisping is a former LHW.
Hardy is a big son of a bitch. Even in the GSP fight he looked a weightclass bigger, and GSP isn’t a small guy.
Carlos Condit and Sexyama will make these covers even more laughable very very soon.
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
With that, it's time to bring it out....
Akiyama Kia Sexwagon… Who’s hopping in?
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
i call the back seat!
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
by Earl Montclair on Oct 10, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't think for a second it will be absent next Saturday.
And if the winds of time should erase my existence before that fateful day, gentlemen, carry this into battle for me.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Shotgun?
You know you have obligations to fulfill when Akiyama is driving, right?
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Honestly
John Hathaway is the best chance at a current British fighter winning the belt. The UFC has made it pretty clear that they want to keep testing him on the ground (having fought Rick Story and Diego Sanchez, originally being scheduled to face the Stun Gun and then being changed to submission guy Mike Pyle) to see if he’s well-rounded. They clearly don’t want to spend the marketing dollars on this kid until they know he won’t look completely incompetent on the ground against guys like Fitch and GSP (I mean I get GSP’s TD’s are on another level, but Jesus Christ Hardy didn’t even sprawl).
Yeah, that was my initial thought.
Hathaway could manage it, especially with his youth and the likelihood of GSP retiring first. I guess the Pyle fight will tell us a little bit more…
Considering the tangled web of the welterweights, do we see an outside chance at the UFC hoping for a Hardy-Hathaway fight in Britain?
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
They'd never ever match them up.
They know that Hathaway has a chance to be a run-away star (good fighter, well spoken, and honestly pretty good looking) and would not want to chance Hardy knocking him out or even decisioning him because Hardy was a right-place-right-time contender and probably won’t advance to any further than gatekeeper.
I expect Hathaway to fight the winner of Nate Diaz vs Stun Gun if he can get by Mike Pyle and if he wins that it’s off to the top guys for Hathaway.
Yeah, in light of the commitment to throwing grapplers at him particularly,
I definitely see the potential for the winner of that bout or something similar.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
But I'm getting way ahead of myself.
Mike Pyle’s an older guy and all but he’s the only guy to submit Jon Fitch and he went the distance with Rampage in his first fight despite a significant weight difference. This is a huge test for Hathaway.
Definitely agree.
I believe it’s a test Hathaway will pass though.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Until British fighters start regularly bringing in American training partners/Head over to America to improve their grappling abilities (But we all know thats Anti English, dont we Mike…), we’ll struggle to provide a fighter who can compete at the top end of the spectrum. Is it possible though? Absolutly. Agree that Hathaway currently looks our best bet given the fact he’s huge for his weight class and is seemingly quite a good grappler already, the best we have to offer anyway.
Goldberg: "He's got him in some kind of strange choke I've never seen before!"
Rogan: "That's a rear naked choke."
Against the American colonies…ask India, or the Middle East, or the Zulu about them…
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired. -Jonathan Swift
by Scott C. Broussard on Oct 10, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
well..
ask India, or the Middle East, or the Zulu about them
They didn’t have Mel Gibson on their side.
Semper Fi'
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Pain don't hurt...
by RolloTomasi on Oct 10, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Battle of Isandlwana, the zulus kicked the redcoat’s ass, India also eventually evicted them from their lands as well.
Red Coats had their time in the colonial sun but often failed in spectacular ways due to their piss poor strategy, complete lack of stealth or attempt to conceal their numbers or moves and overall arrogance towards their opponents.
All Empires Fall - Alexander, Rome, Mongol, Ottoman, British, etc.
I know the Zulus won a major victory over the Brits – how did the rest of the war go for them? That’s like saying since Custer was obliterated at Little Big Horn, that shows the supremacy of the Natives. And India evicted them peaceably, not by winning a war.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired. -Jonathan Swift
by Scott C. Broussard on Oct 10, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
The rest of the war did not go well for them no, I agree, and the red coats did dominate the other opponents, but given their leverage on the world they did a terrible job of maintaining rule over it.
I was not suggesting that the Zulus won the war or anything absurd like that, but just that the Red Coats almost always ran into difficulty conquering their colonies.
I think the only empire that managed complete control over its territory was the Roman – if the emperor wanted something done in Briton, then it was done in Briton, dammit. It would be hard to control an empire as vast as the British one without modern communications. Personally, I’m most fascinated with the Mongols.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired. -Jonathan Swift
by Scott C. Broussard on Oct 11, 2010 1:48 AM EDT up reply actions
A Brit can definitely win a UFC belt
His name is John Hathaway.
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
by SSreporters on Oct 10, 2010 3:28 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I was coming here to post this
Proud member of the newly established Frankie Edgar bandwagon
Cain will beat Brock, I am accepting sig bets.
The problem with Bisping
Is he has no knockout power, when he fights guys at or above his level he’ll try and win it by decision, and he’s been hit fairly easily.
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
another problem with Bisping
is that he honestly thinks he won the Wanderlei fight.
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
by Earl Montclair on Oct 10, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
He was a soccer kick away from "winning" it
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
Speaking of soccer kicks - and totally unrelated (apologies in advance for the tangent)
Does anybody remember that Jose Aldo was about a half-second away from losing the Jonathan Brookins fight that way? He wanted that soccer kick so badly.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
When I watch Aldo's fights in Brazil, it makes me wish they allowed soccer kicks in the modern rule set
they are scary.
Proud member of the newly established Frankie Edgar bandwagon
Cain will beat Brock, I am accepting sig bets.
I'm waiting to see him against a good wrestler.
Undersized Diego with basically no training camp is not a great win. I still have one foot on the platform before stepping on the Hathaway train.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
You're no fun. :(
Which hype train will you get on?
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
I was always on the JDS wagon and the "Don't call it a comeback!" Shogun pimpmobile
I’m currently full steam ahead with Phil Davis. And I don’t know if it’s a hype train or not, but I do believe that Mike Pierce is weofully unappreciated.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
by pdl on Oct 10, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
after 117 im busy constructing the Rick Story HypeTrain
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
by Earl Montclair on Oct 10, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm on that bandwagon.
Really concerned Hendricks could ruin it.
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
oh shit, is that happening?
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
by Earl Montclair on Oct 10, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, main card of TUF 12 Finale.
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
should be a hard hitting affair
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
by Earl Montclair on Oct 10, 2010 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Right, Hendricks is another one I'm on.
But Rick Story did some fuckin’ violence on Hazelett. I’m so stoked for this fight.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
I'm on the train
just because Nick ‘The Horror’ Story is one of the best names in the UFC
Proud member of the newly established Frankie Edgar bandwagon
Cain will beat Brock, I am accepting sig bets.
The Phil Davis hypetrain?
You mean the Pistol Grip Phil Davis Red Hyundai?
Aww if somebody could shop his face in on that one. Gold. :(
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Preferably with Tim Boetsch running away.
Revisions made each time he had an upcoming fight, of course.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 10, 2010 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Tim Boetsch gotz a surprise for you, buddy!
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
by Earl Montclair on Oct 10, 2010 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
This is why I came here.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
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by Derek Suboticki on Oct 10, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty cool covers honestly.
Proud member of the newly established Frankie Edgar bandwagon
Cain will beat Brock, I am accepting sig bets.
Fighter's Only is the best of the MMA mags
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
Cool covers
some hilarious gifs this thread has provided. oh still a bisping fan btw, hoping to have the last laugh against most of u like i did wit diaz vs noons
Time to give up on Bisping bro
He’s functional against the Dan Millers of the world but that’s as high as he can go.
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
After Condit kicks his ass, Hardy will have to start angling for a fight with a Chinese fighter.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
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Still Subo at Fightlinker.com
by Derek Suboticki on Oct 10, 2010 4:21 PM EDT reply actions
Carlos is going to walk into some shit that will rattle even his skull. Sloppy TD attempts and severe beating to follow.
Your beliefs become your reality.
by Hardy's in your face on Oct 10, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Hardy has power
But no KO power. Condit has a hell of a chin and far better wrestling.
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
Your wrestling is craptasic. Don’t shit on Condit’s game.
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
by donkeypunch on Oct 10, 2010 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like Steve but
That’s kind of an awesome reply
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
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Still Subo at Fightlinker.com
by Derek Suboticki on Oct 11, 2010 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Hardy’s not a bum and I was surprised when he beat Swick (although Swick sure has fallen off since). I also had Condit losing (or, at best, drawing) with Ellenberger. I just think he murders Hardy on the ground.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
Contributor for WatchKalibRun.com
Still Subo at Fightlinker.com
by Derek Suboticki on Oct 10, 2010 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Im desperate for Hardy and Diaz to both win
Imagine how wound up Nate Diaz would get
"Big guys, small gloves...somebody's gonna fall..." (Gabriel Gonzaga)
I don't get it...
he’s not being knocked out in this picture.
West coast sucks a dick. 2Pac had nothing on Big and Easy E and Magic Johnson got HIV cause West Coast broads are dirty as hell. I wish I was from New Jersey because the shitty bagels and pizza I have out here are making my butthole bleed.
by Fake Emcee on Oct 10, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
a much better band here
I could be sitting here with just pee stains on my rug.
by Earl Montclair on Oct 10, 2010 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Lennon just should have turned 70, and you dare sully him by putting him next to Bisping? FOR SHAME!
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired. -Jonathan Swift
by Scott C. Broussard on Oct 10, 2010 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I've never seen a funnier comments section.
Cheers.
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
That truly is...
one funny mma picture
"I drop knowledge so heavy it leaves the world unbalanced, Exterminate the spiritual force of all that challenge, I'm the lyrical apocalypse that crumbles the granite, Replacing you as the dominant species on the planet" - Immortal Technique
man, poor Bisping, I’ve never liked him, but this thread was starting to make me feel sorry for him
then this picture cracked me up
by JeremyShane on Oct 11, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Why are peoplein the rick story bandwagon but not the John Hathaway one even though Hathaway has already beaten story?
"How you expect to run with the wolves come night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies" - Omar Little
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