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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 9, 2010 5:45:34 GMT -5
Exclusive: Bisping Faces Akiyama at UFC 120
FightersOnly Staff @ FightersOnlyMagazine.co.uk, 7/9/2010
Top British middleweight Michael Bisping’s next opponent will be Japanese judo stylist Yoshihiro Akiyama, Fighters Only learned this morning from a UK source. The fight will headline UFC 120 in October.
Bout agreements have been drawn up and at least one has been completed and signed, with the second expected to be completed in the very near future to make the bout official.
Bisping is coming off a unanimous decision win over Dan Miller at UFC 114, which followed a unanimous decision loss to Wanderlei Silva at UFC 110. He is 2-2 in his last four UFC outings.
Akiyama is coming off a surprise loss to Chris Leben at UFC 116 this past weekend. He had been due to fight Wanderlei Silva but the Brazilian pulled out because of knee and rib injuries sustained in training.
Akiyama’s loss to Leben puts him 1-1 in the UFC and means he will very likely be fighting for his contract on October 16th. Other fights rumoured for the card include Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit and Cheick Kongo vs. Travis Browne.
Nice. This card seems to be shaping up well too.
Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Welterweight bout: Carlos Condit vs. Dan Hardy
Welterweight bout: John Hathaway vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Heavyweight bout: Travis Browne vs. Cheick Kongo
Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Kurt Warburton
Light Heavyweight bout: Cyrille Diabate vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Heavyweight bout: Rob Broughton vs. Vinicius Quieroz
Lightweight bout: Paul Sass vs. TBA
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Post by 1992 on Jul 9, 2010 6:06:55 GMT -5
Headline, huh?
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 9, 2010 7:06:45 GMT -5
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Post by 1992 on Jul 9, 2010 7:28:56 GMT -5
I'm just kind of surprised Bisping and Akiyama are headling a show on their own. It's nothing against them and personally I'm pretty excited to see both men fighting again, but seems more like a co-main event.
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 9, 2010 7:41:59 GMT -5
It's a Spike TV card and it's going to be in London. No surprise since Bisping is a huge star in the UK.
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Post by roflstomp on Jul 9, 2010 9:03:43 GMT -5
It's a Spike TV card and it's going to be in London. No surprise since Bisping is a huge star in the UK. Exactly. I will be attending this event and the Fan Expo that is taking place too. I'm really excited for tickets to go on sale because I will literally be going all out and getting the most expensive seats there are. My early predictions are Bisping, Hardy, Hathaway, Browne, Fisher, Diabate and Broughton. |
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Post by 1992 on Jul 9, 2010 11:59:28 GMT -5
Ohhhhh, ok. Well then that's a hell of a card for a free show then! lol
I figured it must have been in the UK, but didn't realize it was free with names like Bisping, Akiyama, Hardy, Kongo all on the card. Pretty damn cool.
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Post by Lk™ on Jul 9, 2010 12:17:04 GMT -5
i'm looking forward to seeing john hathaway again, he's got a great future. i see Hardy beating Condit, but i'm kinda looking forward to sexyama vs bisping.
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Post by Hawks_NFC West Champions on Jul 9, 2010 12:22:02 GMT -5
Headlining? :/ Is this the first time a man coming off a loss has headlined an event, minus Chuck Liddell?
It's weird, UFC has 119 and 120 with no title fight.
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Post by roflstomp on Jul 9, 2010 12:26:46 GMT -5
Headlining? :/ Is this the first time a man coming off a loss has headlined an event, minus Chuck Liddell? It's weird, UFC has 119 and 120 with no title fight. UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson UFC 96: Jackson vs Jardine UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira UFC 103: Belfort vs Franklin UFC 105: Couture vs Vera UFC 106: Griffin vs Ortiz II UFC 108: Evans vs Silva UFC 109: Couture vs Coleman UFC 110: Nogueira vs Velasquez UFC 114: Jackson vs Evans UFC 115: Franklin vs Liddell I could go on but I'll rest my case here. |
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Post by hammer on Jul 9, 2010 14:18:25 GMT -5
diabate, hathaway and hardy... im in. nice card for a spike show.
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 9, 2010 14:23:03 GMT -5
Headlining? :/ Is this the first time a man coming off a loss has headlined an event, minus Chuck Liddell? It's weird, UFC has 119 and 120 with no title fight. What? Losers headline events all the time. Did you not see 115, 113, 109, 106, 105, 102, 99, 96, 95 and many others? |
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Post by tibbo on Jul 9, 2010 15:58:29 GMT -5
....it's going to be in London. No surprise since Bisping is a huge star in the UK. Don't believe everything Dana White tells you..... The majority of knowledgeable MMA fans over here see Bisping for the dancing pile of crap that he is. Dana just needed a posterboy for the UK to help push the UFC brand and Bisping was in the right place at the right time. Personally I would rather watch a Paul Taylor fight any day of the week. That guy has heart, and wins fight of the night pretty much every time he steps into the octagon! |
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 9, 2010 16:01:47 GMT -5
Well, I'm not really taking things from Dana. There were plenty of celebrity polls that I heard about where Bisping got a pretty high rating out of any sports star.
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Post by AONI on Jul 10, 2010 10:51:25 GMT -5
they REALLY want this akiyama guy to get over.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2010 17:12:04 GMT -5
An interesting looking card, early money is on Bisping...
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Post by The Mac on Jul 13, 2010 15:15:00 GMT -5
It looks like a really wicked card but it looks like they would not be a main event!
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Post by tibbo on Jul 14, 2010 16:31:09 GMT -5
Well, I'm not really taking things from Dana. There were plenty of celebrity polls that I heard about where Bisping got a pretty high rating out of any sports star. He was voted coolest man in Britain by Zoo magazine, which is pretty much like being a winner in the special olympics.... Besides that I know of nothing that he has won, besides boring fights |
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 14, 2010 16:34:27 GMT -5
He also won "Fighter of the Year" ahead of Ricky Hatton.
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Post by ville on Jul 14, 2010 16:45:59 GMT -5
This card is on my birthday!
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