UFC Fight Night 84: Silva vs. Bisping Discussion Thread

The fighters are weighed in and we're set for what is basically a solid Cage Warriors event with a UFC card on top!

It all kicks off on UFC Fight Pass at 1245pm ET. 

Enjoy!

rappingpapsoda, you are absolutely right. Silva won the third and the fifth but he let the fourth slip though his fingers. The more i rewatch the fight the more i believe that he lost that round because he truly did believe at the end of the third that the fight was over. I don't know why though, since he should have heard the horn signaling the end of the round. 

I get what ppl mean when they say Anderson looked like he could have done more, but are we forgetting we've seen this out of him before? Even in his prime?

The Leites and Maia bouts are perfect examples of a fighter who does not have many ways to create offense when his opponent doesn't give him clean openings. Silva is the best counter-striker in MMA history, bar none, but his offensive striking is merely good, not incredible; even the flying knee he landed on Bisping came in a moment of opportunity that Bisping created by looking away and losing focus ... it was not something Anderson set up.

The clowning, etc. Anderson does in the cage usually sets up counter-striking opportunities, but when the rare opponent faces him that can keep from over-extending (Maia, Leites, Weidman, Diaz, Bisping and hell, even Patrick Cote) he finds himself in either super boring, uneventful wins where he pot-shots his way to a decision (Maia, Leites, Diaz) or actually gets roughed up trying to force offensive opportunities (Weidman, Bisping.)

He probably could have poured it on more, but he was rocked in the first and dropped in the second by Bisping, both after attacking with flurries. The Brit earned his respect and some healthy caution. 

I do think Anderson thought he was winning the fight after that knee, and if he "took a round off," it was the 4th. But I do not think he could have just finished Bisping by trying harder. 

Sick of immediate rematches. I don't consider this a controversial fight. 

Also dislike the Weidman-Rockhold rematch. 

Give Bisping his title shot.

Objectively I agree that Rochhold vs Belfort 2 makes more sense. It really is a shame that Romero is out of the mix. I don't mind that Weidman is getting the rematch but it is only because im a huge Weidman fan. In all fairness, it shouldn't be happening. 

* Edited at 02.28.2016, 11:06 PM ET *

I'd love Bisping to get a title shot ... but seeing him beefin with Nick Diaz on Twitter tonight makes me sorta want that one more. 

Book it.

Maybe Conor can fight Bisping for a shot at Luke Rockhold. 

@Mikeg


that not accurate of Skel views of rematches. He does not want this rematch because he does not think it warranted. He only wants warranted rematches. He called for the carlos vs Robbie rematch. So it has nothing to do with UFC throwing rematches down are throats. 

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Exactly! It's not that rematches suck and shouldn't happen, it's that immediate rematches are usually the wrong move. 

* Edited at 02.29.2016, 9:02 AM ET *

Diaz vs Bisping should headline a fox card. But we all know you can't put the Diaz Bros on live tv.

Bisping has GREATLY deminished and you are all acting like he's in his prime. it was a level playing feild and bisping WON deal with it.

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