UFC 78 - Bisping vs Evans

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Hi all,

Just got an email from the UFC saying that Bisping will be headlining UFC 78 with a fight against Rashad Evans!

Quite surprised, but it's about time Bisping got a reasonable opponent! This will be his toughest test so far bar none, and will give us some idea of where he stands in the division!

Still feel his best bet would be to drop to 185, but I guess we'll know if he can hack it at 205 shortly! Hope he pulls through.

Thoughts?

Cheers
 
Wasnt impressed with Evans against Ortiz but then I saw the Ultimate Fighter finale fight where he won the series the other night - wOw!!!

He SHOULD take Bisping apart if can perform like that!!!

Either way it should be an interesting fight with 2 undefeated records on the line!!

StevieP
 
I'm relying on Vera vs Sylvia in UFC 77, this really is a good match up.

I think Rashad and Michael are a good fight, I don't know how well each fighter has evolved but I'd go with Rashad.
 
I think Evans could be a step too far for Bisping at the moment, Hamill should have won the fight and I think Evans is a step up and probably bangs as hard as Bisping, if not harder.
 
Got to agree and give the edge to Evans in this one.

Perhaps a defeat wouldn't be the worst thing for Bisping, might make him drop down in weight (assuming he can healthily drop the weight) where he should be a bit bigger/stronger compared to some of the guys.
 
I mentioned a while back that a Bisping v Evans fight would be a cracker and now its set. However, Evans is a better fighter all round and can easily beat Bisping standing but with his Wrestling, he could take Bisping down and beat him on the ground.

We saw Bisping get taken to the ground very easily by Hamill but unfortunately he did nothing when he got him to the ground.

Evans is a different story and when he takes you to the ground, he can do some serious damage. Evans is fine on the ground like we saw against one of the best in Ortiz.

I'm afraid Evans will come out on top this time and you could say it might do Bisping the world of good by keeping him quiet for a while. But if Bisping does a shocker and really kicks Evans ass, we might have to start taking him seriously.
 
I read a cracking article on the 185 division last night, and the future with regards to possible match ups.

If Franklin beats Silva ( a massive 'if' ) then who will he fight next? There's talk that the winner of Mcdonald/Okami could be next inline, but he's already beaten both of those. Hardly main event material. Naturally if Silva wins then they have a matchup, but what after that?

Judging by this, I really do feel Bisping needs to look at dropping to 185 to realistically stand a chance of becoming a UFC champion. I mean, unless he improves drastically can he stand with the likes of Jackson/Rua/Forrest/Tito/Henderson etc etc??? They're just so physically daunting, and much bigger than Bisping.
 
I rekon he wont stand a chance, and should have dropped to 185. Saying that its tough compotiton in that weight class too.
Imo he lost his last fight against Hamill. God knows how he won the decision.
 
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A week to go :)

Plenty of bad blood starting to boil between the two as well. Likely just hype, considering it's not the best main event the UFC have ever put together, but still, adds something to the mix.

MAIN CARD

* Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans
* Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva
* Joe Doerksen vs. Ed Herman
* Ryo Chonan vs. Karo Parisyan
* Frankie Edgar vs. Spencer Fisher

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Thiago Alves vs. Chris Lytle
* Joe Lauzon vs. Jason Reinhardt
* Marcus Aurelio vs. Luke Caudillo
* Akihiro Gono vs. Tamdan McCrory

Will be good to see Alexander again, as well as Parisyan. Not the greatest of lineups, but should be an entertaining night all the same. Bisping has his work cut out for him, just hoping he can pull it out. :)
 
As you said, not the best main event, so they had to spruce it up somehow.

I still think Evans will be too much for Bisping and I think it could well be a KO.

I'm also looking forward to seeing Alexander, he's a real banger and it should be a great fight.
 
nice one - should be good.

Very tough call on the bisping v evans fight. I really don;t know which way it will go - Liked bisping but his chat after the hamill fight was poor - very very big headed. First fight across the pond should be a good one.

fight of the night could be alexander v silva - both big big punchers and KO artists - should be a cracker.
 
Really looking forward to seeing Parisyan fight, there just seems to be something about him I like. I recon the Fisher vs Edgar fight could be a right battle too :)
 
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Very average night of fighting i thought. Gutted that Alexander lost so easily. Bisping looked the same as I've always seen him, slow, one-dimensional and unfit. Even in his prefered stand up he was still second best and i don't think he actually landed one thing of note in any of the rounds although to be fair though Evans was pretty poor too. How the decision was split i have no idea though :confused:.
 
Funny how two people can see things totally differently.

Bisping was far superior in his standup over Evans, who basically relied on lay and pray to take the fight. Bisping landed more shots, fair enough nothing particularly rocked either fighter, but he still landed more point scoring shots.

I felt the fight was very, very close and that it could've easily gone either way, hence the split decision. Bisping needs to improve his takedown defense, if he had better wrestling he would've taken the fight, Evans is all talk.

One thing is for sure, neither are remotely close to a title fight. Both would get cleansed by Rampage.

Other than that it was as I expected, below par card, below par event.
 
Oh, and Bispings first loss may be a blessing in disguise.... he may drop to 185, dooooooooo iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!
 
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