Sonnen V Bisping Jan 28th

singlesnights wrote: »

If I was Bisping, I'd be working harder on my submissions than anything else.

No matter how much he improves his wrestling, it still won't be enough to stop Sonnen taking him down.

Bisping's BJJ is underrated and if Sonnen doesn't respect it and gets careless, there's always the possibility he'll get caught in yet another triangle.

Horrible match-up for Bisping though. I'll go with Sonnen by UD.

Im sure he was working very hard on his bjj seen as he was supposed to be fighting Maia, he was probably working more on submission defence though.

A really big chance for Weidman to take a step up the ladder. He's beaten some decent middle of the road competition. I think Bisping has some very good takedown defence but I also think he hasn't faced a wrestler of Sonnen's capability before. Hendo springs to mind and we remember how that finished.

If the fight goes to the ground he may have a chance to utilise his underestimated jiujitsu game to catch Sonnen in a submission with which he has lost from the majority of times. Bisping may just have to take a beating first.

Sonnen by UD. If Jason Miller can take down Bisping and keep him there for a while, Sonnen will wrestle f*ck him for 3 rounds.

Weidman v Maia is interesting. Training for Weidman wouldn't be much different than training for Bisping. Love Maia though, hope he wins.

According to Dana, Palhares turned down the fight with Maia, because he is too "banged up"

dave1982 wrote: »

Remeber Bisping has had a full training camp, be it against Miai but still he has had a full camp

And Sonnen hasnt?

Saw the tweet about the change in opponents for Bisping and as a few have said on here I thought straight away that Bisping is gonna get f*cked on the ground... I hope not but Brian Stann, although limited was taken apart fairly quickly by Sonnen so I would think he's more than able to take Bisping and do the same..

PauloConn wrote: »

Not really too up on Bispings BJJ, I hope he has some, would be class if he did a Silva on it again and tapped him out in the 5th... (i'm assuming this is going to be a 5 rounder)

This is a 3 rounder. The main even it Evans vs Davis.

Sonnen has lost to a triangle Four times...by guys weaker than him....and three times to arm bars..... he's the perfect candidate for a a good submission artist...big wrestler who leaves his neck out and likes to control form the top which wuld suit a high level grappler with an active guard.
from UFC.com
"Accomplishments in amateur competition? 1995 Silver medal – world jiu-jitsu championships; 5 x British kickboxing champion; God knows how many times British Sport jiu-jitsu champion. "

but he hasn't finished a submission in more than 6 years... Sonnen is going to...how can I put this.... murder the guy. Bisping isn't strong enough, tough enough, good enough, fit enough to even get 3-1 odds. If he tried to kick and tappy tap ITF punch punch and retreat..Sonnen will just man rape him like a bear eatin a small child. I like Bisping but jaysus all I can say is fair play to him for taking the fight....much respect... to get in there with Sonnen takes serious serious cajones...he's a man wrecker.

wow wtf was that? hahaha are you Bispings sponsor?

Fightshop.com wrote: »

I see where most people are coming from but as we FIGHTSHOP.COM Bisping, we see what he is doing in his training and the camp he has around him - let alone the fact he has trained two camps, back to back!! Have a look at our Facebook page (FIGHTSHOP) and you can see some of his training camp video logs and his training programme.

I know Sonnen is a tough opponent if Mike can't defend the take-down but I know he's been training with some of the best and he will have this nailed.

Sonnen normally outworks his opponents BUT Bisping's cardio is awesome and he could match him here.... Some say Bisping's biggest flaw is his chin BUT Sonnen is not a puncher SO - I would say they are pretty closely matched.

My money is on Mike for an upset (oh and his Sandee training gear has given him special powers ha ha!)

I see from your site your one of his sponsors... well then you can tell him I said fair play for takin the fight short notice... I wont judge him too badly if he loses and if he wins I'll buy a load of gear off your site and you can get him to sign it for us : )

As much as I wanna see Sonnen win, it is very possible Bisping could open him up with a few punches or catch him in a sub. Thing is Silva would dance around Bisping making a fool out of him for 5 rounds where as Sonnen Silva 2 will be an absolute war as i'm sure Silva doesn't like Sonnen saying he is actually the MW champ in every interview haha.

Either way, Sonnen v Bisping should be the main event, don't mind evans davis!!