Michael Bisping: I will beat Chael Sonnen in a rematch for the title

I agree that Bisping had Chaels number in that fight and definately looked like Chaels kryptonite but it doesn't matter. Neither him nor Chael will ever beat Anderson.



Anderson is going to go into that "I don't respect you and I'm going to hurt you" mode and it's gonna be a short night for Chael.



If that happens I genuinely believe Anderson will have to retire before we get a new champ at 185.

Completely agree with you, Johndo11



“I think Chael will out-wrestle Anderson and beat him this time, and then I’ll get the rematch with Chael considering how close our fight was."



That statement is making Bisping look *douchiER*(Not proper english, kids ) than ever. Chael, clean or not, will be taking a long nap by the end of the first round.

@Underdog...



No doubt Andersson Silva would beat Bisping, but I think the line of thought Bisping is using is that Chael is Silvas Kryptonite and he is Chaels Kryptonite - if that line of logic proves correct then Bisping would be the Champion...



As you review Bispings approach to marketing himself for fights, he makes a statement which immediately gets rejected by the majority of fans, which therefore creates enough interested anticipation to jusfify marketing the fight.



According to most pro Chael fans I know, Chael lost against Bisping. I have no doubt Andersson Silva has the drive and supreme skill to win, at the same time, Chael has no doubt emotionally unsettled him, Silva now feels like he is fighting on behalf of Brazil, he has massive expectations and will not get tired due to the emotional strain created in the run up to the fight.



Angry fighters tend to gas out if they dont get a quick knock out, this is Andersson Silva's biggest vulnerability in my opinion.



Fair assessment??

agree 100% silva will stay unbeaten in the ufc!

i dont agree with you JAMESMMA... i meant johndo11!!

People seem to think that Anderson is going to find another level and just destroy Chael in this fight.



The way I see it, Anderson's single greatest advantage is his unpredictability, and one of the reasons for his success is that guys simply cannot figure him out in 25 minutes.



Chael on the other hand, is very, very predictable. He is going to double leg you, take you down, and ground and pound you - and he's so good at it that it doesn't matter that his oponents know it's coming.



Personally, I would have to think that the more predictable fighter (Chael) stands to benefit more from fighting a second time. He has had more time to figure out a difficult style. The less predictable fighter has little to gain because he already knew what was coming the first time. No secrets were revealed.



The last time they fought, Chael was a far better wrestler than Anderson. I can't believe he has closed that gap enough to avoid Chael's takedowns.



I'm not sure why everyone is expecting some kind of crazy beast mode from Silva this time. Chael disrespected him plenty before the first fight, and it didn't help.



My conclusion: I think Chael has a better chance of surviving 5 30 second segments on the feet with Anderson than Anderson does of stopping Chael from limiting those segments to 30 seconds, and I doubt Chael will get caught in a submission this time. I have to agree with Bisping that Chael will probably win this fight.

Anderson claimed the rib injury prevented him from performing well in the first fight.



Many healthy athletes however have been completely dominated by Chael with no answer to the take down. So even if Anderson comes in healthy he is going to face similar problems. Chael is not going to let Anderson tee off on him without grabbing a leg.



Anderson knows he doesn't want to be anywhere near the mat this time..This is going to effect his stance, legs kicks.



The only thing going against Chael is that he had 24 minutes to finish Anderson on the ground and he couldn't do it....He eventually got tired and got caught.



I haven't seen the most vicious ground and pound like the way jon bones throws elbows or the way kenny florian opens guys up.



Based on the fact Chael couldn't finish him after 24 minutes, whats he going to do different to a healthier anderson silva?

"Based on the fact Chael couldn't finish him after 24 minutes, whats he going to do different to a healthier anderson silva?"



-That brings in the point of Anderson definitely being healthier this time around. Lets not forget the only evidence we have of Anderson being injured before the fight is a documentary on his life, and his own explanations after the fight. A story that was changed from happening in the fight to before it in training.



In a more simple answer, just wait out the last minute.

I'm sure Chael would enjoy a confession by Anderson that the injury occurred during the fight.



Statistically you would have to think that Anderson has the edge to win this fight....both his jujitsu and striking. Chael most likely is going to have to depend on wrestling and ground and pound to get the job done. He dominated Briann Stann however his matchup against bisping was less than impressive...Therefore I would have to say this fight is Andersons.

To the above comments: I realize that Silva blamed his poor performance on his rib injury. I have no way of knowing the extent to which that affected his performance. I also have no way of knowing if Silva is 100% healthy this time, and considering that he is 38 years old and has 35 professional fights over the last 15 years, I seriously doubt that he is 100% healthy. In conclusion, any injury is nothing more than an excuse until proven otherwise, and Silva will get his chance to do exactly that.



To answer the claim that "Sonnen was on steroids last time" which thankfully, nobody here was uninformed enough to make, but I have seen many other places, Sonnen was not on steroids last time. He was taking supplemental testosterone. He still is, so nothing has changed there. The only difference is that now he has filed all the necessary paperwork to do so.

As a fighter Bisping probbaly thinks he can beat Silva but that is not what he is saying here. He is saying he can beat Chael who can beat Silva and both of those statements are realistic.



IMO Bisping would never beat Silva but he could definitely beat Chael and in my books he already has. That being said though Chael could beat him, they are very equal fighters overall even though having their skillsets prioritised differently.

You think "I dont respect you and im going to hurt you" style is for sure the best thing for Silva to do? Someone who fights with technique rather than power?



If he does that he could be successful but that would make him sloppy technique wise. Silva doesnt seem like the fighter that would benefit off of fighting with power and anger rather than technique.



And Bisping clearly lost the fight, he just did better than everyone expected. Joe Rogan even retracted his belief that Bisping may have won it after watching the fight at home, he blamed it on a poor angle from where the commentator table was.



*Sonnen wouldnt spend his remaining strength for the submission in the 3rd (like Bisping claims) in a 5 round fight, so Sonnen seemed to have enough in the tank to take Bisping down in the later rounds easily

Amen to that brotha!

If Anderson wins convincingly, it will be hard for him to retire if he is offered big money fights to take on opponents like Bisping that on paper he would definetly beat. I think he has at least a few more fights left in him.



Until Chael came on the scene however, it has really been a one sided beating. Anderson has made the middleweight division look inferior and even toyed with lightweights like forrest griffin and the sandman.



Maybe its best if he retires if he isn't prepared to face Jon Jones and cement his legacy ?



Lets face it, who is left in the division other than Chael that we want to see in middleweight line up?

Damn............I have to agree with the Douche as much as I hate it

sorry

damnnnn bisping, nice bellly.

Ha Ha. I noticed that too. He looks like a redneck trucker there.

this is coemnig from Michael the 10 count Bisping



yes i just made that name up for him heh =)

Micah



Thats one of your better jokes, thanks for that.



You are so funny.

"If I had Chael over five rounds, I’d definitely beat him."



-Maybe, but probably not. I believe all the rounds were close in their first fight, however I still thought Chael did enough to take all three.



"He was spent after trying to submit me in that third round."



-I don't know if reversing position counts as a definite that the other guy is spent.



"Towards the end of that round I was raining down shots on him.”



-While technically correct, it was only for about the last 5-10 seconds. And not much of it was landing effectively.

As usual, I agree with everything Evan is saying but I will say this, Sonnen's cardio was not as good as Bispings in that fight. Sonnen was flagging and Bisping was fresher (that's saying a lot cuz I had Bisping and like Sonnen).

To that I would point to this quote: Chael Sonnen: “He hit me so hard… I literally opened my eyes and saw him moving around, he was moving around like he always does side to side, and I said to myself: You have no idea how bad you hurt me, or you would step in and do something about it. That literally went through my head.”

And that has to do with which point I made?

All very true. However, I'll also say Sonnen looks like a wreck at the end of every a lot of his tougher fights. He was dying at the end against Anderson (one reason why his submission defense suffered). He was wheezing at the end of the Marquardt fight. He's just one of those guys that is able to fight hard while being really tired.

My though is still the same. If you cant beat Chael convincingly, you dont have much chance against Silva. Bisping's wrestling defense was pretty good but his striking isnt anywhere near Silva's and he doesnt have the takedowns to nullify Silva's striking.

To be fair, I don't know anymore if he'd have a problem taking Silva down. Sonnen did so and made it look easy, and Bisping actually fought off the takedowns fairly well. His wrestling was even good enough to take Sonnen down toward the end, which I don't think anyone else had even tried to do to him since Maia dropped him on his face.



I can say, however, that I think he'd do way better on top than Sonnen if the fight went to the ground. Bisping's about as strong as Chael (maybe stronger), a very experienced grappler, and his submission defense is way better. I think the takedowns are definitely more in question than his grappling ability.

He already beat Sonnen IMO