Is Bisping a celebrity?

[djfase]

Watched it last nite and was disappointed with bisping although he won.

To come out after the fight and say his game plan was to stick and move was lame. Wheres the finishing moves?

I know leben is tough (putting his arms behind his back and sticking his chin out in last 30 secs) but bisping has won 17 inside the distance.

He is not ready for silva and i dont think will be. Silva is just the best around and will need an injury or a seriously bad nite to be knocked off his perch

[drift9]

He is not ready for silva and i dont think will be. Silva is just the best around and will need an injury or a seriously bad nite to be knocked off his perch

yeah, agreed, that fight was a bit of a let down. and from what i understand Bisbing was using this fight as a barometer to see if he was ready to take on Silva. from what i saw, i don't think Silva is losing any sleep quite yet.

[Richierush]

as leben said bisping has not got mucch power in them punches at times you could see why he aint a bad fightbut he is nowhere near ready for silva,am not sure he will ever be,an as for leben his left did look dangerous an i though if he caught him right bisping might of gone down,poor fight overalll was expecting more fireworks

[eppertheleper]

Bisping had a good game plan to win the fight, but it didn't make for an exciting bout and he looked like a bit of a pussy in its execution.

There's no one in the world who's ready for Silva at this point, but I don't think Bisping is even ready for Rich Franklin. I like the guy (a LOT more than Chris Leben), but he's got to either get some knockout power in his fists or do some serious work on his BJJ. He's not fast enough to go the distance with the top guys without getting caught. Playing the boxing game for points also won't win him many fans or make Dana White very happy.

They did say that the BBC has him placed as the 12th most popular (or was it "well known"?) celebrity in the UK.

[drift9]

and now it's official: Bisbing is to be one of the coaches of TUF 9 with either Dan Henderson or Rich Franklin as the opposing coach. really looking forward to that.

[eppertheleper]

I'd bet Franklin, setting up that matchup for an ultimate prize (curse) of a Silva fight if Bisping can beat Rich. If they put him against Henderson, he'll probably get taken down and submitted. Even if he wins, he's still got to go through Franklin before they can put him in the cage with the Spider. That may be the idea, drawing out his pre-Silva-loss career. Still, Hendo is a bad matchup for a boxer like Bisping. Franklin might at least try to stand up with him.