Topic: UFC 217: Bisping vs GSP Info and Betting Thread (Read 957 times)

@thejaytiesto. I reckon Michael Bisping will be announcing his retirement after Fight Night 122 whether he wins or loses. There is no other explanation why he is taking a fight this early especially after failing to defend his championship.

I also hope he wins. He is one of my favorite talkers in the sport.

Well we have to give credit to this man who is willing to take this fight in such a short notice and I guess he really wanted to redeem him self after his loss with GSP. He did well in his fight with GSP and I guess Bisping is aiming for a rematch. He tried his best but GSP is the best man for that fight.

And Bisping looks like has become a paycheck fighter over night, and just like that.  He's fighting again vs Gastelum on November 25 in replacement for Silva, who failed a drug test.  Lol.

He'll be retiring after he gets his fill.  Prolly by late 2019?

UFC Fight Night 122:  Bisping vs Gastelum
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Bisping_vs._Gastelum

I don't know man I think GSP looked pretty good to me. It's been 2 years? since the latest fight, the guy is 36 and he was out of his natural weight range.

I agree that he would need to fight a top5 fighter to see what he can do. I would love to see GSP vs Khabib, I think it's a good match and both are similar in frame and weight. If GSP ruined Khabib's undefeated record it would be huge. But I would rather see Conor vs Khabib, but im sure Conor will fight Tony first.

Conor can make fucktons of money doing the whole Tony-Khabib-3rd rematch with Nate and even throw in a fight with Woodley that would be epic too.

I don't know man I think GSP looked pretty good to me. It's been 2 years? since the latest fight, the guy is 36 and he was out of his natural weight range.

I agree that he would need to fight a top5 fighter to see what he can do. I would love to see GSP vs Khabib, I think it's a good match and both are similar in frame and weight. If GSP ruined Khabib's undefeated record it would be huge. But I would rather see Conor vs Khabib, but im sure Conor will fight Tony first.

Conor can make fucktons of money doing the whole Tony-Khabib-3rd rematch with Nate and even throw in a fight with Woodley that would be epic too.

Is it just me, or does anybody else think that GSP's come back was 'meh'?  It looks like another publicity stunt just to draw a large crowd.  I would rather watch Whitaker vs Bisping.

And who else thinks GSP will vacate the MW belt?  Don't think he'll defend it.

Is it just me, or does anybody else think that GSP's come back was 'meh'?  It looks like another publicity stunt just to draw a large crowd.  I would rather watch Whitaker vs Bisping.

And who else thinks GSP will vacate the MW belt?  Don't think he'll defend it.

What an event! All champions are defeated in a night!

Michael Bisping was being too way arrogant and with his trash talks, St. Pierre made him eat all his words. But respect with both fighters  a great display of sportsmanship, in the end Bisping shows a class even he's defeated. Compared to Garbrandt with no class, very arrogant till the end, I'll spend money to watch this fight again. I just remember the fight is similar  to Holmes vs Rousey.

My thoughts exactly.

Namajumas is showing maturity and wisdom in the way she carries herself. Joanna's antics appear more immature in contrast. I have Namajunas winning the talking battle. What happens in the cage can often be an entirely different story, though. There have been many fights where one person dominated in the talking and promotion, then got KO'ed in the 1st round of the actual fight.

One point no one is touching upon is, one of Thug Rose Namajunas' training partners is Valentina Shevchenko. Joanna and Shevchenko have fought 2-3 times in muay thai kickboxing and Shevchenko beat Joanna every single time. Shevchenko could know Joanna's game very well and be able to teach Rose counters that might allow her to win. That theory is farfetched, Joanna's technique has changed a lot since she first came to MMA. Still it is possible that having Shevchenko as a sparring partner, someone who already beat Joanna 3 times in kickboxing, could give Rose an advantage.

Cody vs TJ is similar. TJ predicted Cody's team would say a lot of bad things about TJ during fight week & TJ turned out to be right. TJ might be a little better spoken than Cody in the talking part of things. No one's giving TJ a chance but the fight could be a lot closer than many realize.

Bisping vs GSP also. Bisping is probably winning the talking part of things. While GSP looks very relaxed and confident.

Its possible we'll see that talking doesn't matter at all, the only thing that matters is what happens in the cage. Or maybe it will show that the talking does matter and can serve as a valid indication of how the fight will go.

WHAT A CARD! all are the new champion.