UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping Recap & Results

One of the UFC’s most tenured fighters Michael Bisping has been competing at the highest level of the sport for the better part of a decade, yet he has never been able to secure a title shot, let alone register a signature victory over a top contender. Returning to fight in his home country for the first time in five years, could one of Britain’s greatest mixed martial artists finally shake his ‘nearly man’ image with a upset victory over the decorated and revered former champion Anderson Silva?

UFC Fight Night: Predicting Silva vs. Bisping

Legacy and reputation as opposed to belts and title shots will be the prizes up for grabs as the UFC returns to London for a hotly anticipated showdown between Michael Bisping and the legendary Anderson Silva. Fighting in his home country for the first time in over five years, can the Manchester-born Bisping finally claim a victory over a member of the middleweight elite, or will the returning ‘Spider’ kick off what will surely be a final run with a strong reminder of why so many consider him to be one of the finest fighters the world has ever seen?

UFC: 5 Great Multi-Weight Class Fighters

Weight class changes in combat sports are a big deal. Dropping, or even going up a weight class can rejuvenate a struggling fighter or conversely bring new challenges to dominant ones. With news of newly minted featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s potential move to face the lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197, this post looks at 5 other UFC fighters who have found success in more than one weight division.

Mouthpiece: Anderson Silva: Performance Enhanced, Reputation Destroyed

Tyson Gay. Marion Jones. Barry Bonds. Mark Mcguire. Dwain Chambers. Carl Lewis. Alex Rodriguez. Lance Armstrong. The list of athletes who have used a plethora of performance enhancing drugs to give them the edge in their chosen sport goes on and on. Now you can add MMA icon Anderson Silva to this ever growing gallery of shamed sporting figures.

UFC 183 Recap & Results

At UFC 168 in December 2013, Anderson Silva suffered one of the nastiest injuries ever witnessed in the UFC. A checked left kick simultaneously snapped his tibia and fibula, instantly ending his rematch with Chris Weidman. Silva’s anguished screams were haunting as many predicted that the former Middleweight kingpin had fought for the final time. “The Spider” would however defy these fears, returning to the Octagon after only 13 months. His opponent? The polarizing cult hero, the former Strikeforce and WEC Welterweight champion Nick Diaz.

UFC 183: Predicting Silva vs. Diaz

Nearly 14 months have passed since we last saw the legendary Anderson Silva grace the Octagon. Suffering a horrendous broken leg at the hands of Middleweight champion Chris Weidman in his last fight, ‘The Spider’ is making his long awaited return in a dream match of sorts, against cult hero Nick Diaz.