Michael Bisping comes into this fight with a career record of (22-3) with 14 wins via TKO/KO and also four wins via submission. Bisping was last observed in action battering a gassed out there Jason "Mayhem' Miller last December at the TUF FOURTEEN Finale. Bisping has won four fights inside a row since losing some sort of close decision to Wanderlei Silva to come back at UFC 110. Bisping is an underrated fighter with great cardio, good striking, along with a very active guard for the ground. The knock on Bisping is he lacks power inside his strikes and often wins fights caused by his superior cardio, as well as ability to through huge volumes of strikes that overwhelm his opponents after some time.
Chael Sonnen comes into this fight with a career record of (26-11-1) together with seven wins via TKO/KO plus three wins via specialized submission. Sonne was last observed in action at UFC 136 defeating Brian Stann via arm triangle choke inside the second round. Sonnen has won four away from his last five fights using the lone loss coming in opposition to Anderson Silva at UFC 117. It was a fight in which often Sonnen was winning handedly before being forced to submit due to a triangle/armbar in the fifth and final spherical. Sonnen is a world class wrestler that's absolutely relentless as well as powerful. He has very underrated striking skills as well as the ability to fight at the very high pace. The knock on Sonnen can be his propensity to fall into submissions. In fact, eight of his 11 losses are via submission with two of them against journeyman Jeremy Horn.
Bet on Fighting has Sonnen as being the betting favorite at (-455) and Bisping as being the underdog at (+355).
I need to agree with those likelihood. Realistically, Bisping will not be capable of knock Sonnen out and is definately not able to stop Sonnen out of taking him down. Bisping's just realistic chance at winning is via submission. Though Bisping does have an active guard, Sonnen might need to absolutely give him this submission to win. It's something that Sonnen has done recently though.
I think most people believe that Bisping could be the better striker, but I don't buy that in any way. Sonnen is very ready on his feet, just look at his fight Anderson Silva as he dropped Silva once or twice with strikes. Sonnen might strike with Bisping and also hold his own, nevertheless his easiest path for you to victory is taking Bisping decrease and pounding him released. Bisping has decent takedown security, but he wont be capable of stop Sonnen's takedowns. He or she does have an energetic guard as I pointed out previously, so it'll be interesting to determine how much damage Sonnen should be able to inflict. The other question is will Sonnen be capable of get back to his or her feet after getting considered down? Bisping will have to constantly work to setup submissions from his returning as Sonnen is prone to make a mistake on the ground and become prone to a submission as he's done during the past.
The thing is Bisping includes exactly zero wins via submission from the UFC.
I think Sonnen equates and makes a statement in such a fight. Let me be very clear in that Bisping is an extremely underrated fighter and probably doesn't receive the props he deserves for what he's accomplished. However, this is simply a bad style matchup intended for him against Sonnen. Sonnen fought the same opponent in his past matchup in Brian Stann. Stann features KO power, he's bigger and more powerful than Bisping but acquired nothing for what Sonnen exposed to the table that night time.
I like Sonnen by unanimous decision or TKO late inside the fight. The only question can be what will he state in his post-fight interview in terms of him getting a rematch along with Anderson Silva.
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