UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping

[DixieDestroyer]

Here's the card for tomorrow's UFC on FX (7) from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Main Card (FX)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Vitor Belfort	vs.	Michael Bisping
Middleweight	Daniel Sarafian	vs.	C.B. Dollaway
Heavyweight	Gabriel Gonzaga	vs.	Ben Rothwell
Lightweight	Thiago Tavares	vs.	Khabib Nurmagomedov
Preliminary Card (Fuel TV)
Featherweight	Godofredo Castro	vs.	Milton Vieira
Middleweight	Ronny Markes	vs.	Andrew Craig
Featherweight	Diego Nunes	vs.	Nik Lentz
Lightweight	Edson Barboza	vs.	Lucas Martins
Bantamweight	Yuri Alcantara	vs.	Pedro Nobre
Light Heavyweight	Wagner Prado	vs.	Ildemar Alcantara
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Lightweight	Francisco Trinaldo	vs.	C.J. Keith

http://www.ufc.com/event/FX7#/fight


***The ol' Dixieland outlaw will be pullin' for Bisping, Rothwell, Craig, Lentz, Nobre & Nurmagomedov.

 

[Liverlips]

Psyched for this card and predict Bisping will beat Vitor (who has seen better days).

Can't beat the price of this card either

 

[Liverlips]

Undercard is full of Brazilian blacks and mestizos fighting each other.

 

[Liverlips]

Nik Lentz looked very good and dominated every round against Nunes.

His wrestling is excellent.

 

[Liverlips]

Lentz with the UD. Will be interested to see if he is a factor at 145.

 

[Liverlips]

Andrew Craig fought a very good fight against Ronny Markes. He came close to finishing him in the last round but Markes had a few take downs on Craig before he gassed.

Craig lost but is still very young in the sport. If he can improve his wrestling just a little he can be a contender at 185.

 

[Hawkeye2]

I am actually impressed with Craig's performance considering Markes outwrestled european wrestling champ Karlos Vemola at 205 and outwrestled Arizona State All-American Aaron Simpson at 185. He need to learn how to stay upright and aviod the clinch.

 

[Hawkeye2]

I can't wait to see Khabib fight tonight.

 

[Liverlips]

I can see the Brazilians going 0-4 on the main card.

 

[Hawkeye2]

yeah the only one I have my doubts about is C.B. Dolloway, his gas tank seems to go on him.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Rothwell looked bad. His striking is not what is used to be.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Dollaway got screwed, but great fight.

 

[Liverlips]

Rothwell did look bad but Gonzaga only losses to the best (Carwin, Dos Santos, Werdum).

 

[Liverlips]

Dolloway gets the win. I didn't think he could win a close decision in Brazil against a very popular Brazilian fighter.

 

[Liverlips]

War Bisping!

 

[Hawkeye2]

spoke to soon on the Dollaway fight. I just couldn't see the Brazilian judges giving it to Dollaway. great win for Dollaway.

 

[Hawkeye2]

I hope Bisping goes for the takedown against Victor in the later rounds.

 

[Liverlips]

I see Bisping point fighting the first round and then attacking and mixing in takedowns.

 

[Liverlips]

Good first round for the Count.

 

[Liverlips]

Well, Vitor showed the Count was never championship level.

 

[Liverlips]

Hope Vitor is made to fight Weidmann now.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Well, Vitor showed the Count was never championship level.

As did DanHendo before. Bisping should focus less on runnin' his yap and more on improving.

 

[Liverlips]

Well, I do think Bisping is trying very hard to improve. He moved his family to the U.S. last year or so simply to train and further his career.

The Count can fight but is just not in the championship-level tier. He is solid all around but doesn't hit hard enough IMHO.

In retrospect, he should have tried to mix in a few takedowns but hindsight is always 20/20.

Best of luck to Bisping and I hope he gets some good paydays before he retires (he is 33). He fights hard and is tough as hell. He will never wear a UFC championship belt though.