Bisping eyes world title

British UFC star Michael Bisping insists he is three fights away from winning the world middleweight title.

The 31-year-old is due to go toe-to-toe with Yoshihiro Akiyama at London's O2 Arena on October 16 - with the bout set to headline UFC 120.

And Bisping believes that victory in front of his home fans will propel him towards at shot at the world title.

Bisping told The Daily Star: "The hard work begins with Akiyama.

"But with a great win over him and one more victory against a contender next year I believe my time will arrive.

Confident
"Within three fights I'll be fighting for, and winning, the belt. I truly believe that I'll be champion this time next year."

Bisping's stock in UFC appeared to have fallen after a shock knockout defeat to Dan Henderson in July 2009.

However The Count insists that loss could have been a blessing in disguise.

"In terms of my mindset right now, I'm more confident than I've ever been before," he said.

"The loss to Dan Henderson was a bad setback for me at the time, but it was also probably the best thing that has ever €happened to me and my career.

"That loss made me concentrate hard on becoming the €fighter I can be. It taught me a lesson and forced me to get better."

Cue the insults. No doubt Mikey will get rubbished as deluded and arrogant for this interview. However, what's the point of fighting if you don't believe that you can be the best? Show me a sportsman who says "I'll go in and give it my best shot" and I'll show you a loser.

i personally think if he wins this fight then another he will get the title shot wether he wins it or not is another thing.

the_king wrote:
"Within three fights I'll be fighting for, and winning, the belt. I truly believe that I'll be champion this time next year."

lol

Has anyone challeneged Mikeyboy to an avatar bet?

Someone ducked my challenge last time out. Don't think they wanted a Bisping avatar! lol!!!

Bisping is... optimistic in that interview. And believe me, that is the nicest thing i can think of to say about it.


Seeing what Hendo did to Bisping, and what Anderson did to Hendo, i would LOVE Bisping to challenge Anderson for the MW crown!


Fuck, if he wins against Akiyama, give him a title shot!!!!

I would challenge you Mikeyboy but i already bet with someone else. And also im not convinced Bisping will lose.


Anfield come on you surely have to challenge Mikeyboy ?????

Yeah I'll take that challenge. If Bitchping beats Akiyama i'll have an avator of the Cunt.

He's a very deluded little man. IF he does beat Akiyama, he'd still need two wins before getting a title shot. Akiyama is top 15. He'd need to beat a top 10, then a top 5. I say give him Palhares next, then regardless of the result, give him Sonnen. 3 defeats on the bounce and he'll be the irrelevant scrub he should be seen as anyway.

I would LOVE to see Bisping-Palhares.

I literally can see no way Bisping wins that fight! Ditto for Sonnen, he won't be stopping either of them, so has not alot to offer. He'd be subbed by Palhares, and controlled all night long by Sonnen.

Imagine the Sonnen-Bisping smack talk.....!

Bispinig will never get a title shot. Akiyama should outstrike him but Akiyama is more or less a Welterweight.

Look at the fighters above Akiyama.

Okami - Biping couldnt KO him, he would Hunp Bisping senceless
Belfort - See the Hendo fight for Bispings ability to take fire
Nate - Better at everything than Bisping literally everything
Sonnon - Guarenteed round 1 TKO GnP Bisping can hurt him
Wanderlei - Already beat him
Palhares - Guarenteed 1st round Sub Bisping can hurt him
Maia - If he can take down and Sub Sonnen Bisping hasnt much hope

All this talk of a title shot is so funny, Akiyama may be a winnable fight but I see Bisping as the underdog cause Akiyama stood toe to toe with Belcher and won and Belcher is a much more dangerous striker than Bisping (And probabally even had more of a size advantage on Akiyama)

I think that my feelings toward Bisping have been made very clear on this forum, and, whilst i see nothing wrong with confidence in a fighter, it's the arrogance and delusion that irks most.

The only way he can beat Akiyama, is if Akiyama gasses as bad as he did against Leben, even then, I cannot see Bisping KOing him.

What's all this about a 'shock defeat to Dan Henderson'? I couldn't remember anyone seriously suggesting that he had any chance against Hendo, although I cannot remember what the betting prices were.

I agree with Ben, there are WAY too many fighters at MW that have his measure. He has no punch power, no punch resistance and whilst he has learned how to fight from his back, he's never going to KO anyone of note. Fuck me, his career is littered with cans and everytime he's been asked a question in the cage, he's replied with a . I really cannot wait until Akiyama puts him to sleep, hopefully that will be the end of The Cunt. Title shot? Give me a fucking break!



Rant over.......for now.

"shock knockout defeat to Dan Henderson"