UFC FN 48: Bisping vs. Le

Date: Saturday, August 23rd
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 5:30 LP.net / 3:30am PST / 6:30am EST
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass): 8:00 LP.net / 6am PST / 9am EST
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Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Michael Bisping (24-6) vs. Cung Le (9-2) (Middleweight)
Dong Hyun Kim (19-2-1) vs. Tyron Woodley (13-3) (Welterweight)
Zhang Lipeng (7-7-1) vs. Brendan O’Reilly (5-0) (Lightweight)
Ning Guangyou (3-2-1) vs. Yang Jianping (6-3-1) (TUF China: Featherweight final)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Wang Sai (6-5-1) vs. Danny Mitchell (14-5-1) (Welterweight)
Alberto Mina (10-0) vs. Shinsho Anzai (8-1) (Welterweight)
Roland Delorme (9-3) vs. Yuta Sasaki (17-1-2) (Bantamweight)
Wang Anying (2-0) vs. Colby Covington (5-0) (Welterweight)
Elizabeth Phillips (4-2) vs. Milana Dudieva (10-3) (Women's Bantamweight)
Yao Zhikui (1-1) vs. Royston Wee (3-0) (Bantamweight)

Other

- Dong Hyun Kim was expected to face Hector Lombard at the event. However, Lombard pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Tyron Woodley.
- Alberto Mina was expected to face Sheldon Westcott at the event. However in the days leading up to the event, Westcott pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Shinsho Anzai.

UFC China: All natty






Bisping get's ko'd by another well supplemented human being and receives more karmic justice.

lol @ Le's pic....

If Bisping doesn't look better than he did vs Kennedy, I wouldn't be surprised if he get's highlight reeled, he looked awful. That said, an even 75 percent of prime Bisping should cruise to a decision.

On August 19 2014 21:22 soberstone wrote: lol @ Le's pic.... If Bisping doesn't look better than he did vs Kennedy, I wouldn't be surprised if he get's highlight reeled, he looked awful. That said, an even 75 percent of prime Bisping should cruise to a decision.

Bisping looked hesitant in his fight against Kennedy, probably cuz he was fighting for the first time since his eye injury. He was still pouring a couple different type of drops into his eye right before the fight. Who knows how good it currently is. Bisping always squints now, he never has his eyes wide open like he used to.





I'll be on Cung Le for this fight. The only thing people can seem to talk about is Bisping having the cardio edge. Bisping does have the better pure boxing, but this isn't a boxing match. Cung Le will have the Asia advantage, which comes with him not needing to get used to the travel, and also if the fight is a close decision. Le also has the better kicks and heavier hands.

If you actually watch Bisping's fights in sequence, you can see that he's not really improving much, he's getting slightly worse in some areas, and the eye injury is enough to make me pick Le. I wouldn't be surprised if his eye is worse than he's telling the UFC, and that if he gets TKO`ed here, he'll retire, especially since it would be the first time he has ever lost 2 fights in a row.

lol roids much?

This is going to be a fun fight, Lee's last fight was great, he saw a obvious opening and took advantage of it text book, ate the kick and went for the right hook, he even did it very slowly and still KOd the fuck out of Franklin, but Bisping is way better on his feet but is currently looking like shit, havent seen the line but I might throw a few bucks at Lee by KO

Cung Le is at +240, is crazy. I put 1/3 of my bank on Cung Le.

nothing crazy about it, sounds about right

Lol you guys crack me up! Bisping is going to destroy him.

I have $575 at -230 and $612.50 at -245. I can bet on Le right now at +255 and be guaranteed a bunch of money. Not sure what I want to do with that.

No other bets yet. The lines are not even out for anything but Dong vs Woodley and I have no idea about that fight. I guess I could talk myself into betting Woodley at -160. Does anyone want to help with that?

I'm stuck on DHK vs. Woodley as well. So many variables to consider.

That being said, I have one bet on DHK at +158. I'll add more if I get any new information on either guy.

On August 20 2014 04:23 Nazgul wrote: Lol you guys crack me up! Bisping is going to destroy him. I have $575 at -230 and $612.50 at -245. I can bet on Le right now at +255 and be guaranteed a bunch of money. Not sure what I want to do with that. No other bets yet. The lines are not even out for anything but Dong vs Woodley and I have no idea about that fight. I guess I could talk myself into betting Woodley at -160. Does anyone want to help with that?

Yeah he should, but he should have destroyed Wandy too and he managed to loose a god damn decision to a chinny brawler that was starting to learn how to strike more technically and Bisping has been fighting like shit lately. Lee is old and cant fight at Bispings pace but I think he can find a KO somewhat often, if you get a crossbetting freeroll you should definitelly take it, I dont think this fight is a sick lock as you feel

On August 20 2014 23:41 PuertoRican wrote:

Skip to 2:40:45 of the video. Rogan asks Schaub about Bisping's eye. (May 2014)

Also, just before his fight against Tim Kennedy, Bisping was still injecting silicone oil into his eye to protect his retina. I'm not sure if he's still doing the injections, but there's a good chance his vision out of that eye is damaged, which isn't good for someone who fights like Bisping does.

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Michael Bisping was prepared to shelve MMA career, trash talking for good after eye injury (April 2014)

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/michael-...-good-after-eye-injury-171348422.html

"Doctors put oil into the eye during the surgery to reattach the retina. According to Bisping, when the retina is reattached properly, the oil is removed.

But in his case, the oil was removed too quickly and the retina became detached again.

He went to practice one day and he found himself struggling to see what was immediately in front of him.

"All of a sudden, I could hardly see out of the eye and that was very disturbing and troubling," Bisping said. "I had to pull out of that fight and start the process right from the beginning again."

He is fully healed and said he is not at any greater risk than any other fighter. The oil is still inside of his eye and he said doctors told him it is impossible for the retina to become detached again with the oil still inside."

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Bisping is not going to have the oil removed until he retires. So while he may or may not have vision loss due to his retina detaching twice, there's a good chance that the oil in his eye is obstructing his vision.

nice breakdown on Woodley's style here, suggesting that his takedowns may work well against Kim's aggro style

On August 21 2014 00:05 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On August 20 2014 04:23 Nazgul wrote: Lol you guys crack me up! Bisping is going to destroy him. I have $575 at -230 and $612.50 at -245. I can bet on Le right now at +255 and be guaranteed a bunch of money. Not sure what I want to do with that. No other bets yet. The lines are not even out for anything but Dong vs Woodley and I have no idea about that fight. I guess I could talk myself into betting Woodley at -160. Does anyone want to help with that? Yeah he should, but he should have destroyed Wandy too and he managed to loose a god damn decision to a chinny brawler that was starting to learn how to strike more technically and Bisping has been fighting like shit lately. Lee is old and cant fight at Bispings pace but I think he can find a KO somewhat often, if you get a crossbetting freeroll you should definitelly take it, I dont think this fight is a sick lock as you feel

But yea Wandy wasn't that bad back then. He was coming off a super close fight with Rich Franklin who was still top 3-4 in the division. Pretty sure Wandy went into that fight as a favorite and no one was surprised he won.

That's said Bisping looked really bad against Tim Kennedy. Kennedy was tagging him all night with an overhand right and Tim is a pretty average striker. If the same Bisping shows up against Cung I wouldn't be surprised if Cung knocked him out.

Bisping is super overrated, you will see how Le destroys him easily in the stand up.

On August 21 2014 01:17 k4ir0s wrote: nice breakdown on Woodley's style here, suggesting that his takedowns may work well against Kim's aggro style

Great share, this is the kind of insight I love. At the same time, this sort of intelligence is what makes the Tri-star fighters so damn boring a lot. Because they have excellent IQ, defense, and are patient, but don't give a shit about the finish. That said, don't hate the playa', hate the game.

On August 21 2014 06:03 Stim_Abuser wrote: Show nested quote + On August 21 2014 00:05 Baalim wrote:   On August 20 2014 04:23 Nazgul wrote: Lol you guys crack me up! Bisping is going to destroy him. I have $575 at -230 and $612.50 at -245. I can bet on Le right now at +255 and be guaranteed a bunch of money. Not sure what I want to do with that. No other bets yet. The lines are not even out for anything but Dong vs Woodley and I have no idea about that fight. I guess I could talk myself into betting Woodley at -160. Does anyone want to help with that? Yeah he should, but he should have destroyed Wandy too and he managed to loose a god damn decision to a chinny brawler that was starting to learn how to strike more technically and Bisping has been fighting like shit lately. Lee is old and cant fight at Bispings pace but I think he can find a KO somewhat often, if you get a crossbetting freeroll you should definitelly take it, I dont think this fight is a sick lock as you feel But yea Wandy wasn't that bad back then. He was coming off a super close fight with Rich Franklin who was still top 3-4 in the division. Pretty sure Wandy went into that fight as a favorite and no one was surprised he won. That's said Bisping looked really bad against Tim Kennedy. Kennedy was tagging him all night with an overhand right and Tim is a pretty average striker. If the same Bisping shows up against Cung I wouldn't be surprised if Cung knocked him out.

I havent googled but I seriously doubt Wandy was a favourite over Bisping

Dudieva looked like she was smuggling something in her trousers at 4:18 of the video.

Everyone was on weight, so no big surprises imo. Cung Le did live up to his Instagram photo, although he had just finished hitting the weights after he took the picture, so he looked even more ripped during that time.

Just bet Le at +283 so now I have a freeroll on Bisping for $65 and one of $44 on Le, just in case he does the impossible.

Wanderlei was a favorite in his fight with Bisping. I'm finding about -200 for it.

How the fuck do you go from being a -200 fav against bisping to +140 against leben the fight after :s