Wanderlei Silva has confirmed that he will fight Michael Bisping (not Yoshihiro Akiyama, as previously reported) at UFC 110. And he uploaded a video to his YouTube chanel explaining why this fight is so important to him.
"I'm going to sign this week," Silva says. "All my friends say 'Hey kick his ass.' ... I don't know this so much...but for my fans, I'm going to kick the Bisping ass. ... I need this victory. This is a very, very important fight in my career, because I want to go back to the top."
I'm skeptical that Silva will ever be back on top, but I do like this fight, and I think Silva has the right style to take it to Bisping.
Video via Bloody Elbow.
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I can't wait for Wanderlei to kick Bisping's a**! God I can't wait for this fight, Bisping has trouble against shorter,stronger fighters like Hendo and Rashad who like to throw that ducking over hand right/left. Hopefully Bisping has learnt from ufc 100 and will be better prepared with his stand up, he looked good against Denis Kang but Kang clipped Bisping in that fight and if that was a punch from Wanderlei it would of been lights out. Wanderlei deserves a win so badly, from watching him dominate in Japan I wanted him kill people with his vicious muay thai but he hasn't thrown many knees or used the thai clinch to his advantage. Look for this fight to be similar to the Keith Jardine KO but less of a struggle on Bisping's part, he'll go straight to sleep. Go Wanderlei!!
the biggest problem i see is they seldom use a small octagon. if its 35 ft. thats bad for wanderlei. i think thats why you dont see him clinched up. if its 25 ft wanderlei's style fits a lot better and he'll get the plum.
i want wanderlei to kick his az, should be an easy night for him unless bisbing runs all night.
I think Wanderlai Silva actually has a good chance to win that fight. I could see a similar outcome like the fight against Keith Jardine, since Bisping has a fairly delicate chin now.
Go ₩anderlei
I root for anyone who fights against Bisping. I dont really kno IF Silva can defeat Bisping. Tho, I would love to see another KO. The problem with Bisping is he will try to run around the cage, hopefully Silva will be able to catch him, then nighty-night.
I hope Wanderlei beats the hell out of Bisping.Bisping is pretty much a joke. He ran his mouth about Hendo and Hendo whooped his ass for it.
He needs it again. Go Wand!!!!
realy gooof ..
I can't wait until Wand knocks this dude on his a**. Wanderlei is one of the craziest guys in the octagon and one of nicest guys outside of it. I predict a knockout in the second round (only because Bisping will be running for the whole first round).