Bisping on Stann: "When he was in basic training shining boots, I was in the UFC kicking ass."
by Matt Clark on September 08, 2012

"This isn't U.K. vs. America. This is Michael Bisping vs. Brian Stann. It's an individual sport and come the 22nd of September, I'm going to individually kick the crap out of Brian Stann. When he was in basic training shining his boots, I was in the UFC kicking ass. I'm getting better and better with every fight, I'm maturing as a fighter, I feel I'm in my prime, and I'm ready to beat Brian Stann and then take that title... I want my shot. People have had their shot. Others have had their shot, stepped in there and fallen over with a little slap. I won't do that, I'll turn up to fight. Anderson Silva will be in the fight of his life when we fight, and we will fight. I will beat Brian Stann and I will fight Anderson Silva." - Michael Bisping via UFC.com

Michael Bisping has always been a bit of a talker, but he's really been able to back up his mouth of late.

The feisty Brit ran off 4-straight victories since a decision loss to Wanderlei Silva back in 2010 at UFC 110, dispatching of Dan Miller, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Jorge Rivera, and Jason Miller in succession before dropping a closely contested decision loss to Chael Sonnen in January.

The victory would have granted Bisping his long desired shot at long-time middleweight top dog, Anderson Silva. 

As it stands, Bisping will have to get back to the grind, but his tough showing against Sonnen should shield him from being pushed too far back in the middleweight title shot pecking order. A solid win against Stann, and the fact that he's yet to face Silva, could be all that's required to clinch his position as the divisions' top contender.

 |  (74) Comments GO HARD: War Bisping!!! but yeah you need one more win after Stann buddy... at least. q; ) Hizoka: don't think hes ever "kicked someones ass" hes run in circles out pointing people.. but no asses have been kicked without cheating involved Wandering_Minstrel: Bisping may want to avoid the smear campaign on this one. Not winning any new fans insulting a guy's former military career. Hizoka: you know he wouldn't last more then 90 seconds before he would be drooling on the mat flyangler: This stupid schmuck just doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. Stann is going to blast him. He can wade right in and just swing for the fences without worrying about any power shots from Bisping. He did it to Leben who hits 10 times as hard as Bisping. I'm seeing a big upset here. War STANN!!! A man who know what a real WAR is! Wandering_Minstrel: Bisping had better not walk into this fight over-confident, because he's going to wind up taking a nap. Stann hits very hard and he's been progressively getting better. GO HARD: I know im confident of a Bisping win. GO HARD: Stann SUCKS!! Hizoka: I agree its Pispings fight to lose, but to think Pisping will every KO anyone is comical. He is more technical, but a fart from Stann has more impact then a Pisping punch. GO HARD: Jimmo did it nygiant: Stann by ko/tko or Bisping decesion. Not 100% sure who to go with yet. SicJits: WOW!!! very belittling about the other guys at MW, most of whom hold W's over higher ranked competition at that. "he had been fighting bums on the undercard"-Bissping about Weidman. But yet Weidman has 2 top ten W's while Bissping has zero....he's got close but that's only good in horse-shoes and hand grenades! I don't think any of the 3 he mentioned have belittled him. “There’s Alan Belcher, who’s a decent talent, no pun intended. He’s decent, but I think I match-up very well with him and I think I take him apart pretty easily. I don’t really see him vying for the title, or doing very well at all,” Bisping said. “You’ve got Mark Munoz – Mark Munoz who I never really thought was that good anyways. He was a wrestler with a very suspect chin, terrible boxing, and a style he refers to as ‘Donkey Kong’. I think anyone that refers to themselves as Donkey Kong needs to take a good look at themselves, and he was exposed when he fought Chris Weidman. I never thought he was that good to start with,” Bisping stated. “Is he a nice guy? Yeah, he’s a (expletive) ace guy, one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. Do I think he’s all that? No, I thought he was overhyped all the time.” “Chris Weidman, I think he’s overhyped as well. Up until the point when he fought Demian Maia I had never heard of Chris Weidman before in my life because he had been fighting bums on the undercard. Then he fights Demian Maia and I had to turn the TV off in my dressing room because it was the most boring fight I’ve ever seen in my life,” Bisping explained. “Upon that he fights Mark Munoz, and yeah he beats him, but if I remember right the crowd booed unbelievably throughout the first round because he just laid on him. Then he knocked him out with an elbow, but that’s due to the fact that Mark Munoz came in out of shape, unfocused, and looking like he was at a rock concert and not a UFC fight.” GO HARD: LMAO.. War Bisping!!! hilarious. q; D Giada Esposito: This is freaking awesome stuff and totally true: “Chris Weidman, I think he’s overhyped as well. Up until the point when he fought Demian Maia I had never heard of Chris Weidman before in my life because he had been fighting bums on the undercard. Then he fights Demian Maia and I had to turn the TV off in my dressing room because it was the most boring fight I’ve ever seen in my life,” Bisping explained. “Upon that he fights Mark Munoz, and yeah he beats him, but if I remember right the crowd booed unbelievably throughout the first round because he just laid on him. Then he knocked him out with an elbow, but that’s due to the fact that Mark Munoz came in out of shape, unfocused, and looking like he was at a rock concert and not a UFC fight.” WAR BISPING!!! nygiant: Stann is going to knock him into next year. :D
WHO WINS THE MAIN EVENT AT UFC 162 BETWEEN ANDERSON SILVA AND CHRIS WEIDMAN?
Silva via Decision
Silva via TKO/KO
Silva via Submission
Weidman via Decision
Weidman via TKO/KO
Weidman via Submission
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