UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben Recap

Some good wars in there totally worth checking out, even if the latter part of the card brought it down.

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[EliaDuzIt]

main event and co-main event were a little dissapointing, but i guess it was free taylor and lytle was a good fight

[Noyjeetut]

Yeah. And Cane taking all the punishment only to catch Sok was pretty cool too.

[MannyMMA]

subbed

[loccy555]

Leban is a young cocky fuck as we could all see in season 1 of the ultimate fighter

[Thirty37Seven]

bisping's victory? lebens still standin'!

[Thirty37Seven]

Leben's the man

[lorbunit]

oh if leben LNPed i'd be goin crazy callin' him a pussy with his mouth. i was actually on bisping's side believe or not before the fight. it was his actions that made me a leben fan. but leben has changed a lot so i gained more respect for him now. but either way neither one of them is close to being ready for the spider at this moment. especially seing how he was flossin against cote last night. disappointing ending though, but shit happens

[monoforraptunes]

in every ufc grappler v striker matchup the grappler will always try to take it to the ground thats a fact and that fact proves ur kickboxing theory to be bullshit.

[monoforraptunes]

saying the ufc has become a kickboxing leauge is retarded most mma fans understand ground game to the point where they can enjoy it as long as its not lay and pray,there where submission wins that night 2 ,ufc defo do not pay fighters to stand up.

[Hotora86]

I see your point and I do agree about the Machida thing. Lyoto usually looks for the finish when he finally finds an opening. But he had an easier task last time, he knew he could knock Tito down - and he did. Bisping knew that he wouldn't KO Leben so I guess he didn't even try. Yeah, kinda disappointing but at the end of the day a win is a win. Honor has little to do with it.

BTW I wonder if we'd be having this conversation if Leben did ride Bisping to a LnP UD. Would he be called a "pussy"?

[lorbunit]

arrgh..i was hoping you wouldn't bring the machida thing up..what you call "smart" in machida imo is different from bispings.

i believe machida did more than backpedal and chickenpeck. he controlled the action and the octagon very well.

bisping just backed up while leben controlled the octagon. i'm sure leben could have taken him down and LNPed him but he lived up to his word and kept it on the feet

not very "smart" but very honorable

i just think it was a bs "win" for all of bispings talk

[Hotora86]

Thank you for your appreciation.

As for "no intention of finishing": as sad as it may be, sometimes the chances of finishing are just too low and the risk is just too high to just "go for it".

For example, Machida knew that Tito would outwrestle him on the ground. He had to keep avoiding takedowns and wait for an opening.

Bisping knew that he couldn't KO Leben and would get KOed himself in a brawl. He had to use the stick&move as a sure road to victory.

You call it "scared", I call it "smart".