The main event of UFC Fight Night London featured a back and forth middleweight battle between Michael Bisping and Anderson Silva. Bisping looked like he hadn’t taken the worst of the fight, but got a decision nod, outpointing Silva.
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Nearly knocked out on two occasions, leaking blood from several cuts on his face, Michael Bisping survived a vintage Anderson Silva to take home a unanimous decision.Bisping (28-7 MMA, 18-7 UFC), the No. 8 ranked fighter in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA middleweight rankings, opened an early lead on Silva (33-7 MMA, 16-3 UFC) and cleared his head after a pair of devastating shots hurt him in later rounds.The middleweight bout headlined today’s UFC Fight Night 84 card at The O2 in London. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass.The final scorecards were unanimously 48-47 for Bisping, whose heated clash with Silva at the weigh-ins gave way to a post-fight bow with with the ex-middleweight champ.read entire article…
The fight also not without some controversy. At the end of the third round, Michael Bisping turned to the referee and asked for his mouthpiece. Silva threw a flying knee that dropped Bisping and the round ended. Silva had thought he won, but the round had just ended.
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Main Card (Live on UFC Fight Pass, 4:00 PM ET)
-Michael Bisping defeated Anderson Silva by Unanimous Decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
-GegardMousasi defeated Thales Leites by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
-Tom Breese defeated Keita Nakamura by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
-Brad Pickett defeated Francisco Rivera by Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Preliminary Card (Live on UFC Fight Pass, 12:45 PM ET)
-Makwan Amirkhani defeated Mike Wilkinson by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
-Davey Grant defeated Marlon Vera by Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
-Scott Askham defeated Chris Dempsey by Knockout (Strikes, Round 1, 4:45)
-Arnold Allen defeated Yaotzin Meza by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
-Krzysztof Jotko defeated Brad Scott by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-29)
-Rustam Khabilov defeated Norman Parke by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
-Daniel Omielanczuk defeated Jarjis Danho by Majority Technical Decision (29-29, 29-28, 29-28)
-Teemu Packalen defeated Thibault Gouti by Submission (RNC, Round 1, 0:24)
-David Teymur defeated Martin Svensson by TKO (Strikes, Round 2, 1:26)
