Michael Bisping

By FCF Staff

Michael Bisping absorbed a great deal of punishment at UFC Fight Night 84, but the middleweight contender managed to defeat Anderson Silva as he said he would.

Bisping came out aggressively to begin the fight, and was largely able to out strike Silva when they exchanged punches. Silva starting setting traps with taunts and feints, but Bisping stayed on task, and in round two, dropped the former champ with a left hook.

Silva turned up his attacks in round three, and as the round neared its end, he dislodged the mouthpiece of Bisping with a punch. The latter called for referee Herb Dean to stop the action, but as he did, Silva floored him with a flying knee right before the horn sounded. Silva thought he had won the fight, and began celebrating, but was informed the bout was in fact not over.

A bloodied Bisping continued to press forward for the remainder of the bout, and while Silva landed several more telling strikes, it was too little too late. The British star was handed a unanimous decision win over the Brazilian legend.

After the bout Bisping relayed that he has enormous respect for Silva, who he had repeatedly criticized leading up to the bout for his PED suspension.

Here are the results for UFC FN 84, which took place in London, England.

Michael Bisping def. Anderson Silva via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)

Gegard Mousasi def. Thales Leites via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)

Tom Breese def. Keita Nakamura via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Brad Pickett def. Francisco Rivera via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28))

Makwan Amirkhani def. Mike Wilkinson via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28))

Davey Grant def. Marlon Vera via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Scott Askham def. Chris Dempsey via KO (head kick) R1, 4:45

Arnold Allen def. Yaotzin Meza via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Krzysztof Jotko def. via unanimous Brad Scott (29-28, 30-27, 29-28))

Rustam Khabilov def. Norman Parke via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Daniel Omielanczuk def. Jarjis Danho via majority technical decision (bout was stopped due to low blow) (29-29, 28-29, 28-29)

Teemu Packalen def. Thibault Gouti via submission (rear-naked-choke) R1, 0:24

David Teymur def. Martin Svensson via TKO (strikes) R2, 1:26