The bloke tried his hardest at UFC 100, but he came up short (and out cold) against a Dan Henderson right-cross. This is *actually* an action shot, a split second after Hendo crushed the left side of Mike’s face in…and someone had the nerve to super-impose Bisping’s head on a gay, dancing fairy for their own amusement!! The person who did this exquisite, seamless (and somewhat funny) job ought to be ashamed!!
Note: Bisping doesn’t actually have that goofy, Simpson-esque under-bite in real life. As I said before, this is an action shot of him after Hendo nearly knocked his block off, and before Hendo’s extra “Forearm of Doom” mashed into Mike’s chin after Mike hit the canvas.
Thales Leites (right) tries to prevent his knee cap from being booted off by Anderson Silva at UFC 97 in Montreal. Leites ended up losing a dull, dull decision.
Upon hearing that former top 185lb contender Thales Leites has landed in MFC (Maximum Fighting Championships) in Canada, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities between the UFC and WWE.
Both are giants in their own fields, and each company is a hype-generating, money-maker. If you’re not there, really, you’re nowhere. There are only a select few guys who transcend the two big monopolies, Kimbo Slice and Fedor Emelianenko in MMA and Hulk Hogan and the Rock in wrestling. Without the companies behind them, average performers don’t stand a chance.
Thales was hyped and hyped, but in the end, he refused to engage with Anderson Silva in his (I’m going out on a fairly sturdy limb here) only UFC title shot. Though he’s still a young guy at 28, his career is all but downhill from here. It’s too bad one bad fight (see Starnes, Kalib) can ruin your entire career. Of course, it didn’t help matters that he lost to Alessio “Glass Jaw”Sakara in his next bout, but I hope he does well in is next fight, reportedly against Bryan Baker.
Reports also say that Dan Henderson is done with the UFC. Try as they might, the UFC pushed the hell out of Hendo, but he just lacks that “it” factor, and despite his solid record, he just doesn’t draw the crowds like a Michael Bisping, whose face he crushed in his last fight at UFC 100. Hopefully Hendo ends up back in the UFC, as he’s truly a great talent.
