Bisping, Akiyama on Target for UFC 120
Brian Knapp Oct 15, 2010
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 3 winner Michael
Bisping hit the scales before a throng of fellow Britons, a
little more than 24 hours ahead of his marquee matchup with
Yoshihiro
Akiyama.
Bisping checked in at 185 pounds for his main event showdown with Akiyama (185) at UFC 120 “Bisping vs. Akiyama” on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. The eight other men booked to compete on the main card -- including co-headliners Dan Hardy (171) and Carlos Condit (170) -- also met their contracted weight requirements at Friday’s official weigh-in.
Anchored at the Wolfslair Academy, Bisping has won two of his past
three fights. The 31-year-old Englishman last appeared at UFC 114
in May, when he notched a unanimous decision against former
International Fight League middleweight champion Dan Miller.
Bisping has secured more than half (12) of his 19 career wins by
knockout or technical knockout and has been finished only once --
by former two-division Pride Fighting Championships titleholder
Dan
Henderson -- in his 22-fight professional career. He remains
undefeated (15-0) on British soil.
Akiyama finds himself on the rebound after he submitted to a triangle choke from Chris Leben at UFC 116 in July; it was his first loss in more than five years. The 35-year-old Judo black belt holds notable wins against surging middleweight contender Alan Belcher, 2006 Pride welterweight grand prix finalist Denis Kang and former heavyweight boxing champion Francois Botha.
UFC 120 -- which will air on same-day tape delay on Spike TV at 8 p.m. ET -- will also feature a welterweight battle pitting the unbeaten John Hathaway (171) against Mike Pyle (170), a heavyweight duel pairing Cheick Kongo (228) with Travis Browne (251) and a welterweight matchup between “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 9 winner James Wilks (170) and Claude Patrick (171).
UFC 120 “Bisping vs. Akiyama”
Saturday, Oct. 16
O2 Arena
London
Michael Bisping (185) vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (185)
Dan Hardy (171) vs. Carlos Condit (170)
John Hathaway (171) vs. Mike Pyle (170)
Cheick Kongo (228) vs. Travis Browne (251)
James Wilks (170) vs. Claude Patrick (171)
Cyrille Diabate (204) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (204)
Rob Broughton (257) vs. Vinicius Kappke de Quieroz (239)
Paul Sass (155) vs. Mark Holst (155)
Spencer Fisher (155) vs. Curt Warburton (154)
James McSweeney (205) vs. Fabio Maldonado (204)
Bisping checked in at 185 pounds for his main event showdown with Akiyama (185) at UFC 120 “Bisping vs. Akiyama” on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. The eight other men booked to compete on the main card -- including co-headliners Dan Hardy (171) and Carlos Condit (170) -- also met their contracted weight requirements at Friday’s official weigh-in.
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Akiyama finds himself on the rebound after he submitted to a triangle choke from Chris Leben at UFC 116 in July; it was his first loss in more than five years. The 35-year-old Judo black belt holds notable wins against surging middleweight contender Alan Belcher, 2006 Pride welterweight grand prix finalist Denis Kang and former heavyweight boxing champion Francois Botha.
UFC 120 -- which will air on same-day tape delay on Spike TV at 8 p.m. ET -- will also feature a welterweight battle pitting the unbeaten John Hathaway (171) against Mike Pyle (170), a heavyweight duel pairing Cheick Kongo (228) with Travis Browne (251) and a welterweight matchup between “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 9 winner James Wilks (170) and Claude Patrick (171).
UFC 120 “Bisping vs. Akiyama”
Saturday, Oct. 16
O2 Arena
London
Michael Bisping (185) vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (185)
Dan Hardy (171) vs. Carlos Condit (170)
John Hathaway (171) vs. Mike Pyle (170)
Cheick Kongo (228) vs. Travis Browne (251)
James Wilks (170) vs. Claude Patrick (171)
Cyrille Diabate (204) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (204)
Rob Broughton (257) vs. Vinicius Kappke de Quieroz (239)
Paul Sass (155) vs. Mark Holst (155)
Spencer Fisher (155) vs. Curt Warburton (154)
James McSweeney (205) vs. Fabio Maldonado (204)
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