Welcome to the GetMoreSports UFC Fight Night 84 results page, where we’ll be reviewing our fantastic main event between Michael Bisping and Anderson Silva. That’s right. Bisping vs. Silva.
The main event, Bisping vs. Silva, is the fight that nearly never happened. With Bisping having never receiving a title fight, and with Silva’s huge domination over the Middleweight division, the two very nearly never came to blows.
Tonight though, after a change in fortunes for both men, it finally happened.
And boy did it happen.
The two started off with both showing their usual footwork. Both dipping and shuffling from side to side throughout the first round. Silva, who had looked so tense and tentative in his last appearance, was back to his confident best.
Dodging two head kicks from Bisping, Silva went blow for blow in the last ten seconds of the first round, before bellowing at Bisping, and trying to embrace him. Bisping shoved him away, clearly irritated with the Brazilian.
Then, round two, Silva put his back to the cage, attempting to goad Bisping into attacking him. Bisping stood back and put his hands to his hips. You started to get the sense that this fight was as much mental as physical.
Suddenly, the end of round two, Bisping dropped Silva, throwing himself to the mat to try and get the finish, but was denied by the bell.
In round three, Silva came out with a more serious dimenour, takint the center of the Octagon and bringing the fight to the Brit. Throwing left kicks, he started to put Bisping on the back foot.
Then. It happened.
In an exchange between the two, Bisping’s mouthpiece flew out. He immediately started to point at it, gesturing for the referee to pause the action and give it back to him. Instead, Silva swarmed on him, while Bisping repeatedly motioned to the mouthpiece. While Bisping was looking directly at the referee, Silva struck, throwing a flying knee that dropped Bisping to the mat. The buzzer rang to mark the end of the round, and Anderson lept to the top of the cage to celebrate his win. Despite referee Herb Dean demanding he get down, Silva continued to celebrate.
And yet, the bout continued.
Bisping flew out in round four, pulling himself from the floor and coming to Silva with bad intentions, blood pouring from his face from the knee.
Once again, the last thirty seconds proved Silva’s, as he turned on the pressure. Five more minutes, and it went to the judges.
If the coverage sounds more poetic than analytic, that’s because the fight deserved it. These two, who for so long have circled without colliding, came together at last and put on an absolute wonderful show.
In the end, it was Bisping who had his hand raised. The argument of if the hometown affected the judges will definitely come into play, but for one night only, Bisping was the champion he’d always wanted to be.
Elsewhere, the main card started off with a wonderful scrap between two feisty Bantamweights. Fists were expected to fly as Brad ‘One Punch’ Pickett faced off with Francisco Rivera. Despite the two taking moments of working their way in, the rounds would really came to life when the two let their hands go and trade blows, dropping each other on occasion.
In the end, after and back and forth battle Pickett won the tough decision victory. It must be said, that the hometown advantage could have played a part in the judges minds.
Speaking of hometown, young prospect Englishman Tom Breese, who trains out of Tri-Star gym showed the latest stage in his development. Previously seen defeating Cathal Pendred in Ireland using stand-up, for this fight Breese showed a decent ground game en route to winning the fight through decision. His opponent Keita Nakamura didn’t make it easy for him, really challenging him with slick sweeps off his back, but Breese eventually came through to get the unanimous decision victory.
After the bout, Breese apologised to the fans in attendance, saying he wasn’t impressed with his own performance.
Elsewhere, in the co-main event, Thales Leites faced off with Gegard Mousasi. The fight never felt like it got out of second gear, with Mousasi content to pick away at his opponent with jabs and straight punches, while Leites continued to look for the opening to get the takedown. Mousasi wouldn’t allow it, and despite Leites becoming desperate for the fight to end up on the ground, Mousasi managed to grind out a decision victory.
UFC Fight Night 83 Full Results:
Maincard
Michael Bisping def. Anderson Silva via unanimous decision
Gegard Mousasi def. Thales Leites via unanimous decision
Tom Breese def. Keita Nakamura via unanimous decision
Brad Pickett def. Francisco Rivera via split decision
Undercard
Makwan Amirkhani def. Mike Wilkinson via unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Davey Grant def. Marlon Vera via unanimous decision (30-26 x3)
Scott Askham def. Chris Dempsey via KO (head kick) at 4:45 of round 1
Arnold Allen def. Yaotzin Meza via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Krzysztof Jotko def. Bradley Scott via unanimous decision (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 decision (29-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Teemu Packalen def. Thibault Gouti via submission (rear naked choke) at :24 of round 1
David Teymur def. Martin Svensson via TKO (punches) at 1:26 of round 2
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