Michael Bisping is having specialist Japanese judo fighters flown in to the Wolfslair Training Camp in Widnes ahead of his make-or-break career contest with Japanese judo master Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 120 in London on October 6.
Bisping, who goes into training camp in mid-August after having spent a part of the summer filming episodes of the British soap opera Hollyoaks, will not have Wolfslair team-mate Rampage Jackson around, as he is heading to Big Bear, California, to train for his Autumn contest with Lyoto Machida.
It is understand ‘Rampage’ Jackson, ubiquitous on posters a BA Baracus for the newly-released A Team movie, is to train under Wolfslair management at the venue, famously known for its use before major fights by the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, and Lennox Lewis.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship organisation takes place at the O2 Arena, London, for the fourth time in three years as UFC120 is headlined by three of the best British fighters in the UFC.  read more »

Former Strikeforce middleweight champion, Jake Shields has tonight confirmed to MMABay that he’s finally put pen to paper on a multi-fight contract with the UFC after weeks of negotiating.

The fighter also confirmed that he would be dropping down to his more natural fighting weight of 170 pounds after defeating the likes of Dan Henderson and Jason “Mayhem” Miller at middleweight.

As MMABay EXCLUSIVELY reported earlier in the week, the talented grappler will first take on Danish all-rounder, Martin Kampmann in his first fight inside the octagon, a fight that will go down at UFC 121 on October 23rd in Anaheim, California.

MMABay can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that UK middleweight, Michael Bisping will take on Japanese buzzsaw, Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 120 on October 16th in London, England.

A source close to the situation revealed the news during a telephone conversation with one of the MMABay team this morning. It was originally thought that Bisping would face former champion, Vitor Belfort but the promotion decided against it in the end.

Bisping was last seen in action in May when he defeated tough-as-nails middleweight, Dan Miller over three rounds at UFC 114. Prior to that he’d lost a close decision to Brazilian legend, Wanderlei Silva in February at UFC 110.

Akiyama is coming off a disappointing third round submission loss to heavy handed veteran, Chris Leben at UFC 116 last weekend. This fight followed one year after making his UFC debut at UFC 100 against Alan Belcher, a fight he won via split decision.

MMABay can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that a middleweight bout between Wolfslair MMA Academy star, Michael Bisping and former light heavyweight champion, Vitor Belfort has become a real possibility to headline UFC 120 on October 16th following results in Las Vegas this weekend.

The promotion had been in favour of a fight between the Brit and Japanese superstar, Yoshihiro Akiyama at the event in London, England, but those plans have been scrapped after Chris Leben upset the applecart at UFC 116.

A source close to the situation revealed earlier today that the UFC are now in favour of matching Bisping up with Vitor Belfort, a fighter who hasn’t seen action since he knocked out another former champion, Rich Franklin in September. It was also revealed that verbal agreements have been obtained from at least one fighter.

Bisping was last seen in action in May when he defeated tough-as-nails middleweight, Dan Miller over three rounds at UFC 114.

Pay Per View Televised UFC 116 Fight Card Results:

Brock Lesnar (c) defeats Shane Carwin (ic) via Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) - Round 2 @ 2:19 - UFC Heavyweight Championship fight

Chris Leben defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama via Submission (Triangle Choke) - Round 3 @ 4:40

Chris Lytle defeats Matt Brown via Submission (Armbar) - Round 2 @ 2:02

Stephan Bonnar defeats Krzysztof Soszynski by TKO (Punches) - Round 2 @ 3:08

George Sotiropoulos defeated Kurt Pellegrino by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Spike TV Televised UFC 116 Results:

Brendan Schaub defeats Chris Tuchscherer by TKO (Punches) - Round 1 @ 1:07

Ricardo Romero defeats Seth Petruzelli via Submission (Armbar) - Round 2 @ 3:05

Fight Card Results for More UFC 116 Fights:

Kendall Grove defeats Goran Reljic by Split Decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)

Gerald Harris defeats David Branch by KO (Slam) - Round 3 @ 2:35  read more »

UFC middleweight heavy hitter, Chris Leben pulled off an amazing win tonight in Las Vegas, forcing Yoshihiro Akiyama to tap out in the third round with a triangle choke submission in the third round at UFC 116.  read more »

UFC heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar pulled off the most astonishing win of his career to date, coming back from a disastrous first round against Shane Carwin to submit the fellow man mountain in the second round via arm triangle choke submission at UFC 116 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  read more »