Bisping speaks about Leben and Jason Day

[iamdwalrus]

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Hi everyone,

So, I get a call while I am at my mother-in-law’s
house last night telling me Chris Leben has been
sentenced to 35 days in prison and my new opponent is
Jason Day. I faxed back the new contract this morning
and, with 29 days to go, I am fighting Jason Day.

As for Chris Leben, yeah, I am a little disappointed
the fight won’t be happening in June. Not only was I
looking forward to finally – finally! – getting to
fight a striker in the UFC after two years of
grapplers and wrestlers but most importantly the fans
were really excited about it. I feel very sorry for
Chris here, I can’t imagine how frustrated he must be
in jail missing out on a big fight oversees like this.
If I were in his position, I would be pretty
devastated.

So, I offer my condolences to Chris and maybe we can
get this on at some point in the future. Also, I offer
him the following sage advice: “Chris, don’t drop the
soap in the shower, mate!”

More seriously, big respect to Joe Silva who found an
opponent who I feel is every bit as dangerous as Leben
but - unfortunately for me - isn’t as well know and
doesn’t have the same reputation with the UFC fans
Chris has after only one UFC fight. That’s no
reflection of Jason’s skills but obviously most UFC
fans won’t have seen him as he was on the undercard in
Montreal.

However, I did see his fight and he put a hurting on
Alan Belcher in very impressive style.

Some people have already said I’m in just as dangerous
a fight with not as much to gain, but I don’t really
see it like that. As soon as I learned it was Day and
not Leben, boom, my mind was 100% on Day as if he was
the opponent from… well… Day One (boom boom).

This is my job, I am a professional fighter, this is
what I do to earn a living and the news was no big
deal to me. As far as I am concerned, I want to fight
often and I am very excited to be fighting in front of
20,000 people at the o2 Arena next month. I don’t care
if the opponent changes 1000 times, I’ve got a date
and whoever is across the Octagon from me on that date
I’ll fight.

You have to respect Jason Day for taking this fight.
Not only is it even shorter notice than I got that I
was getting added to UFC 85, but it is also in another
time zone half way around the world. I give Jason a
lot of credit here; as if you couldn’t tell from his
performance at UFC 83, this guy is all fighter and I
am looking forward to meeting him June 7. He said he
thinks this will be the fight of the night and if he
fights me like he did Alan Belcher at UFC 84 it could
well be very explosive.


- The Count

Michael Bisping UFC MMA Fighters Official Web Site - UFC 85 Community

[Luca Brasi]

Hmm this is pretty weak , I know they have brought him up slow but his record is already tainted from that Rashad fight so it is not like they need to protect his unblemished record . P.S i hate Rashad Evans . And while i am on hates ... Travis Lutter needs to retire after that Franklin fight .

Luca

[iamdwalrus]

Originally Posted by Luca Brasi

Hmm this is pretty weak , I know they have brought him up slow but his record is already tainted from that Rashad fight so it is not like they need to protect his unblemished record . P.S i hate Rashad Evans . And while i am on hates ... Travis Lutter needs to retire after that Franklin fight .

Luca

Eventhough the UFC has released Lutter, I feel that he'll get snatched up by EliteXC. The Hamill fight with Bisping and the way he behaved after that, lost him a fan in me.

[boyer]

Originally Posted by iamdwalrus

Eventhough the UFC has released Lutter, I feel that he'll get snatched up by EliteXC. The Hamill fight with Bisping and the way he behaved after that, lost him a fan in me.

+1 Bisping fighting a striker is bad news for him. He should know that after running aroung the ring from Hamill.