Well it’s been a week for rumors has it not? First off we had the death of Kimo being reported and fans tweeting and blogging ‘RIP’ statements to all and sundry. This was all going great and we all felt quite moved and reflective until Kimo screwed it all up by coming back from the dead to spoil what had been a good staple story for MMA land.
Next up was Fedor’s opponents where everyone from my Uncle Derek to Rocky Balboa were lining up deals to take on the Russian champ or the “bald-headed commie” as touted by US flag patterned hot pants wearing Pride star from the past Don Frye.
Then we had the what seemed plausible, but slightly odd comeback bout for Michael Bisping against another ex Pride heavy hitter and KO artist Wanderlei Silva. This news first broke out from MMABay.co.uk where they ran the story stating:
“News of the fight was passed along to MMABay by a source at the Wand Fight Team in Las Vegas, Nevada who revealed that the Brazilian would be putting pen to paper very soon after returning from receiving the key to the city in Pensacola, Florida. It will be the first fight of his career to be competed at 185 pounds.”
This story was then picked up by every other MMA blog / site going and tweeted around the interweb. Yours truly was even guilty of retweeting this ‘news’ and if the site had not been down I would have no doubt likely covered the story too. It all just started to sound quite viable! Think about it both fighters were suffering losses, so one would come out the victor and a more legitimate option for Joe Silva to pitch on later cards. However eventually this was a faffed up when Silva’s manager released a statement to Fighters Only Magazine stating:
““The rumors about Wanderlei fighting Michael Bisping at UFC 105 in Manchester or at any point are simply that, rumors.”
“For some publication to say they have been given an exclusive statement on this from Team Wand is not truthful,” he added. “Certainly, there have been no formal proposals or discussions relative to this match-up.”
So what’s next fight fans, can anyone think up a great story for a slow week news wise? I got it….
Dana white leaves the UFC to head up M1-Global?
or how about….
BJ Penn leaves MMA to pursue a career in Ballet?
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When I heard about Bisping vs Silva i must say i thought no way thats crazy putting the guy in with another big puncher like silva, but as you say in some ways it makes sense. It would not suprise me now if life imitates art and the fight goes ahead and happens!
Fedor can come to the UFC if he first fights hulk hogan who also wants in on Brocks title?
Seems like everyone wanted to fight fedor until he became available. Respect to the guy who takes the fight though. Imagine being told you have 8 days to prepare for a fight against Emeilienko.