Sunday, 5 June 2016

UFC 199 recap: Bisping knocks out Rockhold for middleweight crown; Cruz defends title

UFC 199 recap: Bisping knocks out Rockhold for middleweight crown; Cruz defends title


Fight card, highlights and results:
Bisping knocks out Rockhold to claim middleweight crown
Michael Bisping waited 26 UFC fights for his chance at a title. Once he entered the octagon for the middleweight title fight with Luke Rockhold, the England native waited just 3 minutes 36 seconds before claiming a knockout victory.
“That was easy. That was the easiest fight of my life,” Bisping said into the camera after the fight, proudly sowing off his union jack mouth piece.
Rockhold lost balance by over-swinging, allowing Bisping to catch the champion with a combination of punches to the chest and head. Once Rockhold retreated on his back feet, Bisping ended the fight with a powerful left hand.

“I got to be humble here even though I want to be an a–hole. Thank you all for being here, I am obviously so happy right now. I have been a fighter since I came out of my mother, really,” Bisping told Joe Rogan. “People say I got no punching power. I knew I could punch.”


“I could have capitalized and fought my fight instead of playing around with him. He’s a tough guy he’s a warrior,” Rockhold said after the fight.
Cruz again defends title vs. Faber
NWA’s “California love” welcomed Urijah Faber to the octagon. Once inside, the “California Kid” found no such sentiment from fellow Californian rival Dominick Cruz. In the duo’s rubber match third fight, Cruz rode a stinging left hand landed in the second round for a unanimous decision victory, 50-45, 50-45, 49-46.




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