Michael Bisping: Anderson Silva's going to decapitate Stephan Bonnar at UFC 153

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"Let's be honest, more than likely, Anderson Silva's going to decapitate him. I don't think I'm saying anything too out there with that comment. Who knows? Stephan Bonnar is tough. He'll give it a go. He'll fight. I think Stephan Bonnar is going to do a better job than Forrest Griffin did.

I think from the UFC's perspective it makes perfect sense. I think from Anderson Silva's perspective it makes perfect sense. They lost the main event and the co-main event in the space of a day, Brazil's a massive market for the UFC now, it's beyond huge. They're going to put on a good card. The biggest star in mixed martial arts is Anderson Silva, who just happens to be Brazilian. It's perfect for the fans who get to see their hero fighting live in Brazil."

-Michael Bisping gives his take on the new UFC 153 main event while speaking with reporters this week ahead of UFC 152 (via MMAFighting.com).

Penick's Analysis: It would be hard to perform worse against Anderson Silva than Forrest Griffin did in 2009, but even if that's how badly Bonnar loses against Silva, it's not something that will be held against him. He's got absolutely nothing to lose in this fight, and he himself knows it. He joked on Twitter when the odds for the fight came out that he didn't realize he was good enough to be a 13-to-1 underdog against the long reigning Champ. He knows what this fight is, Silva knows what this fight is, the UFC knows what this fight is, and fans know what this fight is. There are no secrets here, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun come Oct. 13.

[Michael Bisping art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_14397.shtml

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