The reconstructive surgery made his nose look different.. The dieting, he has virtually no fat on his face.. You see there is no fat around his eyes.. Unless they did some other work to his face, it looks like the dieting did that to him in part. He's just a heavily muscled guy.
Bisping is a dope. You KNOW the flurry is coming in the last 20 seconds, how can you not be prepared for it? Sad. At the same time though, That was a great great moment for Wanderlei. Nothing but joy for the guy. And while I'm here, Gotta say that George Sotiropolous really impressed me. Joe Stevenson is no joke and Stevenson is the ultimate gate keeper towards LW relevance. Can't wait to see more of Sotiropolous.
If this fight were contested under Pride rules - Wanderlai would have stopped Bisping at the end of the third round. He stopped himself from throwing the left head kick after Bisping fell down. He pulled the kick and switched to his punches giving Bisping a second to defend himself from his back.
All of the big punchers are at LHW. He's pretty much stuck at MW because I doubt his chin can take punches from the likes of Machida, Lil Nog, Shogun, Rashad and Rampage anymore. At MW he can be at least competitive against guys like Bisping, Chael Sonnen, Maia and Sexyama. Just keep the dude away from Anderson Silva for the love of god.
I'm so proud of Wandy tonight. I wouldn't mind seeing him retire on a high note but he looked a lot better. I'm not sure where he goes from here.
Yeah, I saw a couple times when he went to throw the soccer kick and pulled back. There's no doubt he would have put that fight away kick under Pride rules.
I picked Nog by old man choke but I think Cain could shock a bunch of people today. His wrestling is very good, his work rate was top notch and you never know when the dreaded "age" factor is going to poke its way into something. I'm expecting a great fight ending with an old man choke.
But he can take guys down over and over and over... I hope Nog can stuff the shots early, otherwise this fight could get pretty boring. Let's go Big Nog!