L_Santana wrote:EvanWeaksauce wrote:I love how all of the brits are now humbled by the punch heard around the world. I was reading forum after forum of UK guys saying about how bisping is "faster", "in better shape" and "more controled" that Hendo before the fight. Now no one can say anything because of how bisping never had a chance to win that fight. Henderson was more controlled, and in better shape and didn't even flinch as MB ran around the ring like a girl. You may have won the "Ultimate fighter" UK, but those are nothing but a bunch of rookies that we will never hear from again. When it came to the real fighters your best couldn't even compete. I love it, one punch shut up your entire country.
I'm not from the UK, but this statement is pretty stupid, MMA is a growing sport and the UFC accomplished their mission by laying a foundation over there for better fighters to come out. Bisping's only been fighting for a few years, and though I'm not a fan, the UK (and everywhere else for that matter) will only develop more talented well rounded fighters.
spot on mate. Im from UK and it was an embarrassing defeat no questions. mma is still quite new here. my gym which has produced world class thai fighters/boxers etc in the past decade has only just installed a cage in the past few months but only has one lesson a week of mma/bjj etc... ive trained elsewhere and it is exactly the same. but over the past few years it is getting bigger.
tbh the majority of people in the country wont of heard of bisping imo. There was absolutely no news of his fight in any newspaper. Maybe a few tabloids. I think mma still has a bad stigma of just no rules cage brutality here. but it is getting much bigger. uk events in the past has given that vibe eg cage rage but are trying to get better ( eg bamma is a new event).
i think a lot more fighters will come through to compete in the next few years. but atm there isnt an amazing chance to compete at the level of usa and theres so many reasons why.
anyway ive never really thought of myself as from the uk. i live in england in europe. european.











