UFC Fight Night 55: Rockhold vs. Bisping (11/8/2014) - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Allphones Arena)

[Elsalvajeloco]

 

UFC Fight Night 55: Rockhold vs. Bisping

November 8, 2014

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Allphones Arena)

 

Luke Rockhold (185.75) vs. Michael Bisping (185.75) - Rockhold, SUB (guillotine choke), R2 (0:57)

Ross Pearson (155.5) vs. Al Iaquinta (155.5) - Iaquinta, TKO (strikes), R2 (1:39)

Robert Whittaker (185) vs. Clint Hester (185.5) - Whittaker, TKO (knee and punches), R2 (2:43)

Soa Palelei (265.25) vs. Walt Harris (251) - Palelei, TKO (punches), R2 (4:49)

 

Fight Pass Preliminary Card:

Jake Matthews (156) vs. Vagner Rocha (155.5) - Matthews, SUB (rear naked choke), R2 (1:52)

Guto Inocente (205) vs. Anthony Perosh (206) - Perosh, SUB (rear naked choke), R1 (3:46)

Dylan Andrews (186) vs. Sam Alvey (185.5) - Alvey, KO (punches), R1 (2:16)

Richie Vaculik (125.5) vs. Louis Smolka (126)** - Smolka, TKO (stepping side kick and punches), R3 (0:18)

Vik Grujic (171)* vs. Chris Clements (170.25) - Clements, TKO (strikes), R1 (3:06)

Luke Zachrich (185) vs. Daniel Kelly (185.5) - Kelly, SUB (kimura), R1 (4:27)

Jumabieke Tuerxun (136) vs. Marcus Brimage (136) - Brimage, KO (head kick and punches), R1 (2:58)

 

* Reweighed after weighing 171.5 on first attempt

** Reweighed after weighing 127 on first attempt

 

Event Bonuses ($50,000):
Performance of the Night: Louis Smolka
Performance of the Night: Luke Rockhold

Fight of the Night: Robert Whittaker vs. Clint Hester

 

Attendance: 9,904

Gate: $1.5 million

 

Cancelled Bouts:

Richie Vaculik vs. Ray Borg - Injury to Borg

Richie Vaculik vs. Neil Seery - Injury to Seery (Broken Rib)

Aljamain Sterling vs. Frankie Saenz - Injury to Saenz (Torn ACL)

Jumabieke Tuerxun vs. Patrick Williams - Injury to Williams

Mark Eddiva vs. Mike De La Torre - Injuries to Eddiva

Soa Palelei vs. Daniel Omielańczuk - Injury to Omielańczuk (Broken Thumb)

[Elsalvajeloco]

Programming note for those living in the North American timezones who plan to watch this show: This is on Friday evening and not Saturday morning/afternoon

[Guest Edwin]

As per usual, Bisping won his last fight against a somewhat decent opponent earning him a step up in competition against a better fighter than him and who will beat him.

[Zero]

Eh. I'd like to Bisping get the upset, don't see it happening but yeah. Rockhold has come off horrible from this press tour. 

[Elsalvajeloco]

A man got hit with a shoot pro wrestling super kick and lost as a result. I dunno how to feel about that.

[TheVileOne]

Eh. I'd like to Bisping get the upset, don't see it happening but yeah. Rockhold has come off horrible from this press tour. 

 

Bisping is a decent fighter, but every time he's had one of these fights against a legit top 5 guy he's come up short.

[smitlick]

Fun show the Vaculik fight was good and everything so far has had a finish too.

[Elsalvajeloco]

Guto, you might want to send in your resume to Bellator quickly.

[smitlick]

Does Palelei have the worst gas tank in UFC history?

[Elsalvajeloco]

Probably not even in heavyweight history.

[epwar]

As per usual, Bisping won his last fight against a somewhat decent opponent earning him a step up in competition against a better fighter than him and who will beat him.

 

Yup.  I'd say we're finally done with Bisping, but the UFC will probably repeat the same routine all over again. Interesting fact: everyone Bisping has ever beat in the Octagon outside of Cung Le and Dan Miller are no longer in the organization.  

[Elsalvajeloco]

 

As per usual, Bisping won his last fight against a somewhat decent opponent earning him a step up in competition against a better fighter than him and who will beat him.

 

Yup.  I'd say we're finally done with Bisping, but the UFC will probably repeat the same routine all over again.

 

Yes because he makes them money. Duh.

[epwar]

 

 

As per usual, Bisping won his last fight against a somewhat decent opponent earning him a step up in competition against a better fighter than him and who will beat him.

 

Yup.  I'd say we're finally done with Bisping, but the UFC will probably repeat the same routine all over again.

 

Yes because he makes them money. Duh.

 

 

Can this be proven?  He hasn't actually headlined a card in the UK in years.

[Elsalvajeloco]

Yes, if you've followed UFC since 2006. You don't have to headline to make people money. Shit, Conor McGregor is proof positive of that.