Free Fight: Michael Bisping vs Anderson Silva | 2016 

Blood is pouring into bispings only working eye and he still continues to press forward, wiping the blood away between punches and blocks. One of the best fighters, ever

*Michael Bisping with one eye, and blood pouring into the working eye:* Doctor: "Can you see?" Michael: "Yeah, yeah.."

Silva has such a wild track record, some of the greatest performances mixed with some of the most bizarre moments in ufc history

Bisping is that once in a lifetime true warrior. ONE EYE…….. crazy man. Deserves to be talked about more.

*Gets knee'd *Gets kicked in the balls *Gets no cutmen in R3 *Has one eye and bleeds from other *Doesn't give an inch. True Warrior.

When you remember that Bisping is fighting with one eye it makes this fight even more unbelievable.

What an amazing match up! Two legends of the octagon, Micheal Bisping’s win against Anderson Silva led him to the Middleweight championship 👏👏👏👏

This fuckin fight...Pause it at 22:45 and you can clearly see something is wrong with his right eye, blood is pouring from the other side of his face, yet he kept going. The fact this man was willing to fight multiple people, let alone such a legend as Anderson with only one eye is nothing short of fucking legendary. This isn't even mentioning all the other injuries and surgeries he's recovered from. My number one fav and definitely one of the best fighters in any combat sport, full stop. 27:08 face covered in blood, smiles with a thumbs up. Doctor asks; "Can you see?" And he just says "yeah, yeah" Guy is something else.

Doctor: how many fingers you see Mike? Bisping: yes

becoming a ufc champion with one eye, thats the BMF right there for me.

Bisping's fighting AND commentating? What a badass

This is the definition of a real fight. This has all the ups and downs of the fight game. Eye pokes, nut shots & knock downs. Crazy blood everywhere a stand up fight. So many crazy ass moments. This should be in the hall of fame if it isnt.

When you thought that UFC realeases couldn’t get better. Really being the OG in these dark times.

7:34 Bisping let the poke go because he couldn’t feel it 😭🤣

bisping was fighting with like 20% vision and still made the impossible, he got the biggest ballz out there

31:43 the way Bisping's scream lines up perfectly with the crowd's gives me chills

Nobody: British announcer: "...He has the precision of a watch maker..."

it’s so hard to watch silva fight sometimes. it’s like he doesn’t even wanna win

As an Englishman I’m beyond proud of what Bisping has done for himself! Absolute legend! Both are absolute warriors and for me this was one of my favourite fights!

Defeating Anderson Silva with basically one eye is one of the greatest accomplishments of any fighter has done.

"he has the precision of a watchmaker" is quite possibly the most English thing I've heard

Weird seeing Anderson fight without yellow shorts

Silva knew what he was doing with that knee , dirty fr

This is one of the most satisfying fights of all time.. Bispbing grinding out a win against an absolute legend, showing what heart and determination and grit can accomplish. Amazing

Came after Silva defeated by Uriah Hall. And Bisping was the one who interviewed Silva. Time flies man. Thank you legends. 🙏

Bisping needs a film about his life. Man is crazy

How can you not love both of these legends

I was there; a moment in time I'll never forget

awesome fight, also a very weird fight. eyepokes, groin strikes, Bisping poking his own eye to try to get the blood out during the fight, Silva casting spells and being a wax statue on the fence, vicious knee on the buzzer while Bisping is focused on getting his mouth piece back. Incredible and incredibly insane.

It's actually crazy how Bisping got better the older he got. This fight is just amazing. Silva plays too much and it's nice to see Bisping so serious and focused and not willing to quit. Respect the grit.

I think this particular fight..is the greatest performance of any UFC fighter. Bisping was hurt...he was morally down after that knee...but still he pulls it off. Certainly GOAT

You can easily see how Bisping won... he stayed busy while Silva just fkd around for 3-4 mins in most rounds. Rd 1 & 2 to Bisping, Rd 3 & 5 to Silva. He hurt Bisping BAD at the end of the 4th but i can easily see why the judges gave Rd 4 to Bisping bc Silva basically leaned against the cage fkn around until 45 sec left. Both times Bisping was hurt in the 4th Silva didnt even try to finish him!

27:17 "Can you see" "Yea yea"

Checkpoint for those who're back here after Bisping's incredible recount of this legendary fight!

Much respect ufc stay 100

My favourite fight of all time, Bisping here showed his lion heart

Something I've not seen anyone mention is how in the second round, silva clearly poked Mike in his good eye, realized it, then tried to call time for Mike because Mike was too tough to admit he got poked. The sportsmanship of silva and the toughness of Mike is astonishing

The first minute of the fight they were trying to cast wizarding spells on each other

Now that folks, Is a beautiful fight. ❤

How good UFC is ❤

The fact that he fought for 10 mins after that knee..makes Bisping even greater

"Last 40 seconds in the round. Anderson silva is still playing games!"😂😂

A battle of the ages. This was probably the last fight of what I remember as the glory days of the UFC middleweight division. You had all those gifted, freakishly tough bastards in the octagon who were also relatively well rounded. Not as rounded as today, but those guys 15 years ago were just.. animals walking among us.

I'd give the fight to Silva but that's where home field advantage comes in - 5 rounds and Silva barely looked tested - his technique is beautiful to behold and his attitude keeps it entertaining

This was 4 years ago?! Jesus time flies.

Doctor: How many fingers do you see? Bisping: Potato Doctor: He's good

No matter what, always fight with your best. Just do it.

Was not a fan of bispings antics and cockyness but i will mevwr deny hos warrior spirit.. he was a champion and fought with one eye and beet some vary good fighters . Guys a legend and deserves his respect amongst the elite .

This crowd was so intense I miss the energy of a packed arena filled with fight fans.

Bisping was literally fighting blind against Silva in last round, his one good eye covered in blood.

Bisping is the definition of a fighter. No crazy cardio genetics, not gifted a chin of steel, just a warrior's heart. This and beating Luke for the belt were fights he would never win on paper. But when you get in the cage with a real fighter anything can happen

Nice work 😊

“Oh bisping was knocked out by that knee” Bisping: immediately looks up and starts talking after the knee.

Bisping knew the greatness of Anderson Silva. In his book he described him as the Ali of the UFC at one point. This win made it that much sweeter

Absolute warriors

When I saw his mouthpiece flying for a second I thought it was his glass eye, I was like, Damn... and he's still fighting!

Amazing fight by both men, and the determination by Bisping to win in the face of defeat is astounding.

Really appreciated Bisping towards the end of his career, glad he became champ!

@27:58 That kick was disrespectful AF!!! 😂😂😂😂

I hope they got fight of the night bonuses for this. Killer fight man.

The legendary one eye fighter

So he gave this performance with a single eye? Warrior!!

just finished reading his book. bisping embodies the word “fighter”

What a great fight

7:31 Pokes Bisping in what we now know is his glass eye. The Count is like, nah I'm good! Silva had to be a little confused there. No wonder he took losing his mouth guard so seriously.

I love how bispings "yeaaaah" is in perfect sync with the audience, those Brit Lads have the same range of emotions

Great fight👍🏿.. cheers to the greatest artist in mma Anderson Silva 🫡

"All three judges, Ben Cartlidge, Jeff Mullen, and Andy Roberts, scored it the same: 48-47 Bisping, with The Count taking rounds one, two, and four. "What did the numbers say? "The striking stats reflect the judges scoring accurately. Bisping had a considerable advantage in significant strikes in rounds one (17-8), two (24-11), and four (28-19), while Silva had the knockdown in the third and battled Bisping to a near standstill in the fourth (19-18 Silva). In the second round, Bisping was credited with a knockdown. "Bisping just threw a lot more than Silva. He landed 108 of 316 significant strikes compared to Silva’s 75 of 135. Bisping had the advantage in head (58-47) and leg (38-13) strikes. Silva held a narrow advantage in body strikes (15-12)."

The heart of Michael Bisping is incredible

Bisping should’ve been more appreciated while he was fighting. He is the true definition of persistence, because no one at the time towards the end of his career think he was going to be champion, then he proved everyone wrong.

un-be-leivable toughness by bisping. and ability to focus on silva through that tiny window through the blood over his one eye

20:58 herb standing there like hes monitoring his test subjects

Although they were losses, this and the Adesanya fight were probably Silva's last great performances. Yet he fought two more top guys after Adesanya, and fought nothing but the best beforehand. He continued on beyond his prime because he loved it so much, and I feel that should add to his legacy instead of take away from it. True legend of the sport.

Silva had some of ths most brilliant moments in mma..and some of the most wtf is he doing moments lol..great fight

LEGENDARY

The fact that Anderson Silva act like he doesn’t understand english for a moment was so wild 😂

Bisping is a real warrior for continuing to fight after that knee...wow! This fight never gets old

Blood pooling down his face. The cheer screaming and the announcement of his victory. Top 10 ufc moments by far.

27:16 Doctor: can you see? Bisping: yeah yeah Doctor: good 😂 I love it

Great fight!!

Anderson is amazing fighter but I hate how he’s always toying around and just takes unnecessary shots that he knows he could easily evade. He threw this fight away.

It’s not the same without joe Rogan commentating... I miss the “OOHHHHHH HES HURTTT”

I'd rank Silva in my top 10 list of the best mixed martial artists of all time, along with GSP and Fedor.

The man with one eye 🔥 Bisping is savage 👊

27:15 "Can you see?" "From which eye?" "The good one" "Yeah yeah"

31:45 that crowd roar never gets old

And too think bisping literally only has 1 eye. And that only eye was covered in blood, and he still kept fighting, what heart. You can’t have anymore heart than that. If he lived in the Templar Knight days, he would most def be one of the greats.

Silva had such a long run, but we all get old. People saying he doesnt try or he's overrated don't know anything about how legendary the man has been. Still, at any time in his career, saying you beat the man in a fight is a remarkable accomplishment.

Silva celebrating early and shooing off the officials was hilarious

8:58 leg punch into a punch to the face 💀

Considering the fight has to be stopped twice to make sure bisping was okay, and Silva barely had a scratch but somehow loses , its nice that bisping got this moment but he was beat to shite

“His head is in a very good space” Dudes literally got ONE EYE!!!

“Can you still see?” “Yeah yeah” Bisping😂

Please help. I’ve watched 13 full fights today and I have to study 😭

How the mighty have fallen, Bisping now comments on POWER SLAP

That was a heart of a warrior

Bisping with one good eye and Silva with one good leg.

Love him. Hate him. Bisping is a legend who deserves more recognition. I remember watching him during TUF and knew he would be a star.

What a crazy fight, Bisping is literally immortal

In this fight is where I gained respect for Bisping.