Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of Bisping. With that said, he gets more hate around here than he deserves. His only losses have come to Wanderlei Silva, Dan Henderson, Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen. The only one of those fights that he lost decisively was Hendo. The other 3 losses were close decisions. A lot of people even had him winning against Sonnen and the Rashad fight was a split decision at 205. Maybe his list of wins aren't against a who's who of top notch fighters, but I think we all agree that the 185 division isn't exactly full of hall of famers. He was impressive against solid (though not great) fighters like Mayhem, Jorge Rivera and Stann. With a win over Vitor he is definately right up around the top of the division. Again, I am NOT a Bisping fan and I hope Vitor Hendo's him when they fight. But if he beats Vitor, I would have no problem seeing him fight Anderson.
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