anderson silva has held a ufc title the longest.
anderson silva has held a ufc title the longest.
who has held a ufc title the longest?
anderson silva
after a huge win in london against anderson silva, michael bisping finally got his long-awaited ufc title fight in a rematch against luke rockhold at ufc 199 at the forum in inglewood, california, who submitted bisping at on 7 november 2014 in sydney, australia with a guillotine choke in round 2. rockhold was originally set to rematch chris weidman, who he took the title from at ufc 194, but, weidman was forced to withdraw due to a neck injury. the ufc's first choice was ronaldo souza but 'jacaré' was undergoing knee sergury. therefore, the ufc chose bisping to face luke rockhold for the ufc middleweight championship. despite being 37 years old, with only 2 weeks notice and being a 10/1 underdog, all it took bisping was a left hook to wobble the californian with another left after he waited patiently for rockhold to get back up. bisping landed 3 strikes after he dropped rockhold again and referee john mccarthy stopped the fight. michael bisping fulfilled his destiny and realised his dream. bisping was crowned ufc world middleweight champion and became the first british world champion in ufc history.
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the main event was a title unification match between ufc light heavyweight champion quinton jackson and pride fighting championships' 83 kg and 93 kg champion, dan henderson. there were some discussion on whether the title fight would be for both the ufc and pride titles or just the ufc title. ufc president dana white had remarked on july 2, 2007, "no. what we’re doing with that thing is we’re respecting both (the ufc and pride) titles. the ufc title is the ufc champion and we’re respecting dan as the pride champion. quinton will walk out with his belt if dan wins and vice versa."
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