Twitter reacts to Michael Bisping’s UFC Fight Night 48 victory

Michael Bisping needed to defeat Cung Le to remain a viable contender in the UFC middleweight division, and with a fourth-round TKO of the former Strikeforce champion in today’s UFC Fight Night 48 headliner, he did just that.

Bisping (25-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) used his superior conditioning and offensive output to overwhelm Le (9-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) to pick up one of the most important victories of his UFC career.

“The Count” still feels he can be a title contender at 185 pounds, and the crucial victory over Le in the UFC Fight Pass-streamed main event kept those hopes alive.

To see what fans, media and fighters in the MMA community thought about Bisping’s rebound victory, read the Twitter reactions below:

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IT'S TIME!!! #UFCMacao main event:
@bisping vs @CungLe185

Who you with? #TeamBisping or #TeamLe? http://t.co/MXvaBgVUaZ—
UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2014

Here we go!! Main event time! @CungLe185 vs @Bisping!! #UFCMacao—
UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) August 23, 2014

Michael Bisping's last chance for relevance is up next #UFCMacao—
Dan Moore (@MMATorchDan) August 23, 2014

Cung Le is "100% healthy"—
Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) August 23, 2014

Cung Le out to "The Baddest Man Alive" by RZA/The Black Keys. Michael Bisping to 'Song 2" by Blur #UFC—
Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) August 23, 2014

Bisping going for the Doctor Who look tonight. #TimeLord #UFCMacao—
Tommy Toe Hold (@TommyToeHold) August 23, 2014

Cung Le looks huge! A guy in his 40's, bigger and more cut than he was in his professional prime! HARD WORK! DEDICATION!—
Jonathan Snowden (@mmaencyclopedia) August 23, 2014

Time for DJ Mikey B to get this win for the UK!! #UFCMacao—
Danny Mitchell (@DannyAranha) August 23, 2014

Cung Le coming out to RZA and Black Keys was dope, but the RZA track with the Flatbush Zombies was the gem of that soundtrack, for real.—
Jordan Breen (@jordanbreen) August 23, 2014

77 years about to collide between Le-Bisping.—
Chuck Mindenhall (@ChuckMindenhall) August 23, 2014

Bisping loves us, and he's doing this for us. (I'm assuming he was referencing us as he spoke into the camera.)—
Dann Stupp (@DannStupp) August 23, 2014

Le's got the logo for Saigon Sports Club on his shorts which is a huge state of the art MMA gym in Saigon. Very impressive facility.—
James Goyder (@JamesGoyder) August 23, 2014

Bisping looks pretty good. 10-9—
caposa (@GrabakaHitman) August 23, 2014

What. A. Round!
#UFCMacao—
UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2014

Cung Le looks the more relaxed fighter but Bisping has got the moves too.—
Mark Eddiva (@MarkEddiva) August 23, 2014

Le is bleeding. Also he can't open his right eye. Seems like he was accusing Bisping of poking him. Need to see replay. Bisping gaining mo'.—
Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 23, 2014

Le busted open now. Goldie confirms via the truck that it was a punch, not a poke, that nailed Le in the eye.—
Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 23, 2014

MMA is merciless.—
Roxanne Modafferi (@Roxyfighter) August 23, 2014

Starting to turn into a Van Damme movie…—
Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) August 23, 2014

Bisping's beating the bejesus out of Le.—
Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) August 23, 2014

Cung Leak #UFCMacao—
Zeus Tipado (@tipado) August 23, 2014

No way they're going to let Le continue after this round. His eye is quickly swelling.—
Dann Stupp (@DannStupp) August 23, 2014

Le is a mess. At this point, can't even blame him for low blows. He can only guess at where Bisping's groin is.—
Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) August 23, 2014

Cung Le is bleeding all over the shop, unless his corner can't work miracles with the cut, it's a matter of when, not if, this gets stopped.—
James Goyder (@JamesGoyder) August 23, 2014

20-18 Bisping—
Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) August 23, 2014

Doctor to Le: "I think your eye is going to close." Corner: "Naaaah." Cut man: "We're going to get it open."—
Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 23, 2014

I'm pleased to see that Bisping has something left.—
Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) August 23, 2014

“@ChuckMindenhall: Le's face doesn't look like it'll last another three rounds.” Be surprised if it goes one more—
Brian Stann (@BrianStann) August 23, 2014

Weird ending to that round.—
John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) August 23, 2014

Man I thought @CungLe185 would be backing away in this 3rd but he's being aggressive. He's tough as fuck. #UFCMacao #BothEyesSwollen—
Yves Edwards (@thugjitsumaster) August 23, 2014

Cung Le has ZERO defense/counter-offense. High volume strikers like Bisping just eat that up.—
RJ Clifford (@RJcliffordMMA) August 23, 2014

30-27 Bisping after three. The pace is eating up Cung Le.—
Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) August 23, 2014

Bisping's corner is squeegeeing Le's blood off of his thorax.—
Chuck Mindenhall (@ChuckMindenhall) August 23, 2014

THE COUNT!!!!—
UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2014

Cung Le got trucked—
Duane Finley (@DuaneFinleyMMA) August 23, 2014

Michael Bisping with the TKO win over Cung Le in the 4th round. Good win for him right there #UFC—
Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) August 23, 2014

Michael Bisping wins via fourth-round TKO. He then yells out to the crowd, "I am going f*cking nowhere. F*cking nowhere."—
Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 23, 2014

Well that was an awesome Michael Bisping, you guys.—
Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) August 23, 2014

Michael Bisping comes thru in a must-win spot. Finish of Cung Le is particularly useful. Volume, accuracy there all night.—
Jon Anik (@Jon_Anik) August 23, 2014

Five-rounders rule. Bisping just needed those few extra seconds to go from "won a fun slugfest on points" to "wasted Le with a Tekken combo"—
Jordan Breen (@jordanbreen) August 23, 2014

It didn't pay to cheat for once, good start to the day.—
Brian Stann (@BrianStann) August 23, 2014

Solid performance by @bisping out working Cung. @Fearthefighter—
Chad Laprise (@ChadLaprise) August 23, 2014

Big congrats to @bisping !!! Great fight! @ufc #UFCMacao—
Jessica Penne (@JessicaPenne) August 23, 2014

Bisping: This is what I'm capable of, and believe me I'm capable of better.—
Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 23, 2014

Michael Bisping earns his 9th KO/TKO UFC victory, tying Rich Franklin and Matt Brown for 4th most in UFC history.—
Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) August 23, 2014

My God, looking at Le's face as he walked past press row. Just absolutely brutal.—
John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) August 23, 2014

The sport where guys don't flop! #UFCMacao Cung Le you are the man brotha! Love your striking style. Rest up and enjoy the family time.—
Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMasterAljO) August 23, 2014

Class act @CungLe185 my friend! @ufc #UFCMacau—
Duke Roufus (@dukeroufus) August 23, 2014

Ok! Ok! Now we can start it. Bisping knocks Cung Le out at @UFC Macau. Only our master Henri Hooft and… instagram.com/p/sC4rvKlkGT/—
Gesias JZ Cavalcante (@Gesias) August 23, 2014

I whant see @bisping vs @LukeRockhold lets do it @ufc ??—
khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) August 23, 2014

UFC Fight Night 48 results: Michael Bisping batters, bloodies, TKOs Cung Le dlvr.it/6hwMy0 via @MMAjunkie—
  (@MMAjunkie) August 23, 2014

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