UFC Fight Night 84 results: Michael Bisping tops Anderson Silva in crazy, bloody war

Michael Bisping

LONDON – Nearly knocked out on two occasions, leaking blood from several cuts on his face, Michael Bisping survived a vintage Anderson Silva to take home a unanimous decision.

Bisping (28-7 MMA, 18-7 UFC), the No. 8 ranked fighter in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA middleweight rankings, opened an early lead on Silva (33-7 MMA, 16-3 UFC) and cleared his head after a pair of devastating shots hurt him.

The middleweight bout headlined today’s UFC Fight Night 84 card at The O2 in London. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

The final scorecards were unanimously 48-47 for Bisping, whose heated clash with Silva at the weigh-ins gave way to a post-fight bow with with the ex-middleweight champ.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 84 results include:

• Michael Bisping def. Anderson Silva via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
• Gegard Mousasi def. Thales Leites via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
• Tom Breese def. Keita Nakamura via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Brad Pickett def. Francisco Rivera via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Makwan Amirkhani def. Mike Wilkinson via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
• Davey Grant def. Marlon Vera via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
• Scott Askham def. Chris Dempsey via knockout (punch and high kick) – Round 1, 4:45
• Arnold Allen def. Yaotzin Meza via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Krzysztof Jotko def. Brad Scott via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
• Rustam Khabilov def. Norman Parke via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Daniel Omielanczuk def. Jarjis Danho via majority technical decision (29-29, 29-28, 29-28) – Round 3, 1:31
• Teemu Packalen def. Thibault Gouti via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 0:24
• David Teymur def. Martin Svensson via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 1:26

For more on UFC Fight Night 84, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s John Morgan contributed to this report on site in London.)