• UFC 120

Akiyama or Belfort lined up for Bisping

ESPN staff
July 3, 2010
Michael Bisping bounced back from defeat to Wanderlei Silva by earning a decision over Dan Miller © UFC
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Michael Bisping will join Dan Hardy on October's UFC 120 card, where he will fight either Vitor Belfort or Yoshihiro Akiyama, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Hardy will fight Carlos Condit upon his return to the Octagon, following his UFC 111 loss to Georges St-Pierre. Condit was preferred to Martin Kampmann for the October 16 bout.

Now Bisping appears to be joining Hardy on a big night for British MMA, which also sees three of Bisping's Wolfslair team-mates make their UFC debut.

Akiyama's potential involvement will depend on the outcome of his fight with Chris Leben at UFC 116. The former K-1 and DREAM star will be ruled out if he loses.

Belfort is looking to make a return to action after having elbow surgery. "The Phenom" is seen by the UFC as the likely next challenger to Anderson Silva's middleweight title. Victory for Bisping over Belfort would propel the Brit towards a title shot of his own.

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