Denis Kang says the “Pressure to Perform” is on Michael Bisping at UFC 105

Published on: 11th November, 2009

Denis Kang says the "Pressure to Perform" is on Michael Bisping at UFC 105  | read this item

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This Saturday night at UFC 105 from Manchester, England in the U.K. middleweight Michael Bisping will be having the home crowd advantage of his countrymen by his side in his fight with Denis Kang, but the former PRIDE veteran has been through those types of experiences throughout his career and also feels that will still be under pressure following his devastating KO loss to Dan Henderson at UFC 100 plus having to deal with the crowd cheering him on to win all in one.

In a new interview with MMAJunkie.com Radio Kang says that Bisping will have to deal with the thought of coming back from such a bad loss and how he will react to it in this fight.

“Everybody gets over losses differently,” Kang recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “I think this fight [Bisping] really needs to make a statement, not only to his fans but to himself because he’s coming off a bad loss.

“That was only his second loss. Sometimes it takes time to get over. It’s always in the back of your head. You’re always doubting yourself. So we’ll see how he gets over it.”

Kang is no stranger to being on the losing end to a fight and then to get back on track to win in the next fight as he talks about his UFC debut loss to Alan Belcher at UFC 93 this past January where he feels has become a better fighter after that fight.

“In hindsight, I’m glad about the fight (with Belcher),” Kang said. “I’m a better fighter now than if i had not had the Belcher fight and lost. Of course I would have rather won, but if that fight hadn’t happened at all? I consider that I learned a lot from that fight.”

Just a few months following the UFC 93 defeat, Kang came back in April at UFC 97 and was able to pick up his first career victory inside the Octagon with a unanimous decision over Xavier Foupa-Pokam and is very confident going into his next fight with Michael Bisping as he also adds that he does not feel any pressure coming into hostile territory and that if anything the pressure will be on top of ‘The Count’ instead.

“It’s almost like a free fight for me because I’m getting in there, and there really isn’t too many expectations the way I see it,” Kang said. “It’s his hometown, and he’s the one coming off the rebound. He’s the one that’s got a little bit more pressure to perform and live up to expectations.”

Fan Question: Does Denis Kang make a big statement in a UFC 105 win over Michael Bisping?

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