On Friday, Nov. 7, the UFC will host UFC Fight Night 55: Rockhold vs. Bisping from the Allphones Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
In the main event of the evening, former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold takes on The Ultimate Fighter season three winner Michael Bisping. Rockhold enters the contest on the heels of back-to-back, first-round finishes of Tim Boetsch and Costas Philippou. Ten of the 30-year-old’s 12 career wins have come before the final bell. England’s Bisping, meanwhile, has alternated wins and losses for the past three years inside the Octagon. He was most recently in action in August, when he stopped another former Strikeforce champion, Cung Le, via fourth-round TKO at UFC Fight Night 48.
The co-main event features a lightweight contest between TUF season nine winner Ross Pearson and TUF: Live runner-up Al Iaquinta. The Brit Pearson has tasted defeat just once in his last five outings and scored a second-round TKO over former title challenger Gray Maynard in August. Iaquinta earned his fourth Octagon victory in September, stopping Brazilian Rodrigo Damm in the third round by TKO.
The 11-fight event kicks off Friday with seven preliminary card fights streaming live on UFC Fight Pass at 5:30 p.m. ET. The four-fight main card follows at 10 p.m. ET, also on UFC Fight Pass.
For the full results of the event, click here.
Above is live video of the event’s post-fight press conference which kicks off approximately 30 minutes after the main event between Rockhold and Bisping comes to a close (courtesy of the UFC).
Al Iaquinta vs. Ross Pearson
Clint Hester vs. Robert Whittaker
Walt Harris vs. Soa Palelei
Guto Inocente vs. Anthony Perosh
Sam Alvey vs. Dylan Andrews
Louis Smolka vs. Richie Vaculik
Chris Clements vs. Vik Grujic
Daniel Kelly vs. Luke Zachrich
Marcus Brimage vs. Jumabieke Tuerxun