Who wins these 3 fights?

[JustBleed69]

3 fights we never got that would've been awesome! Also lets just pretend these dudes were in their primes:

Nick Diaz vs Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping vs Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin vs Nick Diaz

All at Middleweight.

I would go:
Bisping
Bisping
Rich

But I could honestly see them all going the other way as well lol

 

[KID Yamamoto]

Nick diaz isn't a middleweight. Dude fought st 162 in pride (he put on muscle later but still)
Rich franklin would lose both fights. Hes always had a odd time with southpaws and IMO his skillset always showed limitations at times.

 

[sampuncher]

I'd probably go Nick over Bisping just because Bisping had the cardio in his locker, with Nick so does he, I think he has just that bit more power where he could have wobbled Mike and then poured it on.

Bisping over Rich

Rich over Nick though


I know I've picked all 3 individually but styles make fights, I can see all of them going either way like you said aswell though.

 

[chitoortiz]

3 fights we never got that would've been awesome! Also lets just pretend these dudes were in their primes:

Nick Diaz vs Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping vs Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin vs Nick Diaz

All at Middleweight.

I would go:
Bisping
Bisping
Rich

But I could honestly see them all going the other way as well lol

Agreed.

Bisping
Bisping
Ace

 

[Achilles00]

Diaz
Bisping
Tossup, but probably Diaz

 

[JustBleed69]

Nick diaz isn't a middleweight. Dude fought st 162 in pride (he put on muscle later but still)
Rich franklin would lose both fights. Hes always had a odd time with southpaws and IMO his skillset always showed limitations at times.

Nick would definitely be the smallest, but he has fought at 185 before while being still lean. I just thought those 3 pairings would've been interesting due to their styles.

 

[TheMessiah]

Diaz, Franklin, Franklin

 

[BFoe]

Diaz, Franklin, Diaz.
Wouldn’t totally shock me if Bisping beat Franklin though.

 

[ThunderStruck]

Bisping
Bisping (If under USADA, else Franklin)
Franklin

 

[Ares Black]

Bisping
Bisping
Diaz

 

[Memeojima]

Prime Bisping?

<Lmaoo>

 

[toe hold]

In the ring, Franklin vs. Diaz would look reminiscent of A. Johnson vs. Yoshida.

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

Diaz
Franklin
Franklin

 

[cheesus]

Bisping
Toss up but I'd go with Rich
Rich

Diaz is too undersized to compete with Rich & Bisping, who have both competed at LHW. Diaz at best is a blown up WW.

 

[M.U.S.C.L.E.]

HAHAHA Is this a subtle Diaz hate post?

 

[J-Pac]

Franklin beats them both I think. Bisping puts up a better fight but Franklin is just too good everywhere. All 3 fought Anderson at vastly different points in his career. Franklin fought him at his best, with the least information, so I wouldn't try using that as any sort of gauge. Franklin was a monster.

 

[VinceArch]

Bisping
Ace
Ace

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Franklin beats them both I think. Bisping puts up a better fight but Franklin is just too good everywhere. All 3 fought Anderson at vastly different points in his career. Franklin fought him at his best, with the least information, so I wouldn't try using that as any sort of gauge. Franklin was a monster.

Yea IMO this is another example of Rich being slightly underrated on this site. No disrespect to Bisping, who would certainly have a shot in that fight, but prime Rich was a beast with heavier hands and better submissions than the Count. While arguably none of these fights took place at Bisping’s prime, I think we’d see a dynamic similar to his fights with Hamill and Henderson, in which Bisping was highly competitive but at a power disadvantage. And, to the extent that grappling became a factor, I would look at the Kennedy and Sonnen fights. Rich wasn’t a wrestler but he would be stronger in the clinch and could probably manage to get some top control time if he really wanted to.

Good fights though for sure.

 

[D'z]

Bis
Bis
Nick

 

[HavokHarmon]

Bisping vs Franklin in their respective primes would be a great fight. Both guys seem pretty underrated due to losses in big moments but Bisping koing Rockhold when he looked unstoppable and Franklin taking Dan Henderson to a decision (which I think he should have won honestly) were both pretty impressive imo.