Bisbing vs. McCarthy Set for UFC 83

Michael Bisbing is set to make his welterweight debut against Charles McCarthy at UFC 83 in Montreal. This fight was tentatively scheduled to take place at a March 8 event in England.

Bisping only recently decided to move to middleweight. The 28-year-old cited a distinct size disadvantage as a reason; many fellow light heavyweights were cutting weight from 220 or 225 lbs. down to 205, whereas Bisping was dropping from just 210 lbs.

As for McCarthy (captain miserable), he’ll look for his second consecutive win inside the octagon. The 27-year-old suffered a legendary TKO (via spinning back kick) to David Loiseau at UFC 53 before earning a spot on “The Ultimate Fighter 4,” a special “comeback” season of the UFC’s popular reality series. He lost to Pete Sell in a preliminary bout but bounced back for a first-round submission of Gideon Ray in the show’s live finale. This will be his first fight in almost a year and a half.