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" A lot of people get up to the top of the pile, maybe get one No. 1 contender match-up, and if they lose, they drift into obscurity. I lost, and I went back a bit. But I built myself back up. Three times. "

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Michael Bisping

Long Time

Fashion

" I think it's just in human nature: if you've got two guys fighting, and you don't really know them, you're going to root for the guy who comes from your country. "

" When everybody fought Anderson Silva in the past, they were terrified of him. Absolutely terrified. That's part of the reason why he was so successful. "

Michael Bisping

Him

Past

" Once I started fighting in UFC, things took a big U-turn. After my second fight, I came home and paid my mortgage off. "

" In my teenage years, I started kickboxing, then did a little boxing. When the UFC and MMA exploded in the early 2000s in the U.S.A. and Japan, I saw a way to make money and a career. "

" I've had ups and downs in my career, and if you look at it as a bookmaker, the odds of me becoming a world champion were never in my favour, but I never stopped believing in myself and never stopped trying. "

" I am very, very hungry to compete. "

Michael Bisping

Very

I Am

" If a football player has a bad game, he's allowed to do that because he plays once or twice a week. With fighting, it's once every few months. "

" I started learning jiujitsu when I was eight years old. I had a lot of success and won ever competition I even entered. "

" Obviously, every fighter wants to be the world champion, and that's what I want to achieve. "

" Let's be honest: I don't want to walk out to boos. I always want to be cheered, like anyone, and I've been very lucky over the years to have a lot of support. Coming to America, I'm always the away guy, and so people thought their guy had to take me out, and they boo. "

" Financially, I've done very well doing what I do. I've got plenty of money in the bank. I've got gigs with FOX doing analyst work, media work. The UFC has been very kind to me. Ultimately, however, I want to be world champion. I have to achieve that to validate my entire career. "

Michael Bisping

Champion

World

" I can wrestle a little bit, but I'm not Chael Sonnen. "

" Maybe when I'm done fighting, I'll open a gym and manage fighters and train fighters. "

" If you want to boo, that's your right. Boo. Go ahead. Boo me all day long. "

" I used to do traditional weapons training, and I wasn't bad with a sword. "

" I want to be world champion, and that's why I've worked for an entire lifetime to get here. "

" Fighting is different than other sports because you're not competing as regularly. "

" I hate it when people call me a cage fighter. I'm a mixed martial artist. But people take one look at what we do, and they just start making assumptions. "

" For me, 'The Ultimate Fighter' has been massive. I think it is a fantastic vehicle to find the new talent of tomorrow. "

" People write me off, and yet then, when I fight people, my opponents have a completely different opinion of me afterwards. "

Michael Bisping

People

Fight

" Big respect to Dan Henderson. "

" I always support British athletes of all sports, including Tyson Fury. I think he's a great boxer. However, if he's calling out UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez, then quite frankly, he's living in a fantasy world and needs to come back to reality. "

" I just like doing normal things, going to the shops in Manchester, getting a meal with my girlfriend and kids, going to the cinema. I love Las Vegas and there places, but I couldn't live there. "

" I have been involved in this sport since I was eight years old, so, hopefully, I can train and coach athletes down the line. "

" I'm an emotional fighter; that's no secret. But it can be detrimental. "

" Best move is probably the flying knee I used in the Ultimate Fighter semi-final v Ross Pointon in 2006. "

" I'm very happy with my wrestling. "

" I don't need others to push me. I push myself. "

Michael Bisping

Myself

Push

" I fought Dan Henderson in 2009, and I lost, and that was at UFC 100 - UFC 100 was the biggest pay-per-view the company's ever done. 1.6 million pay-per-view buys, watched all over the world, and of course, I get knocked out cold after talking lots of smack leading up to the fight. So I got my just desserts in that one. "