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" As a fighter, you know when you connect with a really good shot because you feel the impact on your fist. "
Michael Bisping
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You
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" I went to college and did advanced electronical engineering, not really knowing what I wanted to do. It bored me to death, so I dropped out. "
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" I want to be world champion, and that's why I've worked for an entire lifetime to get here. "
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" I don't need others to push me. I push myself. "
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" Obviously, every fighter wants to be the world champion, and that's what I want to achieve. "
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" I beat Anderson Silva and then Luke Rockhold, who was, pound-for-pound, one of the best. Now I get to do Dan Henderson, who is a legend in the sport. "
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" People write me off, and yet then, when I fight people, my opponents have a completely different opinion of me afterwards. "
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" Stefan Struve's an amazing talent. "
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" The more in shape you are, the harder you can push yourself. "
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" I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.' "
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Hate
" People say sometimes that I'm distracted. I'm not distracted. I'm being smart. I'm capitalizing while the iron is hot. That's why I'm trying to do movies. I do the podcast. I do a radio show. I work on FOX. I have a gym; I have a lot of things going on. That's because when I'm done, I want to be set up. "
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" For me, 'The Ultimate Fighter' has been massive. I think it is a fantastic vehicle to find the new talent of tomorrow. "
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" I've beaten a lot of great fighters, but people say the big ones, I've lost them all. I don't want to go down as a guy who loses his big fights. "
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Want
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" I want to be liked; I just haven't lost sleep over it. "
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" 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. "
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" I swear to God, I don't even know who Demi Lovato is. My son has a crush on her. Apparently, he was sat next to her when I knocked Luke Rockhold out, so Demi Lovato knows who I am, that's for sure. "
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I Am
Her
Son
" It seems like every problem you can have with an eye, I had. "
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Had
Like
Eye
" I've been on both sides of the boos. "
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Sides
Boos
Been
" For so many years, people have used the expression 'poster boy of British MMA,' but I've never seen myself as that; I certainly never described myself as that. "
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Never
" It's going to take more than one loss for me to hang up my gloves; that's for sure. "
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Up
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" 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. "
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Career
Years
Early
" Maybe when I'm done fighting, I'll open a gym and manage fighters and train fighters. "
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Train
Open
Gym
" 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. "
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Him
He
Past
" You've got to sell fights; you've got to be entertaining. "
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You
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" Without wishing to sound arrogant, when I was younger, I used to win every single martial arts tournament I ever entered. I used to enter the under 14s and under 16s, win both gold medals in those, and then go in the men's tournament just for experience, and end up getting a silver medal. "
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Win
Experience
Silver
" I had held titles in all the major U.K. organisations, but we were struggling to make ends meet. There were times you don't have a fight lined up, and the bills are stacking up. "
Michael Bisping
Bills
Up
Titles
" 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. "
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Talking
Done
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" I'm a proud Brit and a proud Englishman. "
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Proud
Englishman
" A long time ago, I had a bird that annoyed me, and the bird had to go. The bird's neck was snapped. I would also snap Conor McGregor's neck in a similar fashion. "
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Me
Long Time
Fashion
" All I do is fight, consistently, the best guys in the world, and sure, I've lost a couple here and there, but I've certainly won the majority of my fights. There are those who pick and choose opponents and try to pad their record along the way, but I've never done that. "
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