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" Back then in the early '90s, people weren't calling it MMA - we called it Knockdown Sport Budo. "

Michael Bisping

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" I don't need their love. If they want to boo, let them boo. "

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" I worked in factories, slaughterhouses, as an upholsterer. I did demolition work, was a postman, was a tiler, a plasterer. I even sold double-glazing door-to-door. But I always dreamed of being a world champion, first of all as a boxer. "

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