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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. "
Michael Bisping
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I have nothing against America; I love spending time there. I fell in love with the country the very first time I went out there, and I have a lot of fans in the U.S. "
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" There's no shortage of fighting talent in the UFC; that's what makes it such a great organisation, and that's why I'm so proud to be a part of it. "
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" There will always be a place for 'The Ultimate Fighter.' "
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" One of my proudest moments is definitely UFC 105 in Manchester when I stopped Denis Kang in the second round. "
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" I started learning jiujitsu when I was eight years old. I had a lot of success and won ever competition I even entered. "
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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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" I can't understand how some guys get tired after one round. If you can't go the distance, why are you even in the fight? "
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" I haven't seen any of the Cung Le movies, but I have seen the Cung Le Q&A that he did in San Jose, and I've got to say that was pretty hard to watch. That was pretty cringeworthy. Listen: stick to kicking; sticking to kicking eggs and setting Guinness World Records, because entertaining a crowd certainly isn't your thing. "
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" I have been involved in this sport since I was eight years old, so, hopefully, I can train and coach athletes down the line. "
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" I'm generally an optimist, but of course, when you've been with the UFC for a decade and still not had a title shot, there is a little part of you that wonders if it will ever happen. "
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" 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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" Omelettes, I'd say, are my secret weapon in terms of diet: I love them, they're nice and easy to make, they're very nutritious, and they're low in carbs. "
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" Back then in the early '90s, people weren't calling it MMA - we called it Knockdown Sport Budo. "
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" I am very, very hungry to compete. "
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" In MMA, I found my calling. "
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" 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. "
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" I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.' "
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" I'm very happy with my wrestling. "
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" I'm a proud Brit and a proud Englishman. "
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" Fighting is different than other sports because you're not competing as regularly. "
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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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" Of course it's an honour to be fighting at UFC 100, but I don't sit back and think about that. For me, it is only ever about winning. "
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" People give me advice all the time, and I don't take a blind bit of notice. "
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" The Liverpool lad Darren Till looked unbelievable in his UFC debut, and he seems like quite a character. "
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" The more in shape you are, the harder you can push yourself. "
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" I'm not going to please everyone; not everyone's going to like me. I accepted that a long time ago, and if I had to shed a tear every time I got a hate email, believe me, I'd be severely dehydrated. "
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