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

Michael Bisping

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" Some people are born for a certain thing. And for me, unfortunately, I wish it was something a bit more artistic or whatever, but I was a born fighter. That's what kept me coming back. It makes me feel alive. And, I just know, there is nothing I do better in this world than fight. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" What matters - the only thing that matters - is winning. It's nice to entertain the fans and to gain new ones, especially from the States, but on the night... that's all that matters. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" A lot of Americans say the food in England sucks. I don't think the food in England sucks - the food is great - but I've got to say, the Americans have got the dining out experience nailed down. "

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

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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'm terrified of having to go back to a day job. And that's why I'm training like a man possessed. Because I want to keep winning. "

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

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" I often put my foot in it a little bit sometimes. "

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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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" 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 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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" One of my proudest moments is definitely UFC 105 in Manchester when I stopped Denis Kang in the second round. "

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" It seems, whenever there are two Brits fighting in the UFC, we always seem to put on a good fight. "

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

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" I always wanted to be the champion, and I had belief in myself that I could achieve it. But along the way, of course, you've also got to be a realist. You lose a couple of fights here and there, and you think maybe it's not going to happen. "

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