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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. "
Michael Bisping
Won
Competition
Learning
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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
Best
Get
Who
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Talking
Done
Cold
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Champion
Always
Work
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Week
Bad
Fighting
" I can wrestle a little bit, but I'm not Chael Sonnen. "
Michael Bisping
Little
I Can
Bit
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
College
Me
Knowing
" You've got to sell fights; you've got to be entertaining. "
Michael Bisping
You
Entertaining
Fights
" Best move is probably the flying knee I used in the Ultimate Fighter semi-final v Ross Pointon in 2006. "
Michael Bisping
Move
Best
Fighter
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
I Am
Her
Son
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Secret
Diet
Easy
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Winning
Man
Back
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
World
Fight
Done
" Stefan Struve's an amazing talent. "
Michael Bisping
Amazing
Talent
" 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
Me
World
" Anderson Silva kind of took the best part of Rich Franklin out of his soul, and he was never the same again. "
Michael Bisping
Never
Best
Same
" There will always be a place for 'The Ultimate Fighter.' "
Michael Bisping
Will
Ultimate
Place
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Spending Time
America
Fans
" I'm not homophobic in the slightest. I have lots of gay friends. "
Michael Bisping
Gay
Homophobic
Lots
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Doing
Love
Normal
" Obviously, every fighter wants to be the world champion, and that's what I want to achieve. "
Michael Bisping
Want
Achieve
World
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Boy
People
Never
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Nature
Fighting
Human Nature
" I'm an emotional fighter; that's no secret. But it can be detrimental. "
Michael Bisping
Fighter
Emotional
Secret
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Say
Think
Food
" I don't need their love. If they want to boo, let them boo. "
Michael Bisping
Want
Need
Them
" Maybe when I'm done fighting, I'll open a gym and manage fighters and train fighters. "
Michael Bisping
Train
Open
Gym
" I'm a proud Brit and a proud Englishman. "
Michael Bisping
Proud
Englishman
" Big respect to Dan Henderson. "
Michael Bisping
Respect
Big
Dan
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Hot
Movies
People
" 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. "
Michael Bisping
Down
Want
Say