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" I was a big fan of martial arts movies - Bruce Lee in particular, as cringeworthy as it is. Jean-Claude van Damme was a big inspiration as well - it's a little embarrassing. "

Michael Bisping

Arts

Movies

Big

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" The more in shape you are, the harder you can push yourself. "

" A lot of people get up to the top of the pile, maybe get one No. 1 contender match-up, and if they lose, they drift into obscurity. I lost, and I went back a bit. But I built myself back up. Three times. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Knowing

" I want to be world champion, and that's why I've worked for an entire lifetime to get here. "

" I have been involved in this sport since I was eight years old, so, hopefully, I can train and coach athletes down the line. "

" If you want to boo, that's your right. Boo. Go ahead. Boo me all day long. "

" The mind controls everything; it really does. "

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

" Once I started fighting in UFC, things took a big U-turn. After my second fight, I came home and paid my mortgage off. "

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

" 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

World

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In MMA, I found my calling. "

" I hit as hard and as fast in the first week of camp as I do in the last week of camp. So it doesn't matter if it's two weeks' notice or 10 weeks' notice. "

" I always support British athletes of all sports, including Tyson Fury. I think he's a great boxer. However, if he's calling out UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez, then quite frankly, he's living in a fantasy world and needs to come back to reality. "

" 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. "

" I love the way of life out in California, and I've made a lot of friends out there. The food is amazing. "

" You can push my buttons all you want and say whatever you want about me, and that's fine... fighters do that. "

Michael Bisping

Push

Whatever

" I don't need others to push me. I push myself. "

Michael Bisping

Myself

Push

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" It's going to take more than one loss for me to hang up my gloves; that's for sure. "

Michael Bisping

" 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. "

" I hate it when people call me a cage fighter. I'm a mixed martial artist. But people take one look at what we do, and they just start making assumptions. "