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" I'm very happy with my wrestling. "
Michael Bisping
Happy
Very
Wrestling
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" If you want to boo, that's your right. Boo. Go ahead. Boo me all day long. "
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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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" 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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" 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 want to be world champion, and that's why I've worked for an entire lifetime to get here. "
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" Ultimately, when two professionals meet, I don't really see the location as being a defining factor. If you're a psychologically weak fighter, maybe it would be. But if you're a seasoned pro, it doesn't really come into it. "
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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 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. "
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" I'm a proud Brit and a proud Englishman. "
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" In my teenage years, I started kickboxing, then did a little boxing. When the UFC and MMA exploded in the early 2000s in the U.S.A. and Japan, I saw a way to make money and a career. "
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Years
Early
" Fighting at home does bring pressure - of course it does. But I've always thrived on that. "
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Pressure
Always
Fighting
" I want to be liked; I just haven't lost sleep over it. "
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Want
Over It
" 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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Say
Think
Food
" Maybe when I'm done fighting, I'll open a gym and manage fighters and train fighters. "
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Train
Open
Gym
" For me, 'The Ultimate Fighter' has been massive. I think it is a fantastic vehicle to find the new talent of tomorrow. "
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Think
Talent
New
" 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. "
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Boy
People
Never
" I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.' "
Michael Bisping
Expression
Fake
Hate
" 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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Down
Want
Say
" It seems, whenever there are two Brits fighting in the UFC, we always seem to put on a good fight. "
Michael Bisping
Two
Seem
Good
" A long time ago, I had a bird that annoyed me, and the bird had to go. The bird's neck was snapped. I would also snap Conor McGregor's neck in a similar fashion. "
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Me
Long Time
Fashion
" I've been on both sides of the boos. "
Michael Bisping
Sides
Boos
Been
" 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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Talking
Done
Cold
" 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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New
Nice
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" 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. "
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Me
World
" 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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People
Me
Fight
" 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. "
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Arts
Movies
Big
" 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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Happen
You
Will
" It seems like every problem you can have with an eye, I had. "
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Had
Like
Eye
" Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is. "
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