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

Michael Bisping

Home

Started

Mortgage

" Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm a fighter through and through, and I've got more heart and more determination than anybody. "

" I started learning jiujitsu when I was eight years old. I had a lot of success and won ever competition I even entered. "

" 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'm very happy with my wrestling. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The Liverpool lad Darren Till looked unbelievable in his UFC debut, and he seems like quite a character. "

Michael Bisping

UFC

Seems

" 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. "

" I want to be the first British person to lift a UFC World Title. "

" As the UFC was getting bigger and bigger, I realized it was a potential career there, and that's what I did. "

" Fighting at home does bring pressure - of course it does. But I've always thrived on that. "

" 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. "

" The underdog status suits me just fine. "

" There will always be a place for 'The Ultimate Fighter.' "

" When everybody fought Anderson Silva in the past, they were terrified of him. Absolutely terrified. That's part of the reason why he was so successful. "

Michael Bisping

Him

Past

" When I'm in the gym, different training partners tell me that I've got great conditioning, and I tell them, 'Really? Because, I'm dying here.' I think that I'm just as tired as anyone; I just push myself mentally. "

" 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. "

" I'm not homophobic in the slightest. I have lots of gay friends. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a proud Brit and a proud Englishman. "

Michael Bisping

Proud

Englishman

" 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? "