English - Athlete | February 28, 1979 -
I want to be the first British person to lift a UFC World Title.
Michael Bisping
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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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In MMA, I found my calling.
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Stefan Struve's an amazing talent.
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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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It seems like every problem you can have with an eye, I had.
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Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.
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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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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.
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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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The mind controls everything; it really does.
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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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