Michael Bisping Quotes

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

Best, Here, Couple, Pick And Choose

I used to do traditional weapons training, and I wasn't bad with a sword.

- Michael Bisping

Training, Bad, Traditional, Sword

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.

- Michael Bisping

Week, Last, Weeks, Two Weeks

I had held titles in all the major U.K. organisations, but we were struggling to make ends meet. There were times you don't have a fight lined up, and the bills are stacking up.

- Michael Bisping

Titles, Had, Held, Organisations

I've had ups and downs in my career, and if you look at it as a bookmaker, the odds of me becoming a world champion were never in my favour, but I never stopped believing in myself and never stopped trying.

- Michael Bisping

Career, Becoming, Had, Champion

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.

- Michael Bisping

Proud, Part, Makes, Organisation

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.

- Michael Bisping

Happen, Decade, Been, UFC

Due to the UFC educating people on MMA as a sport, people give us the respect as athletes, opening doors to opportunities which wasn't available in the past. It has been amazing to be part of the UFC journey.

- Michael Bisping

MMA, In The Past, Which, UFC

UFC has done a fantastic job of establishing the biggest leading brand in mixed martial arts. Years ago, many people didn't know what MMA was nor understand the sport.

- Michael Bisping

MMA, Leading, Establishing, UFC

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

Doing, Very, However, UFC

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

- Michael Bisping

Unbelievable, Till, Looked, UFC

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

Big, Started, Took, UFC

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.

- Michael Bisping

Career, MMA, Exploded, UFC

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

- Michael Bisping

Stopped, Manchester, Second, UFC

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.

- Michael Bisping

Winning, Think, Honour, UFC

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

- Michael Bisping

World, Want, Person, UFC

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

- Michael Bisping

Always, Brits, Whenever, UFC

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

Desserts, Buys, Fought, UFC

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.

- Michael Bisping

Back, However, Heavyweight, UFC

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

- Michael Bisping

Career, Bigger, Getting, UFC

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

Love, Normal, Las Vegas, Manchester

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

Love, Carbs, Very, Secret Weapon

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.

- Michael Bisping

Back, Maybe, Pile, Obscurity

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.

- Michael Bisping

Two, Maybe, Professionals, Factor

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

Expression, MMA, Certainly, Poster Boy

Maybe when I'm done fighting, I'll open a gym and manage fighters and train fighters.

- Michael Bisping

Fighting, Gym, Maybe, Manage

Anderson Silva kind of took the best part of Rich Franklin out of his soul, and he was never the same again.

- Michael Bisping

Kind, Took, Anderson, Best Part

I'm not going to please everyone; not everyone's going to like me. I accepted that a long time ago, and if I had to shed a tear every time I got a hate email, believe me, I'd be severely dehydrated.

- Michael Bisping

Believe, Had, Shed, Every Time

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.

- Michael Bisping

Records, World Records, Guinness

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.

- Michael Bisping

Sound, Used, Tournament, Martial Arts

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

Big, Van, Bruce Lee, Martial Arts

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

- Michael Bisping

Old, Line, Been, Train

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

Game, Football Player, Plays, Twice A Week

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

- Michael Bisping

Always, Bring, Does, Thrive

I've already been KO'd, embarrassed. Nothing is going to be worse than that, so what's to be scared of?

- Michael Bisping

Embarrassed, Going, Been, Scared

'The Ultimate Fighter' has found lots of great talent.

- Michael Bisping

Found, Lots, Ultimate, Great Talent

Patrick Cote, that would be one way traffic. I'd destroy the guy.

- Michael Bisping

Destroy, One Way, Would, Traffic

I'm an emotional fighter; that's no secret. But it can be detrimental.

- Michael Bisping

Fighter, Emotional, Secret, No Secret

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

Death, College, Advanced, Bored

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

World, Factories, Worked, First Of All

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

- Michael Bisping

Going, Hang, Sure, Gloves

People give me advice all the time, and I don't take a blind bit of notice.

- Michael Bisping

Advice, Blind, Give, Notice

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

Sometimes, Why, Show, Distracted

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.

- Michael Bisping

Tell, Here, I Think, Push

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

- Michael Bisping

Myself, Me, Need, Push

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

- Michael Bisping

Yourself, More, Shape, Push

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

- Michael Bisping

Want, Buttons, About, Push

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

Big, Fights, Beaten, Fighters

I used to be weak - as did all British fighters - with wrestling, because we don't have high school wrestling or college wrestling here.

- Michael Bisping

College, Here, British, Fighters

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

- Michael Bisping

Gay, Lots, Homophobic, Slightest

I am proud to be the first British champion, and headlining MSG is a testament to all the hard work.

- Michael Bisping

Work, Proud, British, Champion

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

- Michael Bisping

Want, Here, Lifetime, Champion

Obviously, every fighter wants to be the world champion, and that's what I want to achieve.

- Michael Bisping

World, Want, Achieve, Champion

I always wanted to be the champion, and I had belief in myself that I could achieve it. But along the way, of course, you've also got to be a realist. You lose a couple of fights here and there, and you think maybe it's not going to happen.

- Michael Bisping

Here, Realist, Couple, Champion

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

Country, Guy, I Think, Human Nature

I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.'

- Michael Bisping

Hate, Expression, Fake

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.

- Michael Bisping

Go, Similar, Had, Snapped

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

Knocked, Next, Out, Swear

The underdog status suits me just fine.

- Michael Bisping

Underdog, Me, Fine, Status

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

- Michael Bisping

Me, Career, England, Height

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.

- Michael Bisping

Start, Artist, Making, Martial

'300' is a bit cheesy but enjoyable.

- Michael Bisping

Cheesy, Bit, Enjoyable

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, Legend, Anderson, Luke

I'm a proud Brit and a proud Englishman.

- Michael Bisping

Proud, Englishman

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

Think, England, Sucks, Nailed

I've been on both sides of the boos.

- Michael Bisping

Both Sides, Been, Both, Sides

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.

- Michael Bisping

Alive, Back, Some, Unfortunately

In MMA, I found my calling.

- Michael Bisping

MMA, Found, Calling

Back then in the early '90s, people weren't calling it MMA - we called it Knockdown Sport Budo.

- Michael Bisping

Back, MMA, Were, Calling

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?

- Michael Bisping

Distance, Understand, Some, Guys

For me, 'The Ultimate Fighter' has been massive. I think it is a fantastic vehicle to find the new talent of tomorrow.

- Michael Bisping

Think, New, Been, Fantastic

Big respect to Dan Henderson.

- Michael Bisping

Respect, Big, Dan

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, Having, Terrified, Day Job

Best move is probably the flying knee I used in the Ultimate Fighter semi-final v Ross Pointon in 2006.

- Michael Bisping

Best, Move, Ultimate, Flying

People write me off, and yet then, when I fight people, my opponents have a completely different opinion of me afterwards.

- Michael Bisping

Afterwards, Opponents, Then, Opinion

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

Reason, In The Past, Anderson

I'm very happy with my wrestling.

- Michael Bisping

Happy, Very, Wrestling

As a fighter, you know when you connect with a really good shot because you feel the impact on your fist.

- Michael Bisping

Impact, Feel, Your, Connect

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

- Michael Bisping

Sometimes, Often, Little Bit, Foot

I'm in a sport where, on their day, anyone can beat anyone else if they are at the top of their own game.

- Michael Bisping

Game, Top, Own, Beat

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

Love, Country, Very, Fans

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.

- Michael Bisping

Winning, New, Entertain, Fans

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

Learning, Old, Started, Entered

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

- Michael Bisping

Through, More, Anybody, Fighter

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

- Michael Bisping

Will, Always, Ultimate, Fighter

I am very, very hungry to compete.

- Michael Bisping

I Am, Compete, Very, Hungry

I can wrestle a little bit, but I'm not Chael Sonnen.

- Michael Bisping

I Can, Little Bit, Bit, Wrestle

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

- Michael Bisping

Want, Ahead, Boo, All Day

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

- Michael Bisping

Love, Way, Made, California

You've got to sell fights; you've got to be entertaining.

- Michael Bisping

Sell, Got, Entertaining, Fights

My best weapon is probably my speed. I am faster than most middleweights, and I know how to use it.

- Michael Bisping

Best, Use, Am, Faster

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

- Michael Bisping

Love, Want, Need, Boo

Let's be honest: I don't want to walk out to boos. I always want to be cheered, like anyone, and I've been very lucky over the years to have a lot of support. Coming to America, I'm always the away guy, and so people thought their guy had to take me out, and they boo.

- Michael Bisping

Lucky, Been, Very, Boo

Fighting is different than other sports because you're not competing as regularly.

- Michael Bisping

Sports, Other, Regularly, Competing

The mind controls everything; it really does.

- Michael Bisping

Mind, Everything, Does, Controls

I want to be liked; I just haven't lost sleep over it.

- Michael Bisping

Sleep, Over, Over It, Liked

Stefan Struve's an amazing talent.

- Michael Bisping

Amazing, Talent

It seems like every problem you can have with an eye, I had.

- Michael Bisping

Problem, Like, Had, Eye

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