Quotes by Michael Bisping - Page 2

People write me off, and yet then, when I fight people, my opponents have a completely different opinion of me afterwards.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Opponents
Fight Me People
Afterwards
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Athletes
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Possessed
Terrified
Day Job
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Honour
Ufc
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Weak
Wrestling
School High School High
Fighters
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Bored
Engineering
Advanced
Dropped
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Football Player
Twice
Bad Game
Twice A Week
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Beaten
Loses
Great Lost People
Big Ones
Fighters
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Organisation
Shortage
Ufc
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Luke
Anderson
Beat
Dan
Legend
Sport
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Terrified
Anderson
Fought
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Diet
Carbs
Secret Weapon
Weapon
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Assumptions
Cage
Hate Look Me
Martial
Mixed
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Two Weeks
Camp
Notice
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Mma
Myself People Never
Poster
Poster Boy
So Many Years
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Annoyed
Bird
Long Time
Long Time Ago
Time Me Long
Neck
Similar
Snap
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Human Nature
Root
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
First Time
Spending
Spending Time
Love Time Country
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Martial Arts
Mma
Ufc
Years Ago
Done People Know
Establishing
Sport
People Done Know
Leading
Martial
Mixed
Nor
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Embarrassing
Inspiration
Martial Arts
Particular
Movies Big Big Fan
Arts
Big Fan
Fan
Bruce
Movies Big Fan Fan
Lee
Martial
Van
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Bills
Titles
Held
Major
Lined
Meet
Organisations
Struggling
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Boxing
Japan
Mma
Teenage
Teenage Years
Ufc
Early
Exploded
Saw
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Fans
Night
States
Winning
Entertain
Matters
Gain
New Ones
The Only Thing
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Ufc
Decade
Wonders
Title
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Las Vegas
Manchester
Normal Things
Shops
Vegas
Meal
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Dining
Nailed
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Crush
Luke
Sat
Son
Swear
Apparently
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Accepted
Email
Long Time Ago
Please
Shed
Please Everyone
Tear
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Lost
Obscurity
Three
Myself Lost People
Bit
Back Up
Contender
Drift
Lose
Maybe
Pile
Top
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Becoming
Champion
Favour
Odds
Myself World Champion
Believing
Stopped
Career
Downs
Ups
Ups And Downs
World Champion
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Available
Doors
Mma
Opening
Ufc
Athletes
Due
Educating
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Conditioning
Dying
Gym
Partners
Mentally
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Defining
Location
Weak
Factor
Maybe
Meet
Pro
Professionals
Psychologically
Seasoned
Ultimately
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Champion
Factories
Postman
Slaughterhouses
Work Always World
Boxer
Dreamed
Work Champion World
First Of All
Sold
World Champion
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Calling
Champion
Fury
Tyson
Athletes
Boxer
Fantasy World
Heavyweight
Frankly
Heavyweight Champion
Quite Frankly
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Always Walk Me
Boo
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Consistently
Opponents
Best Fight World
Pad
Pick And Choose
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Achieve
Champion
Gigs
Media
Plenty
Ufc
Analyst
Bank
Entire
Entire Career
Financially
Fox
However
Ultimately
Validate
World Champion
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Alive
Artistic
Fight World Me
Unfortunately
Some People
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Arrogant
Gold
Martial Arts
Medal
Silver
Enter
Martial
Tournament
Wishing
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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 / Mixed Martial Artist
Being Smart
Distracted
Gym
Iron
Radio
Smart
Work Movies Done
Set
Fox
People Say
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Cold
Smack
Ufc
Lots
Watched
Buys
Dan
Desserts
Fought
Leading
Million
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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.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Eggs
Entertaining
Guinness
Setting
World Records
San
Sticking
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I think everyone in all due respect just needs to calm down Chris Weidman just because he’s undefeated. He’s undefeated because he’s beaten a bunch of bums. He’s only had about seven fights. I’ve had nearly 30 fights. I’ve been in the UFC when he was still in school probably. So I got nothing against Chris Weidman, but I don’t see him as the Great White Hope that’s going to come in and destroy Anderson Silva. He’s just another middle of the road UFC fighter as far as I’m concerned.
Michael Bisping / Mixed Martial Artist
Fighting
School
Thinking
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