Michael Bisping Quotes

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Michael Bisping

Profession : Athlete

Birth : February 28, 1979

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

I am very, very hungry to compete.

Michael Bisping

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

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

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

Michael Bisping

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

Michael Bisping

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

Michael Bisping

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

Michael Bisping

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

Michael Bisping

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

Michael Bisping

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

Michael Bisping

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

Michael Bisping

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

Michael Bisping

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

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

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

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