Biography
Michael Bisping on nicknamed Count - one of the most titled fighters of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) in the UK. Now he completed his career, but in the history of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts, with English, "Mixed Martial Arts") still remains a legend. In July 2019, the name of Michael Bisping was introduced to the Hall of Fame UFC.Childhood and youth
Michael Bisping was born on February 28, 1979 at the UK military base, located in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. His mother was born in Ireland, and his father is a fellow from the suburbs of London, so the fighter is a British by nationality.
The childhood of Michael Bisping passed in the county of Lancashire, on the banks of the Irish Sea. In St. Augustine's Roman Catholic High School that in the town of Billington, he received basic education.
Michael Bisping was addicted to martial arts at 8 years old, began with Jiu-Jitsu. And in 1994, first spoke at the Knock Down Sport Budo - the predecessor of modern MMA.
At the age of 18, Michael Bisping decided to leave the Sport for "real life", but less than in a year he took up the expansion of the skills of the skills. He took up boxing, karate and kickboxing. In the last form of martial arts, the Count twice honored the Pro British title in the weightyweed weight.
In the youth of the victory did not bring Millionic fees to Michael, and he still left the sport: it was necessary to make a living. The fighter worked in factories, slaughterhouses and companies to demolish the housing, worked as an upholstery, postman, tiler, plaster and seller.
Personal life
Michael Bisping is an exemplary spouse and father of three children, Callum, Ellie and Lucas. His wife Rebecca is from the notable family of Adelaide, the richest city of Australia. For the sake of personal life, she left a secular party and now leads the economy.The fighter prefers not to put a personal life at the bottom, but the "instagram" Rebecca Bisping Pepit with family photos. Judging by the Content, the eldest son Callum is the biggest pride of the parents. In May 2019, he graduated from school and moved to San Francisco.
Mixed martial arts
For the first time at MMA, Michael Bisping spoke on April 4, 2004. He crushed opponents to the right and left than he deserved the nickname great hope of Britain. To the UFC, the fighter came with a record of 11 victories without a single defeat.
The first battle of Michael Bisping under the auspices of UFC took place in December 2006. His rival Eric Shafer fell into a knockout on the finals of the 1st Round.
Another year, the Count remained silicon, and the debut in his career defeat he squeezed from the hands of Rashad Evans in November 2007. The victory of the American won by a separate decision of the judges, and not because it obviously dominated the opponent. By the time the Michael Bisping film was 14 triumphal battles.
Debut defeat served as a signal that you need to change tactics. Then the graph, as the MMA experts advised him, lost to medium weight. The first fight against Charles McCarthy demonstrated how correct was the decision: Michael Bisping literally fluttering over the octagon.
The competitive parameters of Michael Bisping during the transition to a new category were as follows: with a height of 187 cm, it weighed no more than 83 kg. The scope of hands reached 193 cm.
A decent opponent was found in middleweight. In July 2009, Michael Bisping met with Dan Henderson. The American became the first one who managed to send a graph to knockout. Head's injury turned out to be so serious that Michael Bisping, waking up, could not remember the battle: he thought that it was overwhelmed after 2 months.
The following fateful battle in the biography of Michael Bisping occurred in January 2013. By the time his record was 23 victories, including in battle with Brian Stann, against four defeats. This time, the count was opposed by a merciless Brazilian Victor Belfort.
It was after the battle with the Vitor Belfort that Michael Bisping began problems with vision: High-Kick in the right temple resulted in the retinal detachment. The count was afraid to consult a doctor - it could put a cross on a career.
Over time, the eyes began to see worse, and had to lie on the operating table. Despite 5 recovery operations, Michael Bisping continued to blind. As a result, blood filled with blood, the darkened eyeball had to be removed, now it replaces the prosthesis.
The injury did not convince the graph to leave mixed martial arts. Having used to semi-loop, the Briton lost a few battles in 2014 - against Tim Kennedy and Luke Rokhold.
Traditionally, the trempal lifting was followed. Inspired by the victory over Anderson Silva, in the summer of 2016, Michael Bisping again called in the octave of Luke Rokhold, by that time the UFC champion in middleweight. After 3.5 minutes of the 1st round, the Count selected the title from his opponent, becoming the first in the history of the promotion champion-British.
The belt was concerned about the waist of Michael Bisping just one fight. In October 2016, he conducted a successful defense against Dan Henderson, and in November 2017 the title of UFC champion in the middle weight rightly crossed to Canadz George Saint-Pierre.
On November 25, 2017, the Count spent the final fight against Kelvin Gastela's career. From MMA Michael Bisping went with statistics 30 wins against 9 defeats.
Michael Bisping now
Having completed his career, Michael Buregg dedicated himself to several areas, for example, actor. He was first shot in films - "Anomaly" (2014) and "My name is Lenny" (2016), but now the time for the shooting has become more. The graph can be seen in the fighters "Hunting of thieves" (2018) and "Triple threat" (2019), as well as in the series "Warrior".In November 2019, Michael Bisping released the book "Lodii never win: My life in UFC".
Since the beginning of 2020, Michael Bisping began to devote much time to journalism. In particular, he comments on the battles of UFC and conducts an interview with battle participants.
In order not to "rusted", the graph is still exercising. Now he focuses on boxing. Michael Bisping can often be found beating a shock bag in Spar Bar, clubs of clubs in the UK.
Achievements
- 2004 - CR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP champion
- 2005 - Champion CW Light Heavyweight Championship and FX3 Light Heavyweight Championship
- 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016 (2) - the holder of the title "Fight of the evening"
- 2008, 2012 - WORD MMA AWARDS in the nomination "International Fighter of the Year"
- 2014, 2016 - Holder of the title "Evening Speech"
- 2016 - UFC champion in middleweight, first British champion in UFC history