Michael Bisping
| Michael Bisping | |
|---|---|
Bisping in 2007
|
|
| Born |
28 February 1979 Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Other names | The Count |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) |
| Division |
Middleweight (2008–present) Light heavyweight (2004–2007) |
| Reach | 75.5 in (192 cm) |
| Style | Boxing, Kickboxing, Karate, Wrestling, BJJ, Jujutsu |
| Fighting out of | Manchester, England |
| Team | Reign Training Center HB Ultimate Training Center RVCA Training Center |
| Rank |
Brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Brady Fink Brown belt in Yawara Ryu Ju-Jitsu |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 37 |
| Wins | 30 |
| By knockout | 16 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 10 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Website | http://www.bisping.tv/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Brady Fink
Michael Bisping (/ˈbɪspɪŋ/, BIS-ping; born 28 February 1979) is an English mixed martial artist. He fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and is the current UFC Middleweight Champion. He is a former Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion, and The Ultimate Fighter 3 Light Heavyweight Tournament winner. He was the first English fighter in a UFC main event at UFC 78 and the first British fighter to win a UFC championship at UFC 199.
Bisping was born on a British military base in Nicosia, Cyprus, and grew up in Clitheroe, Lancashire. His Polish paternal grandfather, Andrew (Andrzej), fled with his family from Poland to England after the German invasion in 1939. The Bisping family is of noble descent in Poland. Bisping's father Jan was in the British Army, while his mother is Irish. He began training Jujutsu at the age of eight. In 1994, at the age of 15, he competed as an amateur in Britain's first "no holds barred" competition, a precursor to modern MMA, called Knock Down Sport Budo (KSBO).
...
Wikipedia