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
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.
I can wrestle a little bit, but I'm not Chael Sonnen.
There will always be a place for 'The Ultimate Fighter.'
You can push my buttons all you want and say whatever you want about me, and that's fine... fighters do that.
I am very, very hungry to compete.
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.
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.
It seems like every problem you can have with an eye, I had.
In MMA, I found my calling.
I want to be the first British person to lift a UFC World Title.
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.
I've already been KO'd, embarrassed. Nothing is going to be worse than that, so what's to be scared of?
People give me advice all the time, and I don't take a blind bit of notice.
I used to be weak - as did all British fighters - with wrestling, because we don't have high school wrestling or college wrestling here.
One of my proudest moments is definitely UFC 105 in Manchester when I stopped Denis Kang in the second round.
I'm a fighter through and through, and I've got more heart and more determination than anybody.
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.
As a fighter, you know when you connect with a really good shot because you feel the impact on your fist.
As the UFC was getting bigger and bigger, I realized it was a potential career there, and that's what I did.
'The Ultimate Fighter' has found lots of great talent.
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.
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.
The mind controls everything; it really does.
I started learning jiujitsu when I was eight years old. I had a lot of success and won ever competition I even entered.
It seems, whenever there are two Brits fighting in the UFC, we always seem to put on a good fight.
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.
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.
Best move is probably the flying knee I used in the Ultimate Fighter semi-final v Ross Pointon in 2006.
'300' is a bit cheesy but enjoyable.
I'm in a sport where, on their day, anyone can beat anyone else if they are at the top of their own game.
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.
I want to be world champion, and that's why I've worked for an entire lifetime to get here.
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.
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.
Obviously, every fighter wants to be the world champion, and that's what I want to achieve.
I often put my foot in it a little bit sometimes.
For me, 'The Ultimate Fighter' has been massive. I think it is a fantastic vehicle to find the new talent of tomorrow.
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.
Big respect to Dan Henderson.
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.
Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.
Stefan Struve's an amazing talent.
The underdog status suits me just fine.
People write me off, and yet then, when I fight people, my opponents have a completely different opinion of me afterwards.
My best weapon is probably my speed. I am faster than most middleweights, and I know how to use it.
I used to do traditional weapons training, and I wasn't bad with a sword.
You've got to sell fights; you've got to be entertaining.
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.
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.
