Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping was born on a British military base in Nicosia, Cyprus, 1979 raised in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England.
He began training Jujutsu at the age of 8. 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).
At the age of 18, Bisping decided to abandon his martial arts training “to pursue real life”. Less than a year later, Bisping began training in boxing, kickboxing and karate on the advice of Allan Clarkin, owner of Black Knights Kickboxing, who saw potential in the young fighter. Bisping enjoyed a short but successful kickboxing career, winning the North West Area title and later the Pro British light heavyweight kickboxing title.
After again briefly quitting competition in 1998, Bisping returned to kickboxing to take the Pro British light heavyweight title for a second time. Soon after winning his second kickboxing title, Bisping was forced to abandon his full-time training for a “real job”.
Bisping worked at factories, slaughterhouses and demolition companies, also he recorded few movies since 2014 Strike Back, Plastic, other TV series. Personal life, has three children with Auatralian wife Rebecca, they lives in Orange County in California.
Michael Bisping fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and is the current UFC Middleweight Champion. Also known former Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion, and The Ultimate Fighter 3 Light Heavyweight Tournament winner, Bisping was the first English fighter in a UFC main event atUFC 78 and the first British fighter to win a UFC championship at UFC 199.
