Ahead of Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping’s return to the UK at UFC Glasgow, guest columnist Ralph Welch takes a journey through UFC FIGHT PASS to look at some of the fights that defined the Englishman’s career.
The Michael Bisping story is the sort of rags-to-riches fairy tale fight game romantics dream about.
Hardened by a succession of manual labour jobs, working maximum effort for the minimum wage, his fists offered the only hope of a better future for him and his family.
A decade later and the Englishman has achieved longevity at MMA’s highest level that puts him in rare air.