Michael Bisping was on the brink on an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight title shot at UFC 100 way back in 2009, but then he circled into the nuclear right hand of Dan Henderson and, well, the rest as they say is mixed martial arts (MMA) history. "The Count" would flirt with potential world championship opportunities intermittently over the next several years, only to come up short seemingly at the last possible moments.
Then, finally, a bit of luck struck the Englishman earlier this year. Former 185-pound champion, Chris Weidman, was forced to withdraw from a rematch with Luke Rockhold, who took the belt off "All American" in brutal fashion at UFC 194 in Dec.