It has truly been a stellar year for current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Enough to earn "Fighter of the Year" bragging rights from Rolling Stone.
"The Count" got 2016 off to a bang by upsetting perhaps the greatest fighter to ever compete in mixed martial arts (MMA), Anderson Silva, at UFC Fight Night 94 in February, defeating "The Spider" by way of unanimous decision in London, England.
He followed up that performance just four months later by knocking out Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199 (see it), capturing the world middleweight strap in the process.