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UFC 199 Judo Chop - Never Counted out: How Michael Bisping fulfilled his destiny

Bloody Elbow striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the set-up and crushing left hook that led Michael Bisping to victory over UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 199.

The phrase "Cinderella story" gets tossed around often enough in the world of combat sports to have lost all meaning by now. Like most of the things we say when we talk about fights, it is a grandiose cliche. But if there were ever a fighter for whom that term was fit, it is Michael Bisping. "The Count" made his professional MMA debut in April of 2004, more than 12 years ago, and spent more than 10 of those years in the UFC, repeatedly trying and failing to work his way to a title shot.