Īt the age of 18, Bisping decided to abandon his martial arts training "to pursue real-life". 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). He began training Jujutsu at the age of eight. Bisping has described himself as "English through and through". Michael's mother is from Northern Ireland. Many members of the noble families were pursued and executed by Soviet Red Army during World War II, including Andrew's father, Jan, who was named after his own grandfather (Andrew's father), served in the British Army. Īndrzej Bobola Bisping von Gallen fled with his family from Poland to England after the Soviet invasion in September 1939. Michael's Polish paternal grandfather, Andrew (Andrzej Bobola Bisping von Gallen), was born in what is now Masaliany, Byerastavitsa Rayon, Hrodna Voblasts, Belarus, descended from German nobility who moved to Poland in the Middle Ages and was a member of the noble Polish Zamoyski family (through his mother) while Michael's English paternal grandmother, Mary Greenwood, was from Clitheroe. He attended St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, Billington. He is one of five children born to Jan Konrad Bisping and Kathleen ( née Armitage) Bisping. Early life īisping was born on a British military base in Nicosia, Cyprus. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on 5 July 2019. At UFC 199, he became the first British fighter to win a UFC Championship. At UFC 78, he became the first British fighter to compete in a UFC main event. A professional competitor since 2004, he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion, a former Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion and The Ultimate Fighter 3 Light Heavyweight tournament winner. Michael Gavin Joseph Bisping ( / ˈ b ɪ s p ɪ ŋ/ born 28 February 1979) is an English actor, sports analyst, commentator and retired mixed martial artist, who competed in the Middleweight and Light Heavyweight division of the UFC.
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