UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is undoubtedly one of the greatest mixed martial artists in the world at the moment. But before making the move to the UFC, the Count was Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion and he made his mark in the UFC after he won The Ultimate Fighter 3 Light Heavyweight Tournament.
Since then he has gone on to establish himself as one of the most dominant forces in the UFC and became the first English fighter in a UFC main event at UFC 78 and the first British fighter to win a UFC championship at UFC 199.
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One of his most standout performances for the UFC was when he defeated Anderson Silva, considered the greatest ever MMA fighter, last year. Out of a total of 37 fights in his MMA career, Bisping has lost just seven of them but after getting beaten and bruised for so long, the Count is planning to retire from the sport soon.
But before he decides to hang up his boots for good, Bisping plans to fight at least two more times and he wants his final fight in front of his home fans in England. The Count has never lost when he has fought for the UFC in England.
"Whether or not I win my next fight, which I plan on winning and believe I will, then I want to have one last fight in England. Hopefully I'll be defending my belt for the third time and then probably call it a day. That isn't set in stone, but in my mind that's kind of where my head's at," Bisping said during his podcast.
Since defeating Luke Rockhold to become the UFC middleweight champion, Bisping has just defended his title once against Dan Henderson at UFC 204. He was supposed to defend his title against Georges St-Pierre next but the fight got cancelled after the Canadian could not get into shape in time for the bout.
However, the two fighters said they expect the fight to happen sometime this year and if that fight goes through Bisping could then face either Yoel Romero or Robert Whittaker in his final fight.
The two are set to fight for the interim UFC middleweight title at UFC 213 and the winner will become the undisputed No.1 contender and will get a shot to fight Bisping next.
