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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Some people are born to be a certain
thing. And I was a born fighter. At the age of eight, Michael
Bisping began his training in martial arts. By the time he was 15,
he was fighting in his first no holds barred competition. When he
turned professional and joined the UFC he was sure about one thing:
only a world championship title would do. A British underdog in the
greatest fighting championship on earth, he spent the next decade
winning some of the championship's most sensational contests to
achieve his dream, becoming the first ever British UFC world
champion in 2016. From his boyhood years learning to fight in the
gyms of Lancashire to his most shocking clashes in the cage, in
Quitters Never Win Bisping tells the raw and unfiltered story
behind his legendary career for the first time, including his
greatest wins, his fiercest rivals and the harrowing injury that
forced him into retirement. As audacious, entertaining and as
candid as the man himself, it's a backstage pass to one of the
world's most extreme sports and an unbridled account of what it
really takes to become a champion, from sleeping in his own car to
reaching the summit of the world's fastest growing sport.
"The fighter's life is not an easy one. No one knows that more than
Michael Bisping. But few have done it better." --Thomas Gerbasi,
UFC.com Britain's own Rocky Balboa, Michael Bisping tells the
incredible story of how he went from rough and humble beginnings
and then on to a legendary career capped by winning the
Middleweight Championship. "If I quit the first time I tasted
defeat, I wouldn't be here now," Bisping once said. The ultimate
UFC underdog, Bisping fought his way to Number One contender status
three times, only to be knocked back. But he refused to give in,
clawing his way to his first World Title shot at the age of
37--when he finally became champion in one of the greatest upsets
in UFC history. Loaded with the humor and brutal honesty that first
won him a following and made him one of the sport's biggest stars,
Bisping recounts his record setting 13-year fight career battling
the likes of Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, and Dan Henderson.
"The Count" tells his story in a way that only he knows how. "[An]
unprecedented look at one of the most incredible--and most
entertaining--careers the UFC has ever seen." --John Morgan, lead
staff reporter for MMA Junkie, host of The MMA Road Show
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