Michael Bisping defied the odds and thumbed his nose at longtime skeptics by reaching the summit of the Ultimate Fighting Championship mountain.
A short-notice replacement for the injured Chris Weidman, “The Count” authored one of the sport’s most memorable modern-era upsets when he knocked out Luke Rockhold to claim the undisputed middleweight crown in the first round of their UFC 199 headliner on June 4, 2016 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Bisping shut the door in emphatic fashion 3:36 into Round 1. The shock value was off the charts.