- Became the UFC Middleweight champion for the first time at age 37 after beating Luke Rockhold via knockout at UFC 199.
- Before having a career in MMA he worked in factories, slaughterhouses and as an upholsterer, a postman, a tiler, a plasterer, a double-glazing door salesman, production line operative making barbecues at Rectella in Clitheroe and also a relatively successful DJ around the north-west club scene.
- His father was born in London, England, to a Polish father and an English mother. His mother is Irish. Michael's paternal grandfather, Andrzej Józef Bobola Bisping, was from Polish nobility, and was also of one quarter Italian descent.
- Became the first British UFC Champion.
- Bisping has three children with his wife, Rebecca.
- Inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2019.
- He is trained in boxing, karate, kickboxing, Yawara-Ryu Jiujitsu and Brazilian Jiujitsu.
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