Bisping

Just watched this amazing documentary, absolutely unbelievable but everything is true about this man. How you can taste defeat so many times, but never give up, and prevail a winner against the odds. An inspiration to all in life, we fight for our dreams, the glory and the right to be called champion. Gritty and real, an extraordinary man who fought in the most dangerous sport. At times a hooligan, and a foul mouthed lunatic. In the end he won the admiration and respect of friends and foe. Highly recommended this unique biopic of the most successful British MMA exponent.

Bisping - the warrior, the joker, the family man ! This is a must watch documentary. It gives a great background into this well known UFC fighter. From his humble rocky beginnings to middleweight champion.

Some disliked his personality in the UFC but he did what he had to in order to get his title shot. Hard work 100% of the time. Slowly winning over his critics.

Myself also coming originally from the North of England / a martial artist and being roughly the same age it was definitely amusing to see how Michael's 'adventures' in the 90's were and compared to my own.

Hes always had that cheeky humor. Two of his outstanding lines - 1. When competing on the Ultimate Fighter in the interview - 'hey hey you better not be putting those subtitles on every time I speak' And after his Anderson Silva fight the commentator asks him so where do you go from here Michael - 'well probably to hospital to get my face fixed'

To have achieved the ultimate goal in the UFC and doing it the hard way is an inspiration. Not to mention the sacrifice and support he had from his wife.

100% recommended. If you like him you will love this. If you dislike him then you may come out of this with new found admiration.

Very well put together, enjoyed this very much. This guy was built to fight....period.

I believe this documentary could really have benefitted from (A) another director; or (B) not having Bisping as one of the executive producer (with obvious power on the final cut). He's charming (and handsome) enough to keep you hooked. The movie manages to drag while still dodging the more interesting part of his story. Obviously there are things he doesn't want to share - but those would have provided more humanity to it all. Granted, I might not be the target audience. I would have loved to know more about his parents, his wife's "purpose" of just "being there for him", what drives him to keep hurting his body, more than what the bros think about him...except for Michael Jai White, who is not afraid to not act and talk like a grown-up frat boy.

If the target audience is only Joe Rogan fans pumped by the cringy words of Vin Diesel that "being an alpha is a pain in the a.." there is no need of the artsy shots of the gloves and Bisping's dramatizations of his own moves before we see the actual footage. In my opinion, the rhythm changes by the time we see the footage of his wedding and endure the cringy narration of Bruce Buffer. Then, it's more about reliving those fights than getting to know him and his journey right before that.

What a spectacular story.. what a good dude.

Heart warming and so true down to earth real life.