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UFC may be ‘half panic and half lunacy’ but buzz and cash keep fighters hooked | Andy Bull

Michael Bisping was taken to hospital after retaining his middleweight title against Dan Henderson but says the pain is a price worth payingCut off Michael Bisping at the neck and you will likely find that he is still goading you to come back for more as his head goes rolling across the floor. He is a man who absolutely will not quit. Which is why, at the age of 37, he has become the first Briton to win a UFC world title, and, in defending it in the early hours of Sunday, the first person ever to win 20 fights in their UFC career. Two days before his latest victory, against Dan Henderson at the Manchester Arena, Bisping was asked...

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