Outside the Octagon: Count Turned King

Michael Bisping sat in the middle of a crowded locker room, drenched in sweat, chest still heaving from nine minutes and 14 seconds of sanctioned combat, but you couldn’t wipe the smile off his face.It was the same smile the world saw last Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, California, moments after Bisping shocked that world with a first-round knockout of Luke Rockhold that earned him the UFC middleweight title. But the first one, on June 24, 2006, backstage at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, was where everything really began for “The Count,” a kid from ... Read the Full Article Here

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