Showing posts with label kickboxer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kickboxer. Show all posts

Friday, May 4, 2012

Michael Bisping



Michael Bisping is a middleweight mixed martial artist, fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was a former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion and former Cage Rage light heavyweight champion.  



Prior to a career in mix martial arts Bisping fought as a kickboxer in Britain. He then went to a hiatus, working in factories and slaughterhouses and other odd jobs, before debuting in Pride & Battle 2 in 2004. He joined the reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter in 2006, which he won. He moved down to middleweight from light-heavyweight in 2008. He is currently ranked No. 4 in the world .



Born: February 28, 1979 in Cyprus 
Height: 6'2" Weight: 185 lbs 
Website: http://bisping.tv/ 

Career Highlights: 
  • three-time winner of Ultimate Fighter 3 
  • defeated Elvis Sinosic at UFC 70 in Manchester 
  • lost to Rashad Evans at UFC 78

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Phil Baroni



Phil Baroni is a mixed martial artist, having fought in Ultimate Fighting Championships, PRIDE and MMA middleweight and welterweight divisions. The kickboxer has a record of 14 wins and 14 loses at the MMA, a 3-7 win-loss record at the UFC and 4-2 at Pride FC.


Baroni, who has a double major in biology and psychology, also competed as an amateur bodybuilder and boxer during his college days at the University of Central Michigan.






Born: April 15, 1976 in Long Island, New York
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 175 lbs
Reach: 72"
Website: Twitter




Career Highlights:
  • Defeated former UFC champion Dave Menne in 2002
  • Defeated Nosuke Nashijima in PRIDE 32 in 2006