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Mike Bisping Interview \ Ross Pointon Interview

Cagewarriors Strike Force 4 - Night of Champions Preview

by Jimmy Boogaloo

Team IronLife.com Staff Writer

- Special Thanks go out to Jimmy Boogaloo and Ironlife.com for the following:

Mike Bisping Interview

Jimmy Boogaloo: When did you first get into MMA?

Mike Bisping: The summer of 2003... I've been doing traditional martial arts since I was 8 years old. Then,

when I was 18 or 19 years old, I stopped training altogether. I had a few years off and then I bumped into one

of my old coaches who was training MMA. I went down and had a few sessions with him and he said he'd

sponsor me, for training, you know, he thought I could make a go of it if I wanted to turn pro full time. So

that's what happened and here we are today.

Jimmy Boogaloo: What's the best thing about being an MMA fighter in your opinion?

Mike Bisping: I'm fortunate enough... I just about make a living off it, you know, I can do full time... so it's a

job I love, do you know what I mean? I've never been so happy in my life to be honest; I've had my fair share

of crappy jobs in the past, so at the moment it's just great that I have a job that I love so much.

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Ross Pointon Interview

Jimmy Boogaloo: When did you first get into MMA?

Ross Pointon: (laughing) I just love fighting! I love to fight!

Jimmy Boogaloo: What's the best thing about being an MMA fighter in your opinion?

Ross Pointon: The sport, I love the sport… the fitness. It keeps me sane! (laughs)

Jimmy Boogaloo: Do you have a second job?

Ross Pointon: Yeah, I’ve got my gym… Martial Arts… all sorts, BJJ, Boxing, submission grappling…

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Cagewarriors Strike Force 4 - Night of Champions Preview

Mike 'The Count' Bisping vs. Ross 'The Gladiator' Pointon

The Cagewarriors promotion returns to the Coventry Skydome on 26th November with Cagewarriors Strike

Force 4 – Night of Champions. The night is scheduled to feature nine bouts, all of which have a Cagewarriors

title at stake. One fight in particular has been hotly anticipated, on and off the internet, and promises to

produce an action packed fight as Mike Bisping from the Wolfslair (Liverpool) defends his Light-Heavyweight

title against challenger, Ross Pointon, of the Gladiator's Gym (Stoke-on-Trent).

Despite being stripped of his Cage Rage title due to a managerial dispute, Mike Bisping has been tearing up

the LHW division recently. He has defended his Cagewarriors title in brutal fashion, by quickly pounding

Miika Mehmet and, most recently, by bashing the tough Norwegian, Jakob Lovstad, into submission with

punches in their clash at Strike Force 3, back on 1st October.

- From Ironlife.com with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

(11/17/05)