UFC Debut: Michael Bisping vs Eric Schafer | Free Fight 

Got to be the quickest stoppage of Yamasaki’s career

Even amidst two trained killers, YAMASAKI is still the most dangerous guy in there.

Bisping had one of the craziest journeys to the belt he's a legend, The Count 🇬🇧

Bisping was one of the most underrated middleweight of his time. He was a champion at two weight classes in other organisations. He would climb the UFC rankings and would always lose title eliminators to guys that would later pop for P.E.D. Usada came in a not long after, Bisping took the belt. He sacrificed a lot, worked hard, lost an eye, and won the belt the hard way.

Michael bisping is a living legend minus an eye and still wins the middleweight title

wow what a throwback ... bisping fighting with 2 eyes , joe rogan with hair , mario yamasaki refereeing and goldberg commentating.

bisping proves here why cardio is so important

I’m surprised Yamasaki didn’t let Schafer ‘be a warrior’ 😂

Damn this fight is 15 years old, Bisping looks quite different and Joe wasn't bald

Great flash from the past. Bisping and his commentary at the end was priceless LoL

Bisping has had a hell of a fight career and one hell of a post fight career 👏 Back when Micky's Malt Liquor was the main sponsor. Good times and great memories

Bisping looked much faster and more athletic at 37 than 27 lol

surprisingly good stoppage by yamasaki

Not only did he become UFC champion with one eye, he beat the legendary Anderson Silva while only having one eye. Bisping is the definition of a fighter, true Hall of Famer.

After seeing this are we sure Bisping and Sean Strikland arent related lmao

Man, Bisping's cardio improved massively and quickly.

Respect to Bisping, he’s a true warrior: heart and soul!

London Calling is one of the most epic walkout songs

I feel like in the early days of Michael Bisping people underestimated his general intelligence and fight IQ. He is a smart guy.

The fact that bispings actual team didnt fly out, lied to him saying rhey would and ditched him, he trained on his own mainly and with couple of jiu jitsu guys and those were the people in his corner not his actual team he did all that mainly on his own for his ufc debut in the mgm grand ppv it’s actually incredible definitely a warrior and one of the most underrated fighters around.

On a journey to legend 💪

Michael THE COUNT Bisping 💪💪💪 always have goosebumps watching his documentary when he won the belt 👌👌👌

damn, young bisping looks like sean strickland

I love how the Americans have gone from hating to loving Bisping, what a legend.

Not seen a rare two eyed Bisping in the wild for years.

The man The myth The fucking Legend!!!

Bisping walking out to "London Calling" for his UFC debut is *chef's kiss *

As an Englishman this made me so proud 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👊🔥

Thank you for finally including some got damn walk out footage with these free fights. Even if it’s only 8 seconds of the original music. I get the ufc doesn’t spend the money to retain the music replay rights, but I’d much rather see the walk out with some royalty free music than nothing.

Bisping Is a Legend, glad for all the good things that have happened to him in his later career (mainly when he won and defended the Title) and also his post retirement life.

Hated by most during his career in the UFC 😂 now everyone likes the chap 👍👍

A champion in the making

Oh man I miss the UFC of the 2000s decade! Those military shorts, condom depot tattoos and Affliction t-shirts!

two-eyed bisping was a sight to see

When bisping still have two eyes

What a legend!

Very impressive ground game from both. Beautiful set up for the arm triangle and great back and forth reversals. Overall great fight!

It's been strange to see Bisping's journey with the US fan base (I'm from England). At one time he seemed to be detested by most American fans, now it looks to have gone 360 and he's admired. So he not only ground his way to a UFC belt but he also won over thousands of haters in the process.

one eyed legend 👍👍👍

I miss the 2000s days of the UFC.

Bisping had this all the way. Defence from the ground, flopping his body to get out of stand up clinches, rolling with the low attacks and great ground and pound.

2:49. Perfect timing Champ!

Wish Mike reacted to this video on his own youtube channel 🔥🔥

BYM Theme playing in the back makes this awesome

This is an incredible classic. Even yamasaki as referee. MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS ♥️🇺🇸

Love it when new UFC fans can watch the commentating team’s old fights

Bisping; what a geezer!

How amazing is Mr Bisping

Man Bisbing was such a savage! He’s a legend for sure. Love this guy.

Well done Bisping! Like your commentary it started out rocky but you found a way.

two legends

Bisping is 1 of my favs

Yes the count!!🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼🔥

15 years ago today, what a story. Is there anyone else that has endured and overcome and then continues to achieve as much? I thought he was a cocky shit back then, but he's one of the most beloved MMA guys now. If you haven't checked out The Counts RU-vid content, you're missing out. This was a tough first fight on a big stage for a striker. Eric thought he could just smother him and was all over him for a short bit. But Michael was more well-rounded than I think most people realize, even back then. All of you talking about the fence grab, you know why it happens every fight? Because it's almost impossible to not grab the fence. It's not a deliberate choice, you just instinctually do it. The body doesn't want to just fall over, and it's the most natural thing in the world to pull yourself up. Now imagine someone is trying to hit you, kick you, on top of you, and you've just been on the ground. This is a fight or flight situation, you're on auto. There's a big difference between cheating and this, a fence grab is more understandable than a groin strike or eye poke, those often aren't instinctual reactions.

Michael Bisping has had an amazing 2021. So happy to see it

Gotta love Bisping.

Living legend

Pre Venum- love it.

Fighting with one eye is crazy and winning the belt is legendary

I appreciate "london calling" being audible for his entrance here

The only ever one-eyed champ. Absolute legend.

BISPING LEGENDDDD

Intro song was his podcast intro also

This was a great event for Bisping to debut on - UFC's most successful PPV event upto that point with nearly 1 million buys.

Bisping is a legend.

Legend

Michael Bisping telling this story walking the Vegas strip brought me back here. Good fight Mike 💪

The Real BMF champ right there

Can't believe this was 15 years ago, time certainly does fly.

Suprisingly good stoppage by Yamasaki.

You know this is old when Rogan has hair

Bisping the king of mma fundamentals and the king of cardio

That was a great debut by the count !

Sean strickland is the American Michael bisping

Legend.

It is better and less distracting when the timer isn't there

Bisping is one of the most underrated fighter's in MMA history with crazy cardio

I want bisping to react to this on his channel😂

Bisping is true warrior and was always in fight where he could have won. Yes he could lose to anybody in top10 but he could also beat them. Most probably Bisbing was also clean from steroids etc. I say everyone clean and Bisping is one of the goats and man literally fighted with one eye. Thank you Michael Bisbing for everything. One of those fighters who was aprecciated more after he retired.

Oh wow!!! Very cool!! Baby Bisping! No disrespect, Sir. You were just a young’n here. 😁 Good match. 🤘👏👏👏

What is the walkout song of Bisping?

Been incredible watching Bispings evolution over the years. In and out the octagon.

Mario ''Let it die'' Yamasaki. Hall of famer for most brutal person the octagon has ever seen

That's sean strickland 😂

Inspirational.

"Bang, Bang, Bang - good night - go home" 🤣

The fact that Bisping's actuall team didn't even make it to NY and his ringside team are just a bunch of random juijitsu trainers he met in the gym makes this fight even more impressive.

Always liked Bisping. Can't believe he fought with one eye. That's a fighter

I love how disappointed the announcer is in saying Mario's name lol

Ba da boom, BadaBisping!! Look where he is today, congrats Mikey!

This is why cardio is so important

LETS GO BISPING ❤️

That cage grab was a game changer

Is that Sean Strickland LOL, damn they kinda look alike. 🤣🤣

Not sure but this guy could be a UFC champion one day.

We love ❤️ The Count 4eva

here after watching bisping just tell the story of his first Ufc fight on Facebook today

BABY BOI !

I used to train with Eric and his brother Nate around this time. It was so awkward, but Eric was cool about it. Eric still has a great training academy.

Michael bisping the best off the world