The count

[Niels]

Why is Bisping’s nickname the count? Because he looks like the vampire?

 

[SVG]

Long live The Count.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

"out for the count", originally, got it after Dan

 

[Sonny Qc]

"out for the count", originally, got it after Dan

beat me to it.

 

[loisestrad]

Said Bisping:

"My ancestor was actually a Polish count back in the day. In the Middle Ages, I think around the 1300's he played a part in the battle, and for what he achieved, because he helped win the war, they gave him the title of count and a bunch of land.

They were living a nice life until the Germans invaded in World War II. They lined the whole family up against the wall, and shot them all dead and my granddad was the only one that made it out alive. He came to England, had my dad, and I grew up on a council estate."

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

beat me to it.

I knew someone would lay that card down.

Full props to whomever first cracked that gag years ago

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Oh and respect to Michael, badass. He's a great old schooler and he's earned 'speck on his name

 

[wompuscatwilly]

I don't think there is supposed to be an O in the nickname.......it suits him perfectly like that.

 

[Unsurprised Diaz]

The 'o' got added in the middle by mistake

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Saltyhaters

 

[Char Jawz]

Not to be confused with Edmond Tarverdyan...

 

[Les Vejtibals]

Not to be confused with Edmond Tarverdyan...

Those should be the guys welcoming Mayweather to the octagon.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Those should be the guys welcoming Mayweather to the octagon.

 

[Char Jawz]

Long live The Count.

He does look kind of like a Vampire here.

 

[KingBeef]

Because his eyes are so shot, he can't even count on the fingers right in front of his face.

 

[jeff7b9]

The 'o' got added in the middle by mistake

It is a silent o... so often have I heard it mispronounced.

 

[ralphus1]

"Council estate" = public or low income housing.

Credit to Bisping's grandfather, who had his Polish estate stolen by the Nazis, yet made his way to England to restart his life.

 

[Char Jawz]

It is a silent o... so often have I heard it mispronounced.

 

[TAK47]

Why is Bisping’s nickname the count? Because he looks like the vampire?

It's a typo, someone slipped an "o" in there many years ago and I guess it just stuck.

 

[PeterGriffin]