5 UFC fighters who might retire in 2018

#2 Michael Bisping

For the longest time, Michael Bisping was a fighter the fans loved to hate. But all that changed when at UFC 199, at age 37, on a few weeks' notice, "The Count" knocked out the monstrous Luke Rockhold in one of the greatest upsets in MMA history and became the first British champion in UFC history. Not to mention, he brought some much-needed energy to the 185-lbs ranks.

Bisping won season 3 of "The Ultimate Fighter" as a 205-pounder but dropped down to Middleweight, which back then was one of the most cut-throat divisions in the UFC, with the likes of Wanderlei Silva, Dan Henderson, Chael Sonnen and Vitor Belfort in it. For a long time, he was considered somewhat of a gatekeeper, but in the past couple of years, has become a potential UFC Hall of Famer.

The sharp-tongued Brit has proved to fans and the UFC his loyalty and commitment to the sport. Nowhere was this more evident than when he faced the young, hungry and dangerous Kelvin Gastelum just 2 weeks after losing his belt to GSP, in order to salvage the main event of UFC's first event in Shanghai.

Bisping has declared that he wants to have one last fight, on home soil and seeing as he's not part of UFC's upcoming event in London, it could mean that he's given in to the pleas of his loved ones and decided that his fighting days are over.