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The brawler is currently locked in a big-money contract dispute with his former gym.

Anthony McGann, who headed Liverpool-based MMA gym Wolfslair, alleges the 38-year-old owes him a substantial amount of money over unpaid fees and expenses.

McGann claims they were incurred during the course of Bisping’s six-year contract at the gym amounting to an initial $349k (£270k).

Bisping, who lives in the US, signed the initial multi-year contract with Wolfslair in 2005, shortly before appearing on the UFC’s hit reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter.

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He went on to win series three of the show, fast becoming one of the biggest names in the middleweight division.

But after completing the duration of his contract, the Manchester fighter claimed he informed Wolfslair of his intention to move on.

In court on Monday (May 15), Judge Richard Salter heard Bisping accuse his former manager McGann of subsequently forging a new contract in order to backdate bonuses and payments made to him from the UFC.

But McGann claims these were negotiated over the course of their six-year partnership.

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The contract row has now gone to the High Court in London with McGann, whose son Jack is a budding young MMA fighter signed to a Russian promotion, seeking to recoup damages.

Presented with a copy of the contract by Nigel Lawrence QC, representing the claimant, while being cross-examined, Bisping said: “The contract I signed was not that big. It was to Wolfslair not McGann. It’s not the contract I signed. It didn’t even have my name on it – it was a template."

During feisty exchanges between The Count and Mr Lawrence, the fighter accused McGann of “concocting” the entire lawsuit with “fabricated” documents.

The hearing continues.