Michael Bisping vs. Jorge Rivera Press Conference Staredown
by Nick Thomas on Feb 22, 2011 11:17 PM EST
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PrintMichael Bisping and Jorge Rivera nearly come to blows at today's press conference - Behind on the Bisping-Rivera beef.Check out Jorge Rivera's apology after the jump.
Jorge Rivera versus Michael Bisping at UFC 127: Formal Apology
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safe to say Jorge got under his skin.
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Feb 22, 2011 11:18 PM EST reply actions
ope!?
Bisping made him look like a punk.
SHOGUN!!
Well Done my boy!
by EbzTheKing on Feb 23, 2011 12:05 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I would say the exact opposite.
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by Earl Montclair on Feb 23, 2011 12:11 AM EST up reply actions
?!epo
.punk a like look him made Rivera
by TheCode on Feb 23, 2011 12:30 AM EST up reply actions 16 recs
At first I was like wtf?
Then I smiled. rec!
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Ooooh.
Don’t get upset, tough guy. It was funny.
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by jw1487 on Feb 23, 2011 1:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
sit your ass down, Bisping
The only good bug is a dead bug!
by Anthony Pace on Feb 22, 2011 11:18 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Jorge Rivera,
Ranger Up, and their videos, are pretty lame really.
by Anton Tabuena on Feb 22, 2011 11:30 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
They are, but I think it is also mockery of British humor...
Being that Bisping is such a Cry Baby, I think Rivera knew it would get under his skin.
Bisping was picking fights with kids on Dan Hendersons team during TUF.
Nick Diaz does not like wrestlers just like Rock doesnt like Paper!
by cardiackidz on Feb 22, 2011 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
wat
it is also mockery of British humor
BJJ > Sambo
by lowellthehammer on Feb 22, 2011 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
Not sure if it's a mockery...
or just executed poorly… The first one clearly has a Monty Python theme. The apology had a South Park theme.
by Diz D on Feb 23, 2011 12:30 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It is not a mockery
It just appears Bisping is being very sensitive. I thought the video was really good. The meat biscuit bit had me really laughing and I’ve now started calling them that. Though I don’t think it will catch on in England…
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I didn't think that was lame at all.
Pretty funny actually.
by Myke25 on Feb 22, 2011 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
I disagree with this disagree. Dagger!!
by dribblebib on Feb 22, 2011 11:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I disagree with your disagree on my disagree
"Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." Mark Twain
YES
Solomon Hutcherson, is that you? You hiding in a banana grove?
by Franklin Goodish on Feb 23, 2011 7:29 AM EST up reply actions
I agree that those guys arent the best comedians
but the premise, the effort they put in and the bad “acting” combined made me laugh my ass off. I’ve never seen Jorge in this light, but I now have a vested interest in this fight.
Can’t wait. Get’m Jorge!
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by RearNakedChoker on Feb 23, 2011 2:05 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This, a thousand times.
I wholeheartedly laughed my ass off to this. Probably because I really was expecting an apology.
Go big red!
You gotta grade athlete humor on a curve
funny isn’t really their business. I think as fighters and fight-related videos go, Jorge and his assault on Bisping are funny as hell.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Feb 23, 2011 7:14 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah . . . we got to put Rivera’s efforts into perspective.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Feb 23, 2011 8:38 AM EST up reply actions
Jorge is awesome. That Matt Phinney kid is a beast too, remember seeing KO 2-3 guys in a row at the golden gloves.
by seanerk88 on Feb 22, 2011 11:31 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Shit
Bisping actually let these videos get to him. I expect him to circle right into a knock out again.
GJ to both of them for turning up the heat on this fight a little bit
Now i’m more interested
Other power punchers Bisping has talked shit to:
Hmm…
BJJ > Sambo
by lowellthehammer on Feb 22, 2011 11:47 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
I would love to see that
But this fight is more likely to end up like Leben-Bisping then Bisping-Hendo
I'd agree if all things are equal.
But I think an emotional Bisping starts overcommitting on those pillow punches of his and ends up KO’d. When your whole strategy is based on jabbing and jogging to a decision, getting pissed off at your opponent and going in with something to prove isn’t good.
BJJ > Sambo
by lowellthehammer on Feb 22, 2011 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
He might be angry
But Bisping’s ground and pound has always been his best weapon. He might overcommit on the feat of course, but everyone seems to forget he spent a good part of the Wanderlei fight shooting for takedowns. He also finished Dennis Kang on the ground two fights back
He has good GnP and very meh takedowns.
Well see. Bisping is a safe bet but I like Jorge’s odds.
BJJ > Sambo
by lowellthehammer on Feb 23, 2011 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
And he has 3 wins by decision. Out of 20sih.
Hamill, Akiyama, and Leben. Those are his only decision wins I can remember, am I forgetting any?
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Sounds about right
Everyone just remembers his decisions because they were against his more recent opponents
Name a solid UFC calibre opponent
That Bisping has finished. Not taking away from his talent, I think he’s one of the fastest and most technical MWs… period.
Everyone remembers the decisions because those are his biggest wins. The Kang fight is the only possibly exception I see, but that’s what Kang does and the first round didn’t go Bisping’s way (though he did do a good job with his guard if I recally correctly).
And Dan Miller
He decisioned him.
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by Chris Groves on Feb 23, 2011 1:41 AM EST up reply actions
That's one of my favorite UFC moments of all time.
Wandy wanted that soccer kick so badly! He had to tense every muscle in his body to stop it.
by vile(nt)green on Feb 23, 2011 12:38 AM EST up reply actions 13 recs
haha yeah and bispings reaction like he’s about to get kicked in the face is priceless, too.
he immediately grabs a hold of wandys left shin as he realizes wandy’s about to stomp the ish outta him, hehe
arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics... even if you win, you're still retarded!
Man.....
I’ve never seen someone’s head snap like Bisping’s did when Henderson turned his lights off. That picture is priceless man.
Hendo took a cheap shot there at the end, but I understand why….
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It wasnt cheap...
It cost Dana $100 grand
Nick Diaz does not like wrestlers just like Rock doesnt like Paper!
I normally stay impartial to these things
But that footage of Hendo unleashing hell on Bisping was an “all-time” highlight for me. In my opinion it’s just one of those moments. It didn’t carry any huge significance but it was the perfect storm of Hendo dropping his head and launching a rocket and Bisping circling into it’s path….then PING!
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by Duane Finley on Feb 23, 2011 2:33 AM EST up reply actions
same
Seconded. I never get tired of watching it. Just “within” the rules and done so “smartly” b/c Hendo knew the ref was a few feet away and Hendo had a couple of seconds to unleash the dogs.
by Franklin Goodish on Feb 23, 2011 7:31 AM EST up reply actions
in all the years i have been following MMA
that may be the KO i got the most pleasure out of watching.
Seriously. it couldn’t have been more perfect.
and i will never get tired of watching it.
My favourite moment
was when henderson tried to scew the UFC out of money and they told him to fuck off then Hendo got owned for 4 rounds by a welterweight.
Classic stuff, what a guy.
by Mustardfinger on Feb 23, 2011 8:40 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Who ended up in the UFC with all that money Hendo tried to screw them out of. :)
by Spider_Vemon on Feb 23, 2011 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
Damn...If your spelling of the word favorite didnt give you away...
the horror from having to rewatch that gif certainly showed which side of the pond youre from.
Nick Diaz does not like wrestlers just like Rock doesnt like Paper!
who cares about that? you will forever have to see that GIF posted in any bisping related thread…
by phantom5691 on Feb 27, 2011 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
damn, if Wandy had started throwing left hooks, he'd have put Bisping out
it was pretty cool though seeing Wandy in Pride mode about to throw the soccer kick
lol
wanderlei almost soccer kicked him, u cant tell he was thinking bout it
I love Jorge Rivera
But if I was a betting man, I would bet the entire house on Michael Bisping. His takedowns and top control are pretty damn good, and he looked flat out amazing in the Akiyama fight.
A shame, but it is true
by DarthKitty on Feb 22, 2011 11:47 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Shhhhhh – let the “Jorge is in Bisping’s head crowd” run the line down some more
"You should work for 15 minutes to knock your opponent out, submit him, or improve your position to give yourself the best chance of doing either." - Dan Hardy
by Day Man on Feb 23, 2011 3:39 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
sadly
i have to admit that i don’t see Rivera winning this one, but bisping has NEVER looked “amazing”
a jab and jog style can never look amazing
ever.
by phantom5691 on Feb 23, 2011 7:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You think Frankie Edgar is using the 'jab and job style' too? Cause I think he looked amazing against BJ :)
by Chris P. Bacon on Feb 23, 2011 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
edgar has far more talent than bisping…
by stray on Feb 23, 2011 12:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
edgar and bisping are not in the same universe talent-wise, so please go away
by phantom5691 on Feb 27, 2011 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
Whatever-his-face-is that’s standing in between them could not look any more uncomfortable…
Jorge Rivera has a really powerful punch and no other skills of note.
Henderson is a good wrester with strong hips, Rashad Evans is huge and has elite takedowns, and Wanderlei’s BJJ black belt combined with Thai takedowns makes him a multidimensional threat when need be. Bisping should crush Rivera. TKO late in the second via GNP is my prediction.
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-Randall Munroe
If Bisping
constantly circles right like he did against Hendo, Jorge will TKO him regardless of his deficiencies in other areas.
He probably won’t though.
Yeah... but that was a mistake he made after being forced to standing
when his takedowns proved fruitless against a very competent wrestler. Rivera is not a competent wrestler. I got Bisping by GNP and people calling him a coward for not striking with a guy he can take down.
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-Randall Munroe
That’s what I’m expecting too… but I also can see the possibility of him getting clipped after trying to prove a point by standing with him.
…and by “can see the possibility of”, I really mean “am praying for”.
by Diz D on Feb 23, 2011 12:35 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
if there is a god in the skies
he/she will grant us all a miracle 1st round KO victory for Rivera haha.
Bisping is too good
Great ground game, very good at distance control.
It’s just a shame he really knows how to irritate the entire universe with his mouth, Jorge should try to push the pace and disrupt his rhythm.
The main reason Bisping is acting this way is because he isn’t getting that title shot he keeps peddling for, although if he does a performance like he did with Dennis Kang he might get that shot
Bisping is a big man!
he made Jorge looked like a scared clown,
SHOGUN!!
Well Done my boy!
by EbzTheKing on Feb 23, 2011 12:07 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Can’t stand bisping. But I want him to win because I wanna see Anderson Silva beat him. He’s only like 2 fights from a title shot.
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Is our Blood not Poison?
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Praying for Salvation, bitter Redemption
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by ProfessorBLove on Feb 23, 2011 12:20 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Come on guys...
This is absolutely fake to bring some hype to an otherwise boring co main event. Bisping is NOT going to come close to knocking out Rivera and Rivera is going to gas if he doesn’t finish in the first round.
Nah.
I think Bisping is gonna finish Jorge in the first round, honestly. But damn, I’m rooting for El Conquistador.
by Unabomberman on Feb 23, 2011 12:52 AM EST up reply actions
don't
confuse me with the facts
rain on my parade
be such a killjoy
by Franklin Goodish on Feb 23, 2011 7:42 AM EST up reply actions
Against all odds, I care about this fight. Good work to everyone involved. Don’t know how you did it.
by TruthJunky on Feb 23, 2011 12:26 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
not a fan of the videos
what good will they do when bisping wins???
by MMA_Revolution on Feb 23, 2011 12:30 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I don’t know about nearly coming to blows to be honest. Jorge looked like his hands were glued to his pockets. It’s surprising to me that Bisping, as experienced as he is, is letting it get to him, when it’s so painfully obvious to me that it’s designed to make him mad.
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meh
Just Bisping selling tickets. Didn’t look like much of a “confrontation”.
by Dootch on Feb 23, 2011 12:45 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
daaaaaam
i don’t know what has been said between them but it looks like rivera lit a fire in bisping for sure…
Super bizzare. Bisping saying “you’d better back it all up” is hardly an incredible emotional response. Just generic fighting talk. Rivera’s chance of winning this are solely down to a lucky punch. Fact.
by Gepetto on Feb 23, 2011 1:12 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Rivera looked scared
which is unfortunate, considering it’s Michael freakin Bisping…
but he wasn’t able to say a word back to the dudes face. I don’t think he’s very quick on his feet.
Nope
He looked decidedly uncomfortable to me too
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Rivera has definitely got into Bisping's game
I think Saturday night, people will say Rivera won the fight long before they got into the cage.
Rivera was just trying to piss Bisping off, and he did it. He’s 38 and has fought loads of guys of various talent levels. The fact that he’s done some videos to make Bisping mad isn’t going to change the way he fights at all.
But Bisping, he’s the guy that has been trashed on, and he feels like Brits in general have been trashed on with Rivera’s comments. He feels like he has to go out there and prove a point. He can’t be the guy who was mercilessly made fun of and then lost to the guy who trashed him, it would kill him, he’s afraid that that is whats going to happen.
Rivera has driven Bisping to the point where Bisping is probably going to fight with a lot of emotion, like he has something to prove…and more than likely it will cost him.
Bisping won’t do his usual ‘gun and run’ type of fight here, because now he is worried that he will look like a coward, like he is afraid of Rivera…so he’s not going to do that, even though thats his style and thats how he wins. He’ll be fighting counter-intuitively, which Rivera will capitalize on, because thats what he wants, he wants Bisping to come forward on him, and then he’ll blast him.
God speed Rivera, God speed.
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Take down ground and pound
And the winner by TKO at 2 minutes 57 seconds of the second round…MICHAEL THE COUNT BISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSPING! ~ Bruce Buffer
by Spider_Vemon on Feb 23, 2011 9:50 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
on the money
good analysis man. Rivera’s a smart dude, getting into Bispings head like that. If anything it’ll make the fight more interesting
Ugh
At this point I’m wincing every time Jorge puts a video out. It’s like something your friend’s dad does when he tries to be cool.
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by crazybones on Feb 23, 2011 2:38 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
If there is a God
Rivera will get a highlight reel KO
by DCJon. on Feb 23, 2011 2:51 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Nearly come to blows
Apparently the video is missing the part where that was even close to true
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by Day Man on Feb 23, 2011 3:41 AM EST reply actions 7 recs
The Ranger Up video...
Is 100% proof that dumb people shouldn’t do funny. Embarrassing.
by Rug Rug on Feb 23, 2011 6:12 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
For those that are unfamiliar with the source material of that song:
by Steve4192 on Feb 23, 2011 8:14 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The formal apology was priceless.
Wow, it looks like Rivera REALLY got under the skin of Michael Bisping. He really looked frazzled and uncollected while Rivera was able to keep composure when Bisping walked up to him. As far as the mental aspect of the fight game goes, it’s obvious Jorge got in Bisping’s head.
No that was Jorges erm where am i again look
As demonstrated on MMA live recently. It just means he couldnt think of anything to say
by Mustardfinger on Feb 23, 2011 8:42 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
No, that was Bisping coming close to losing it.
When has he ever lost his composure like that before? Face facts, Jorge has set up shop in the Bisb’s head.
sit down pillow hands
bisping is one of those fighters who takes every fight on a personal level
Warning: PRIDE goggles in use
In other news
Just saw the Anderson/Rivera fight yesterday. It was pretty good, Rivera made a fairly durable punching bag for Anderson until he folded. I felt that the stoppage was a bit early, but I’m sure Anderson was just about to turn up the heat anyways when he had him floored, so *eh.
Man I think that earlier Anderson (Pride/Mecca Anderson) was full of untapped energy and potential, mainly based on the way that he threw strikes and his “skiddish” nature. I think Cage Rage and maybe “late Pride” Anderson is around the time where he really built up his confidence as a striker and was just comfortable with picking his shots and throwing great strikes…and that was back 5-7 years ago, so just imagine how ridiculously confident and comfortable he must be now with his strikes. He fought similar in the Jorge fight the way that he fights now, amazing.
by SentientAndroid on Feb 23, 2011 10:20 AM EST reply actions
Apology video sucked
If you’re going to make fun of the Brits at least use the theme from Benny Hill. Rivera running around in stop motion slapping the head of a bisping look alike would have been hillarious.
After seeing this
I actually want Bisping to win. I really havent liked him since the TUF show, but it would be hilarious to see Rivera eat his words.
again, smack talk had made me intrested in a fight I didn’t care for at all from the beginning. ALL HAIL PRO WRESTLING!
by the guy with the big nose on Feb 23, 2011 1:46 PM EST reply actions
That's what I love and would like to see more of
Not pro wrestling, but guys that are more willing to feed their own marketing machine to build interest in a fight.
At first, Rivera was a ‘gimme’ fight for Bisping with a punchers chance. Not a whole lot of people were excited about this fight or the card in general.
Rivera took matters into his own hands, did some goofy videos just for the hell of it, and now Bisping is visibly pissed off about it. People are more and more starting to like Rivera’s chances and doubt Bispings resolve. Plenty of people are interested in seeing one of these guys crush the other now. But most importantly, people are talking, people are interested, news pieces and discussions are centered entirely around the build up to this fight.
Even the UFC has got in on it now, featuring Rivera’s lated video on their site.
If either guy goes out there and crushes the other, it will be twice as beneficial for their name and interest in them as if they were respectful leading up to this fight. Bisping will be even more of the ‘love to hate him guy’ and Rivera will look like a mastermind of the mental aspect of the game, mentally defeating a fighter who pretty much trumps him physically and technically.
Personalities sell, trash talk of any variety sells, Sonnen used the most over the top talk ever, Rivera is using parody videos, and now loads of people are interested in this fight.
Even Anderson Silva came around to learning the art of getting the mental upperhand. The mask he wore against Belfort caused a ton of last minute excitement for an already anticipated fight because it made it personal.
More guys need to embrace the entertainment aspect of pre-fight talk. Fans and fighters alike need to be willing to take it in stride and enjoy the fun of it, and stop taking every remark so damn personally. Just because a guy does some goofy videos, wears a mask, or makes remarks about rats pissing on cotton and hispanic dudes impersonating him…it doesn’t make them an absolute prick that you should hate, they are trying to build up the fight. Fans and the media should learn to embrace it just a tad more and not get so mad.
Yes, trash talkers can often be real douchebags, like in the case of Sonnen, but does anyone think Anderson is an asshole who doesn’t respect his opponent? Or that Rivera would be doing these videos about Bisping if he weren’t fighting him?
Went off on a huge tangent there, but I think I made my point.
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by Chris Groves on Feb 23, 2011 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
Takes credibility away from the UFC with these antics.
I thought it was funny as hell for Rivera to stand there with his mouth pretty much shut after having been so vocal on YouTube. The UFC wants to get sanctioned in New York, and with WWE style antics like Rivera’s, and Sonnen’s, it takes away credibility. Dana White should put a stop to guys like this. It’s one thing to say you are going to kick someone’s ass, and another to call him a dick on YouTube. Sonnen’s the same way. He thinks he’s a comedian. If he wants to be a comic, go to a comedy club and tell his jokes.
If the UFC wants to be seen as serious, get rid of guys like this, or fine them and have them remove their clips, or tell them to shut the hell up. Promote yourself, but do it in a way that doesn’t make MMA and the UFC look like a joke. Some guys already think that. Don’t give them fuel to add to their fire.
Yes it adds hype, right now, but it can have long term consequences if it continues. Put an end to it. This isn’t the WWE, and I don’t want it to be. Just like a lot of other people. Talk with your abilities, not your shortcomings. Rivera got drunk and made the video. Doesn’t that say something?
If he loses, kick his ass to the curb.
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