Michael Bisping (left) put Jorge Rivera away at UFC 127. Photo credit: UFCThe trash talk that took place prior to this fight certainly wasn’t just to hype of the fight as both fighters talked more once they got inside the cage at UFC 127. In fact, they talked while they were fighting at times. The first round was fairly even with Jorge Rivera landing the harder shots. Michael Bisping did take Rivera down, and then Rivera seemed made that he did so as he said something to Bisping when he got back to his feet. Bisping landed a few strikes of his own, but Rivera’s right hand found the mark a couple of times.
The turning point in the fight came near the end of the first round when Bisping hit Rivera with a solid knee while Rivera had both of his knees on the ground, clearly an illegal strike. A point was deducted from Bisping by the referee. Rivera stayed down for quite a while, but showed heart in continuing the fight.
In the second round, Rivera landed a solid right hand that appeared to rock Bisping a bit but Bisping recovered. However, it was evident that Rivera was gassing and Bisping turned up the heat as Rivera just covered up against the cage before going to his knees. The referee came in to save Rivera at that point, which was 1:54 of round 2.
There was more jawing between the two fighters!
However, both fighters did hug and shake hands before leaving the cage and Bisping did admit that he took the trash talk from Rivera personal.
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