Michael Bisping is Tired of All These Guys Calling Out Michael Bisping

(“So then I say, ‘Chuck Liddell? Why, he’d get knocked out if a feather landed on his chin.’ Oh, we had quite a laugh and … what? Ah crap, he’s standing right behind me, isn’t he?” PicProps: Lutaluta.com…


(“So then I say, ‘Chuck Liddell? Why, he’d get knocked out if a feather landed on his chin.’ Oh, we had quite a laugh and … what? Ah crap, he’s standing right behind me, isn’t he?” PicProps: Lutaluta.com)

Admittedly, it’s a little weird that Jorge Rivera went straight from getting stood up by a rotten-tuna-fish-infested Alessio Sakara at UFC 122 into a co-main event spot against Michael Bisping at February’s UFC 127. Who knew working your way up the middleweight ladder was this easy? Still, Rivera vs. Bisping seems like a decent little fight (and Rivera has at least a puncher’s chance, maybe better to actually win) so we’re not going to complain about it. You know who is going to complain about it, though? Michael Bisping of course. The UFC’s European Middleweight Champion is apparently so upset about guys continually calling him out that he told MMA Junkie this week he feels compelled to teach them a lesson by, uh, fighting them.

So I guess calling out Michael Bisping actually totally works.

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Jorge Rivera to Face Michael Bisping at UFC 127

After two failed attempts to pit Jorge Rivera and Alessio Sakara in a middleweight contenders bout ended without the two ever squaring off, the UFC is moving on from the proposed matchup.

Rivera will have a significantly higher-profile bout the next t…

After two failed attempts to pit Jorge Rivera and Alessio Sakara in a middleweight contenders bout ended without the two ever squaring off, the UFC is moving on from the proposed matchup.

Rivera will have a significantly higher-profile bout the next time around. He will face Michael Bisping at UFC 127 on February 27, the Massachusetts fighter told Kimura.se in a video interview just hours after his match with Sakara was scratched at UFC 122.

Jorge Rivera Says He’s Returning in Australia Against Michael Bisping

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Following UFC 122, our Euro buddies at Kimura.se caught up with scheduled co-headliner Jorge Rivera to discuss his reaction to Alessio Sakara’s surprise illness-withdrawal. Rivera’s hands were already wrapped by the t…

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Following UFC 122, our Euro buddies at Kimura.se caught up with scheduled co-headliner Jorge Rivera to discuss his reaction to Alessio Sakara‘s surprise illness-withdrawal. Rivera’s hands were already wrapped by the time he got the news, and he was "in shock" to learn he wouldn’t be fighting. On the bright side, he already has bigger things lined up. Said Jorge: 

"I’ve got a good fight coming up in Australia, and I’m gonna take a couple weeks off to go home and just relax, because I’ve training hard since about June. My last fight, I had to pull out about July, because I had broken my arm, but I was still training with a broken arm, I wanted to fight. I’ve been training hard now for about five, six months, so I need some time just to relax, man…And then I’m gonna train real, real, real hard. I really want this next fight, man. I not only want the fight, I wanna fuck him up. [Interviewer: Who are you fighting in Australia?] Michael Bisping…that is a scoop I’m giving you right now."

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Alessio Sakara Out of UFC 122 With Illness

Filed under: UFC, NewsAbout an hour after UFC 122 started on Saturday in Oberhausen, Germany, fans got some bad news: Alessio Sakara is out of his co-main event fight against Jorge Rivera because of an illness.

MMAjunkie.com first reported and the UFC…

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About an hour after UFC 122 started on Saturday in Oberhausen, Germany, fans got some bad news: Alessio Sakara is out of his co-main event fight against Jorge Rivera because of an illness.

MMAjunkie.com first reported and the UFC confirmed that the bout has been scrapped, and Duane Ludwig vs. Nick Osipczak has been moved up from the non-televised undercard to the main card. Sakara has what the UFC is describing as “flu like symptoms.”

UFC 122 (Somewhat) Live Blog

Without giving away too much of tonight’s tape-delayed UFC 122 decisionfest show that went down in Germany today, we will tell you that the guaranteed slugfest between Jorge Rivera and Alessio Sakara got yanked from the main card of the event due to S…

Without giving away too much of tonight’s tape-delayed UFC 122 decisionfest show that went down in Germany today, we will tell you that the guaranteed slugfest between Jorge Rivera and Alessio Sakara got yanked from the main card of the event due to Sakara pulling out of the bout today because of illness.

We’ll be "live" tonight at 9:00 pm ET to give those of you who don’t have cable, who are too cheap to go to a bar or who think we’re really your friends and want to hang out on a Saturday night a rundown of the action via the Spike TV re-broadcast.

Check out the preliminary card results and main card play-by-play after the jump:

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UFC 122: Preview and Predictions

Filed under: UFCThe UFC is back in Germany and back on Spike TV Saturday, with a fight card that doesn’t look particularly strong on paper, but should produce some fairly entertaining scraps — and will produce the next title contender in the middlewei…

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The UFC is back in Germany and back on Spike TV Saturday, with a fight card that doesn’t look particularly strong on paper, but should produce some fairly entertaining scraps — and will produce the next title contender in the middleweight division.

What: UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami

When: Saturday, the main card begins at 3 PM ET and will be broadcast on tape delay on Spike TV at 9 PM ET.

Where: König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany

Predictions on the five televised fights below.