Tag: UFC 127

The Unsolicited Advisor: Making Michael Bisping’s Punishment Fit the Crime

Filed under: UFCWhen you think about it, it’s almost comical that in a job that rewards him for bludgeoning other humans with his appendages, it would be something as childish as spitting that lands Michael Bisping in hot water.

Break a man’s jaw? He…

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When you think about it, it’s almost comical that in a job that rewards him for bludgeoning other humans with his appendages, it would be something as childish as spitting that lands Michael Bisping in hot water.

Break a man’s jaw? Here’s your bonus check. Get a little too careless with your saliva? Now we’ve got a problem.

But even though Bisping threw what was an illegal and, depending on your perspective, possibly intentional blow in his bout with Jorge Rivera at UFC 127 in Sydney, it’s his decision to spit in the general direction of Rivera’s cornermen that seems to have provoked the ire of both the UFC and MMA fans.

Best of UFC 127 Video Interviews

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UFC 127 is officially in the books, so we thought it would be fun to look back at some of the highlights from our pre-fight and post-fight interviews shot in Sydney. Check out the highlight video below.

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UFC 127 is officially in the books, so we thought it would be fun to look back at some of the highlights from our pre-fight and post-fight interviews shot in Sydney. Check out the highlight video below.

UFC 127 Morning After: Judges Were Wrong, Jon Fitch Beat B.J. Penn

Filed under: UFCShow the B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch fight to people who don’t know how MMA is judged, and ask them who won. They’d tell you it was Fitch, obviously. But of the three people whose job it was to decide who won, only one said Fitch was the wi…

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Jon Fitch on top of BJ Penn at UFC 127.Show the B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch fight to people who don’t know how MMA is judged, and ask them who won. They’d tell you it was Fitch, obviously. But of the three people whose job it was to decide who won, only one said Fitch was the winner. The other two said it was a draw, and so that was the result: No one won the main event at UFC 127.

What’s unfortunate is that the people who don’t know anything about MMA would have done a better job of judging this fight than the professional judges.

Jon Fitch deserved to win the decision at UFC 127. That the fight was a draw is a combination of the fact that MMA has bad judges, and bad judging criteria.

Jorge Rivera Says ‘Classless’ Bisping Hit Him With Intentional Illegal Knee

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveThere are moments from his UFC 127 bout with Michael Bisping in Sydney, Australia that are still fuzzy to Jorge Rivera, but there is at least one thing he knows for sure.

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There are moments from his UFC 127 bout with Michael Bisping in Sydney, Australia that are still fuzzy to Jorge Rivera, but there is at least one thing he knows for sure.

The illegal knee that Bisping hit him with in the first round? No matter what Bisping said later, that was no accident, Rivera told MMA Fighting on Sunday.

“That knee was deliberate, and I’ll tell you exactly how I know this,” Rivera said.

Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC 127

Filed under: UFCUFC 127 was supposed to be the event that put an internet rivalry to bed and established once and for all the next top contender in the UFC’s welterweight division.

Maybe it was a bad idea to hold such an event Down Under, because in …

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UFC 127 was supposed to be the event that put an internet rivalry to bed and established once and for all the next top contender in the UFC’s welterweight division.

Maybe it was a bad idea to hold such an event Down Under, because in the end neither of those things happened as planned.

It was truly a night of surprises in Sydney – some of them good, others just weird – and there’s nothing left to do now but sift through the biggest winners, losers, and everything in between.

Michael Bisping to Be Disciplined for UFC 127 Spitting Incident

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsUFC middleweight contender Michael Bisping will face disciplinary action for his behavior following his UFC 127 win, UFC president Dana White told MMA Fighting.

Shortly after finishing his second-round TKO ove…

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UFC middleweight contender Michael Bisping will face disciplinary action for his behavior following his UFC 127 win, UFC president Dana White told MMA Fighting.

Shortly after finishing his second-round TKO over Jorge Rivera, Bisping walked over to the octagon corner closest to Rivera’s team and spit in their direction. The incident was caught on camera, though Rivera’s cornermen could not be seen from the angle shown.

Rivera’s boxing coach Matt Phinney was hit, according to a statement from their camp. Bisping denied spitting at them, saying, “I was spitting on the floor to let him know what I thought of him.”