i don`t put much emphasis on "who is a dirt bag"..."who`s a nice guy"..."who has class"..."who`s cool"......
i`ll leave that to the teenagers at sherdog/mma junkie and mmaweekly.....imo,bisping was gonna whack an overmatched rivera at some point...rivera was in there to lose and anything short of a hail mary wasn`t gonna get it it vs bisping....
he was fighting a guy that was younger,quicker,much more talented and well rounded...
i guess he figured that by provoking bisping,he could lure him into a stand-up war...which was his only chance at winning...
well,he did that,but it still didn`t work...
i give kudos to rivera for trying to turn things psychologocally in his favor...it was sound strategy..
but in the end he was overmatched...and whether they`re friends or enemies or butt buddies...it`s just not very high on my list of priorities in life...