UFC 127 Fight Card: Jorge Rivera and the Top 10 Pre-Fight Hype Quotes

Nothing beats a little pre-fight hype trash talk.

Some pre-fight talk is respectful. Some has subversive tactics masquerading as confidence. Some is flat-out abrasive.

UFC 127 is about to drop on our heads as we quiver with anticipation, so let us take a quick look back at the best pre-fight hype talk that we have seen leading up to this event. 

10. Penn: Most Dangerous

"I really feel like I'm the most dangerous guy out there."

It's hard to disagree with "The Prodigy."

He possesses proven knockout power and is one of quickest guys you will find fighting at 170 pounds.

Oh yeah, I hear he has pretty good submissions, too.

9. Fitch: Legendary Status

"I want to become a legend. The only way to become a legend is to beat a legend, and BJ is definitely a legend."

It is a little bit cliché, but Jon Fitch is absolutely right.

Fitch's run in the UFC is definitely epic, but he still has never won a championship or defeated a legend.

If Fitch can beat Penn, then it will provide his record that win over a marquee name that he has been missing. 

8. Sotiropoulos: Two Dogs

"...It's like seeing two dogs fight over a bone, and one of them is going to get it, and I'm going after it."

Two of the biggest international lightweight stars are fighting over rights to the top of the stacked UFC lightweight division.

Both men are carrying significant momentum and Georges illustrates the stakes perfectly as only one can claim the reward. 

7. Fisher: Cold Seats

"...We're coming to fight, and I don't think there will be anyone sitting on their butt during this fight."

Exciting lightweights Spencer Fisher and Ross Pearson collide in what could very well become the "fight of the night."

Both guys are tenacious and aggressive fighters, and that usually leads to excellent fights.

Fisher knows that, and he knows you are not going to want to miss it.

6. Siver: Natural Gifts

"It turns out that I have God-given brutal knockout power."

Technique and discipline will take you a long way, but sometimes the tools you are born with can really give you a leg up on the competition.

Dennis Siver thinks so, and he is not shy about what he brings to the table.

5. Fitch: Meat Grinder

"I literally want to make my opponent feel like I'm puttin' 'em through a meat grinder."

Many fans and pundits have criticized Jon Fitch for his "grinding" fighting style, but as Fitch points out, it is all on purpose.

After all, going through a meat grinder does not exactly sound like a good way to spend the evening.

4. Penn: Show Me

"No disrespect to Jon Fitch, but show me. I want to see how good you are."

Fitch is one of the top welterweights in the world, but if that is the case, you are going to have to prove it to BJ Penn first-hand to make him a believer.

Penn has been fighting for a long time, and to him it is more about how you handle yourself in the cage than how impressive your record looks.

3. Rivera: All Confidence

"I am not the other guys you've fought, I'm not going to cower from you mother f@#*er, I'm coming to fight. I think I hit harder than he does, I think my stand-up skills are better than his....

....I think it will be standing until I punch him."

Rivera is getting a big chance and a big opportunity by facing Michael Bisping in the co-main event of UFC 127.

He knows that, and he is doing everything in his power to make the most of it.

2. Bisping: Fearless

"I'm not scared of anyone.  If Jorge Rivera thinks I'm scared of him, then he's seriously f@#*in deluded...

...I couldn't give a s#*t about his right hand."

Jorge Rivera came out guns blazing with the verbal warfare and the British superstar is not afraid to fire back.

While Rivera promotes the fight with his aggressive pre-fight hype, Bisping stands his ground and lets Rivera know that he is still a fighter and he'll take on all comers. 

1. Rivera: Simply Put

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"I not only want the fight, I want to F@#* him up."

Sometimes simple is best.

When first talking about the matchup, Rivera lets the world know what he thinks of the matchup and what he wants to do with just a couple of choice words.

(quote starts around the two minutes mark)

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