RIVERA REVITALIZED

By Jack Encarnacao

The last time a television audience saw Jorge Rivera, he was teary-eyed, spilling his guts about his newborn daughter and his family.

It wasn't a side of his personality that the stone-faced fighter was ready to show viewers.

"The whole experience, when I got home, it kind of freaked me out," the 34 year old said. "I locked myself in my house for a couple of weeks. I didn't know how I was going to be perceived, with the emotions I went through on the show and what was going on with my family. I shared a part of my soul on that show that I hardly ever share with people. I was talking about my family, my father . . . To me, it was a complete meltdown."

(Read More)