Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) wants to show you what Jimmie Rivera is capable of before stepping into the Octagon against Marlon Moraes in the upcoming UFC Fight Night 131 mixed martial arts (MMA) event on FOX Sports 1 this Friday night (June 1, 2018) inside Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York.
The means to that end is the free (and full) fight video featuring “El Terror’s” victory over Iuri Alcantara at UFC on FOX 18, which garnered “Fight of the Night” honors in early 2016 (more on that here).
Rivera (21-1) is undefeated under the UFC banner, landing at No. 4 in the official rankings (see them here) after wins over Urijah Faber and Thomas Almeida, just to name a few. “El Terror” was expected to throw down against Dominick Cruz — then John Lineker — as part of the UFC 219 festivities last December, but separate injuries put an end to those respective bouts.
Which could have been saved by Moraes, based on this.
Moraes (20-5-1) was imported from the now-defunct World Series of Fighting (WSOF) promotion and came up short — just barely — in his Octagon debut opposite top contender Raphael Assuncao. “Magic” rebounded with back-to-back wins over John Dodson and Aljamain Sterling, the latter of which caused this.
Fun fight … who ya’ got?
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