Tag: Jimmie Rivera

Title Contender Blasts Cody Garbrandt For Ducking Him

One title contender wasn’t happy with Cody Garbrandt for not fighting him.

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Cody Garbrandt gets put on blast by a contender in a recent string of posts that was sent out on his official Twitter account. That contender is Jimmie Rivera, who has been calling for a fight against the former UFC bantamweight champion.

Rivera suffered a loss to former WSOF champion Marlon Moraes when he landed a huge head kick to win the bantamweight headliner at UFC Utica. This marked Rivera’s first loss since November 2008. Coming into the headliner, he was on a 20-fight winning streak.

Rivera got back to his winning ways when he picked up a decision win over former title contender John Dodson. That fight took place on the main card of the UFC 228 pay-per-view event at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Rivera recently took to his official Twitter account to rip Garbandt by claiming that he’s ducking him.

“Unfortunately, I’ve been notified @Cody_Nolove has decide to bitch out and play the hurt card. Right now he is conveniently unavailable to fight until after @DominickCruz next fight. Due to these circumstances, #trashtalktuesday will be on hold while I keep the division moving.”

The good news is that Rivera has reached a verbal agreement to fight Raphael Assuncao, according to this recent post.

“While @Cody_Nolove is pouting, my team has spoken with @RaphaAssuncao manager and the @ufc . We both agreed to fight and are waiting on the paperwork to sign to put on a show for the fans.”

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Jimmie Rivera Tells Cody Garbrandt To ‘Grab His Balls Out’ Of Urijah Faber’s Purse

Jimmie Rivera has sent a direct and harsh message to the former UFC champ.

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Jimmie Rivera tells former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt what he should do through the power of social media. This comes off Rivera also recently going through some ups and downs in his pro-MMA career.

Rivera’s Road

Former WSOF champion Marlon Moraes was able to finish Rivera by strikes after landing a huge head kick to win the bantamweight headliner at UFC Utica. This marked Rivera’s first loss since November of 2008. Coming into this headliner, he was on a 20 fight winning streak, but that has been snapped.

Rebounding

Rivera got back to his winning ways when he picked up a decision win over former title contender John Dodson. This fight took place on the main card of the UFC 228 pay-per-view event at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Jimmie Rivera Tells Cody Garbrandt

This is the latest development in this feud as Rivera has been calling for a bout with the former champion for some time now. The title contender took to his official Twitter account to give some advice to Garbrandt by writing the following:

“@Cody_Nolove is such a head case. After he’s finished rehabbing his ego from that last loss he should also grab his balls out of @UrijahFaber purse and get this fucking division moving again.”

Garbrandt Lost His Way

Garbrandt is coming off back-to-back losses to UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw. Their first fight went down at the UFC 217 pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden in New York City in November of 2017 where Dillashaw finished Garbrandt to win back the bantamweight title.

The second fight happened in the main event of the UFC 227 pay-per-view event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Dillashaw once again finished Garbrandt.

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Jimmie Rivera Wants to Eliminate Garbrandt & Cruz From UFC Title Contention

Jimmie Rivera wants to ensure that there’s new blood at the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight ladder. Rivera is on a mission to knock off Cody Garbrandt and Dominick Cruz from their positions in the bantamweight divisio…

Jimmie Rivera wants to ensure that there’s new blood at the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight ladder. Rivera is on a mission to knock off Cody Garbrandt and Dominick Cruz from their positions in the bantamweight division. For a while now, the 135-pound division has been a three-way dance between champion T.J. […]

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Jimmie Rivera Sets Sights On Two Big Names

Rivera is looking to get fight against a title contender next.

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Jimmie Rivera sets sights on two big names as he continues to get back to his hot streak of consecutive wins.

Former WSOF champion Marlon Moraes was able to finish Rivera by strikes after landing a huge head kick to win the bantamweight headliner at UFC Utica.

This marked Rivera’s first loss since November of 2008 and now holds a pro-MMA record of 21-2. Coming into this headliner, he was on a 20 fight winning streak, but that has been snapped.

Rivera got back to his winning ways when he picked up a decision win over former title contender John Dodson on the main card of the UFC 228 pay-per-view event at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Now, he has made it clear that he wants a fight against either former UFC bantamweight champions Dominick Cruz or Cody Garbrandt.

“Obviously my ideal is always to fight T.J. (Dillashaw for the title),” Rivera told MMAJunkie recently. “I know he might be in the works for a fight, or the Henry (Cejudo) fight might happen. Other than that, Cruz.

He said he was hurt last time; he ducked me. Get in there. I beat (Urijah) Faber and I would love to beat someone else from Team Alpha Male. I would love to fight Cody Garbrandt. I just want to keep moving forward.”

Garbrandt and Cruz currently don’t have their next fights lined up so it’s possible that the UFC can make one of these fights happen.

Garbrandt is coming off a KO loss to UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw at the UFC 227 pay-per-view event. On the flip side, Cruz was expected to return to action last December. However, that was not meant to be as he was forced out of a UFC 219 showdown with Rivera due to a broken arm.

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Jimmie Rivera Eyeing Fights With Dominick Cruz & Cody Garbrandt

Jimmie Rivera is targeting bouts with two former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title holders. Rivera is coming off a unanimous decision victory over John Dodson at UFC 228. The two competed this past Saturday night (Sept. 8) inside …

Jimmie Rivera is targeting bouts with two former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title holders. Rivera is coming off a unanimous decision victory over John Dodson at UFC 228. The two competed this past Saturday night (Sept. 8) inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. While the fight was uneventful, “El Terror” was in […]

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UFC 228 Video Highlights: Rivera Edges Out Dodson In Lackluster 3-Round Bout

In the second pay-per-view bout of the evening at the UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till event at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas this weekend, Jimmie Rivera and John Dodson met inside the Octagon for what was a highly-anticipated match-up in the UFC …

In the second pay-per-view bout of the evening at the UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till event at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas this weekend, Jimmie Rivera and John Dodson met inside the Octagon for what was a highly-anticipated match-up in the UFC Bantamweight division. In what unfortunately turned out to be a lackluster fight […]

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