BROOKLYN, N.Y. – After a couple years in the UFC, Jimmie Rivera is finally getting the fight he’s been looking for since he was on the regional circuit – and he’s getting it on a very big stage. When the UFC heads to Phoenix for the first full event to air on ESPN next month, Rivera will be there taking on Aljamain Sterling on the undercard. It’s a fight that Rivera said he looked for well before either man was in the UFC, but what no one can tell him for sure is exactly what a win will get him in today’s bantamweight division. With other potential title contenders like Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes set to fight, and with champion T.J. Dillashaw heading down to challenge Henry Cejudo for the flyweight title – and now asking for a rematch – the bantamweight title picture is as murky as ever
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