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Jimmie Rivera is basically one fight away from gold, or at least that’s a good way to look at it. With a tidal wave of announcements<\/a> last week, it was made official that Rivera will take on former bantamweight king Dominick Cruz at UFC 219. Fight fans sure are happy with the match-up, as well as Cruz’s return, but no one seems more pumped than Jimmie Rivera himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cF-ck yeah. I am super shocked. I think the biggest thing was they must\u2019ve gave [Dominick Cruz] something good, or they told him that\u2019s the only way. I don\u2019t know. I heard that he wanted to take the fight, which I was super surprised. I\u2019m just happy; I\u2019m happy he took it so I can go in there and whoop some ass.\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019m super stoked. It\u2019s the fight that makes the most sense right now. I got a five-fight winning streak, I\u2019ve beat the best. It\u2019s time to fight the next person that\u2019s the best so I can get a title shot.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimmieRivera135\/status\/913823442499117056<\/p>\n

“Who else am I gonna’ fight? It\u2019s either [Dominick] Cruz or a title shot. I\u2019m willing to wait for that. I love fighting, but teaching is my first passion. So, if I have to wait, it doesn\u2019t hurt my pocket at all.\u00a0Cruz is not on a five-fight winning streak, he doesn\u2019t have 20 wins in a row right now. I don\u2019t know what could happen; anything could happen, that\u2019s the craziest thing. What if they don\u2019t pick Cruz, they pick me? What if TJ [Dillashaw] gets hurt and can\u2019t fight? Maybe I fight [Cody] Garbrandt instead. What happens if Cody\u2019s out, and he\u2019s out for a longer period of time?\u201d\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Jimmie Rivera speaking to Bloody Elbow<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The rising contender is on a ridiculous 20-fight win streak overall, with his last five being in the UFC. Jimmie Rivera seems like he has a great mindset about the whole thing. Not just being involved in the biggest fight of his career, but being like water, my friend. In this game, anything and everything can happen. He could be next in line for a title shot if he can get past Cruz. If that doesn’t work, he can always fight Aljamain Sterling<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/30\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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