{"id":264187,"date":"2017-11-21T13:35:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T21:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264187"},"modified":"2017-11-21T13:36:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T21:36:25","slug":"breaking-jimmie-rivera-gets-new-opponent-ufc-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jimmie-rivera\/breaking-jimmie-rivera-gets-new-opponent-ufc-219\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Jimmie Rivera Gets a New Opponent for UFC 219"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC&#8217;s year-end mega card has taking more hits than most of it&#8217;s roster has had, but it is slowly being built back up. One of the bouts that ended up having to get split up is Dominick Cruz&#8217;s return to the Octagon against Jimmie Rivera, which was called off because of a broken arm Cruz suffered in training. Lots of fighters offered to step up including Marlon Moraes, Aljamain Sterling and John Lineker. Just earlier today, it was reported that a bout could be finalized soon, but now\u00a0<span>UFC officials have confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/sports\/mma-ufc\/jimmie-rivera-gets-new-opponent-for-ufc-219-in-las-vegas\/\">Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a> today that the replacement bout is officially moving on with Lineker.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UFC is working towards booking Jimmie Rivera vs. John Lineker for UFC 219 on 12\/30, according to sources. Not finalized yet but moving in the right direction. Hoping to finalize very soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/933039022255075333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>\u201cI would fight with Jimmie Rivera. I\u2019m at the UFC\u2019s disposal to fight him. I\u2019m ready. I want to fight again, and it\u2019ll definitely be a different fight from my last performance against Marlon Vera. I\u2019ll be more in the rhythm and John Lineker will fight as he always has: aggressively. All the time, I am ready. [\u2026]\u00a0I think I\u2019m not far from a title fight and a rematch with [TJ Dillashaw]. I think that my victory over Marlon Vera has put me back into the mix, and I believe that another one or two wins and I\u2019m in talks again to fight the champion.\u201d\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flocombat.com\/articles\/6045110-john-lineker-calls-out-jimmie-rivera-wants-tj-dillashaw-rematch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Lineker speaking to FloCombat<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What can&#8217;t be said about Jimmie Rivera that you may not already now? He&#8217;s on an obscene 20-fight win streak and was lined up for the biggest fight in his career. Somehow though, he has yet to run into heavy-handed John Lineker. The bantamweight contender has only lost to the champion TJ Dillashaw in his last eight fights. He&#8217;s ranked fifth in the rankings just under Rivera, a win over him will shoot him right up into title contention. Forgoing a superfight with Demetrious Johnson, Dillashaw will have some clear cut challengers to fight with for his belt.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 11\/21\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC&#8217;s year-end mega card has taking more hits than most of it&#8217;s roster has had, but it is slowly being built back up. 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