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On June 1, in the main event of the UFC’s stop in Utica, NY, Jimmie Rivera will fight former WSOF champ Marlon Moraes. For a time, however, Rivera was asking for a different fight: a showdown with former champion Cody Garbrandt.<\/p>\n

In the end, of course, Rivera didn’t get his desired scrap with Garbrandt. In his opinion, that’s because Garbrandt is ducking him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Cody was saying, \u2018oh, maybe we\u2019ll do another fight with TJ or fight Cruz.\u2019 I just think he\u2019s trying to duck me,\u201d Rivera told\u00a0Submission Radio<\/a> (transcribed by MMAMania<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019ve sent plenty of stuff on social media and he won\u2019t say one thing back. So, I just think he doesn\u2019t want a hard fight, he wants an easy fight. He wants people that he thinks he can beat or that he knows he could beat, not guys that he doesn\u2019t think he could beat.\u201d<\/p>\n

These comments echo statements made by Rivera on a recent episode of BJ Penn Radio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think at the end of the day, Marlon\u2019s manager [Ali Abdelaziz] is really not protecting Marlon,” he said<\/a>. “He\u2019s just protecting his golden boy which is Cody. So, I think Ali is just protecting his golden boy Cody, because he knows if I get to him, I\u2019m gonna whoop his ass. So I think at the end of the day, you know, they just throw people around to try and derail me. And I like it. And I\u2019m just gonna fuckin\u2019 keep training harder to go in there and fuckin\u2019 whoop some ass.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shortly after Jimmie Rivera battles Marlon Moraes in Utica, Cody Garbrandt will collide with reigning bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw, the man he lost the title to. The bout goes down on August 4 in LA. Depending on the outcomes of their upcoming fights, Rivera and Garbrandt could easily meet sometime thereafter.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/13\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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