{"id":308635,"date":"2019-04-04T16:03:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308635"},"modified":"2019-04-04T16:03:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:03:07","slug":"report-jimmie-rivera-and-petr-yan-agree-to-fight-at-ufc-238","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-jimmie-rivera-and-petr-yan-agree-to-fight-at-ufc-238\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Jimmie Rivera and Petr Yan agree to fight at UFC 238"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On June 8, the UFC will return to Chicago, Illinois for UFC 238. In the card&#8217;s main event, a new bantamweight champion will be crowned as the vacant title will be fought over when flyweight champion, Henry Cejudo moves up to face Marlon Moraes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the UFC has been doing lately, they&#8217;ve installed back up fights or fighters in the case that the main event or title fight has an issue with one of its participants. In the UFC 238 co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko looks to defend her flyweight title against Jessica Eye. Also on the card is Joanne Calderwood facing Katlyn Chookagian. Calderwood has revealed since the fight&#8217;s announcement that she will be on standby in case something happens in the title fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing has been said in regards to the 135-pound strap, however, but it could be implied with the next fight that&#8217;s in the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani has reported that a top 10 clash between Jimmie Rivera (22-3) and Petr Yan (12-1) has been agreed to for the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If this fight gets signed for 238 (239 was also discussed) with Sterling v. Munhoz as well as Moraes v. 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Cejudo (still not signed to, but expected), that card in Chicago will look like a mini 135 tournament with 5 of the best BW (+ 1 FW king) on the same card.&#8221; Helwani tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also mentioned is a possible bout between surging contenders Aljamain Sterling who just defeated Rivera, and the red-hot Pedro Munhoz who is fresh off of knocking out former champion, Cody Garbrandt at UFC 235 last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Yan, a win over Rivera would make him 5-0 in the UFC after impressive wins over John Dodson, Douglas Silva de Andrade, Jin Soo Son, and Teruto Ishihara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UFC 238 is still coming together. 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