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UFC bantamweight contender Jimmie Rivera has given his thoughts on Petr Yan capturing the UFC Bantamweight Championship at UFC 251.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Rivera made a return to winning ways on Wednesday night when he beat Cody Stamann in a short notice featherweight showdown on Fight Island. While the 31-year-old did admit that the win wasn’t his best performance, it did help him break a two-fight losing streak – with one of those defeats coming against the aforementioned Yan at UFC 238 in June 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

During the post-fight press conference, Rivera made it clear that there’s something about having Yan as champion that just doesn’t sit right with him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cIt irks me,\u201d Rivera said (via MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cIt bothers me. I\u2019m not saying I don\u2019t like that he\u2019s champion. I love it. He did an awesome job against (Jose) Aldo, it\u2019s just I came really close to winning that fight and I learned \u2013 I had a hard lesson learned of coasting at the end of the first and second round. I knew I was up in the round, I knew I dominated in the last 30 seconds of each the first and second I coasted, and I didn\u2019t make that same mistake tonight when I fought Cody Stamann. I was in the there fighting the whole time focused, eyes on the prize.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Nobody can deny that Jimmie Rivera is an elite-level athlete, but given how stacked the division is right now, it doesn’t appear as if he’s going to be contending for the title anytime soon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Prior to his fight against Stamann, Rivera revealed<\/a> that there was actually talk of a bout between him and Frankie Edgar at bantamweight before the 145-pound fight with Stamann was officially booked.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI got a call for a replacement from my manager Monday, and then at the same time, I heard that Frankie\u2019s opponent Pedro dropped out so I put my name in for that, and unfortunately, Frankie said no. So Cody Stamann was the other person, I said, \u2018Alright, I\u2019ll take that fight, and they said, \u2018Ok, no problem,\u2019 and I said, \u2018Perfect.\u2019 It just ended up working out like that,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI was going to fight Frankie at 135. I think Cody wanted it at 145, he\u2019s a 135er fighting at 145 so that\u2019s fine with me. That means I just don\u2019t have to cut that much weight,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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