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Jimmie Riviera thinks Cody is ducking him

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Says Cody ducked him and waited out TJ for the rematch instead of taking a "harder" fight with him.
 
Well, he got a rematch — even though he shouldn't have —, so I can't really blame him.
 
Rivera somehow remains under the radar; he's good. But he's not a harder fight than DIllashaw from what I've seen of him.
 
Jimmie Rivera made his Submission Radio debut this week to talk about a bunch of stuff



Some of the topics covered:
  • Upcoming fight against Marlon Moraes
  • Their interaction at the UFC presser
  • Marlon's accusations of him ducking/turning down fights
  • His dislike for Marlon's manager
  • Sparring Marlon in the past and if he took anything away from it
  • If he feels this fight should be a title eliminator
  • The frustratingly slow pace of his career since the Faber win
  • TJ vs. Cody 2 being made
  • If he's relieved that TJ didn't end up fighting DJ and holding up the division
  • Cody ducking him
  • His school in New York (video tour)
  • His honeymoon

Some quote highlights:

If Jimmie is happy that TJ vs. Cody is going down rather than a fight with Demetrious Johnson

“Yeah, I’m definitely happy about that because it would have postponed the division a little bit more too. But I’m definitely happy for that. I probably assumed that if they were to end up fighting there’d probably have been an interim belt somewhere along the line, just because you’re putting the division on the postponed, so we need to keep it going. But I am happy. I know people wanted to see the fight. I actually wanted to see the fight too as well, but I’m also happy to keep my division going too.”

On Cody saying he’d give TJ an immediate rematch if he won

“I know Cody was saying, ‘oh, maybe we’ll do another fight with TJ or fight Cruz. I just think he’s trying to duck me. I’ve sent plenty of stuff on social media and he won’t say one thing back. So, I just think he doesn’t 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’t think he could beat.”

“I think it really has to go on how the match goes down. If TJ wins there is to be no rematch obviously. It all depends on how the fight goes.”

Why he thinks Cody Garbrandt is ducking him

“Honestly, I believe I’m a tough guy to fight. I think at the end of the day, he’s got experience with TJ, training so much with him and sparring with him, that he believes he could beat him. He says the last fight, he talks about the last fight every time how if he had 10, 20 more seconds how he would have finished TJ. But TJ came back in that second round and finished him. And he’s already fought Cruz, and he beat Cruz really well and outboxed him, and I think he’s just looking for those fights that will be easy for him, that he knows he can win.”



 
So hes ducking Jimmie Rivera to fight TJ Dillashaw (one of the top p4p fighters in the world)?



Makes Sense. Lol
 
sirmorbach said:
Well, he got a rematch — even though he shouldn't have —, so I can't really blame him.
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Agreed. Cody got lucky as hell - he just got slept and finished decisively and got an immediate rematch anyway.
 
PolskiGhost said:
Jimmie Rivera made his Submission Radio debut this week to talk about a bunch of stuff



Some of the topics covered:
  • Upcoming fight against Marlon Moraes
  • Their interaction at the UFC presser
  • Marlon's accusations of him ducking/turning down fights
  • His dislike for Marlon's manager
  • Sparring Marlon in the past and if he took anything away from it
  • If he feels this fight should be a title eliminator
  • The frustratingly slow pace of his career since the Faber win
  • TJ vs. Cody 2 being made
  • If he's relieved that TJ didn't end up fighting DJ and holding up the division
  • Cody ducking him
  • His school in New York (video tour)
  • His honeymoon

Some quote highlights:

If Jimmie is happy that TJ vs. Cody is going down rather than a fight with Demetrious Johnson

“Yeah, I’m definitely happy about that because it would have postponed the division a little bit more too. But I’m definitely happy for that. I probably assumed that if they were to end up fighting there’d probably have been an interim belt somewhere along the line, just because you’re putting the division on the postponed, so we need to keep it going. But I am happy. I know people wanted to see the fight. I actually wanted to see the fight too as well, but I’m also happy to keep my division going too.”

On Cody saying he’d give TJ an immediate rematch if he won

“I know Cody was saying, ‘oh, maybe we’ll do another fight with TJ or fight Cruz. I just think he’s trying to duck me. I’ve sent plenty of stuff on social media and he won’t say one thing back. So, I just think he doesn’t 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’t think he could beat.”

“I think it really has to go on how the match goes down. If TJ wins there is to be no rematch obviously. It all depends on how the fight goes.”

Why he thinks Cody Garbrandt is ducking him

“Honestly, I believe I’m a tough guy to fight. I think at the end of the day, he’s got experience with TJ, training so much with him and sparring with him, that he believes he could beat him. He says the last fight, he talks about the last fight every time how if he had 10, 20 more seconds how he would have finished TJ. But TJ came back in that second round and finished him. And he’s already fought Cruz, and he beat Cruz really well and outboxed him, and I think he’s just looking for those fights that will be easy for him, that he knows he can win.”
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You give great cliffs.
 
Something about Jimmie Riviera makes me think he can beat Garbrandt and Dillashaw without doing anything too fancy but just staying technical. It doesnt seem like he's ever really out of position, he keeps his hands up , good footwork, he's tough to take down.

its like he has the ability to take all of the top 10 to a decision in close fights.



Oddly enough- I favor Riviera over Cruz and Garbrandt but I think TJ beats him.

But I also think Cody beats TJ in the rematch. And Cruz is a tough rematch for TJ

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As far as I'm concerned all the contenders and champ at 135 are ducking Rivera

Marlon gets props
 
He's not wrong the whole time they were trying to make dj v TJ, Rivera been looking for that marquee win cruz arm apparently never heals enough and cody has pretended he didn't exist especially at 222 cody for all his bluster of getting on that card wanted no part of Rivera's callout. However his fear isn't about who's tougher cody loses to TJ he stays #1 dispite his only top 10 win being cruz he'd have dropped to #3 likely with a Rivera loss maybe lower and be even further from his 2nd shot.
The ufc really has gotten into the bad habit of rewarding high ranked inactivity.
 
Rivera hasn't impressed me at all. I guess we'll see if he can look unimpressive with the best
 
He shouldn't be looking past Marlon so soon. It's gonna be a tough scrap.
 
nick jacoby said:
Something about Jimmie Riviera makes me think he can beat Garbrandt and Dillashaw without doing anything too fancy but just staying technical. It doesnt seem like he's ever really out of position, he keeps his hands up , good footwork, he's tough to take down.

its like he has the ability to take all of the top 10 to a decision in close fights.



Oddly enough- I favor Riviera over Cruz and Garbrandt but I think TJ beats him.

But I also think Cody beats TJ in the rematch. And Cruz is a tough rematch for TJ

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TJ is ultra aggressive. Cruz used that against him perfectly. TJ was missing left and right and Cruz was landing clean counters.

Jimmie is a defensive fighter and is as technically sound stand up as you're going to get. Because of TJ's reckless aggression Rivera is a nightmare match up for him.
 
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nick jacoby said:
Something about Jimmie Riviera makes me think he can beat Garbrandt and Dillashaw without doing anything too fancy but just staying technical. It doesnt seem like he's ever really out of position, he keeps his hands up , good footwork, he's tough to take down.

its like he has the ability to take all of the top 10 to a decision in close fights.



Oddly enough- I favor Riviera over Cruz and Garbrandt but I think TJ beats him.

But I also think Cody beats TJ in the rematch. And Cruz is a tough rematch for TJ

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i recall that almeida being pretty close and almeida has been shit once cody starched him.....rob font ko'd him late last year if i remember. wouldn't jump the gun on rivera just yet. let's see how he looks vs marlon.
 
He looked like a killer 2 years ago at 26 vs Faber. Now I'm not sure how far he's progressed but he's only 28. He has another couple years to make his run

Marlon is no joke. I'm guessing this is for #1 contender?
 
IngaVovchanchyn said:
You give great cliffs.
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Thanks!

Also, I think people are misunderstanding how Jimmie means Cody is ducking him. Jimmie is referring to Cody speaking about potentially giving TJ an immediate rematch after this fight or rematching Cruz. He's also said in the past that he feels Cody's manager is protecting him by throwing Marlon at him to try and derail the eventual Cody fight.
 
Jimmie can take a punch and is a better mmartist than Cody.I hope Jimmie and tj both win cause Dillashaw-Riviera will be one helluva 135 title bout.......
 
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