
Jimmie Rivera entered this fight with a pro record of 20-1-0 (30% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world. He suffered his only loss at his second professional mma fight, against Jason McLean in 2008 (via split decision), since then he has collected 19 consecutive victories beating Iuri Alcantara (=Alcantara vs Rivera) and Urijah Faber in 2016 (=Faber vs Rivera).
His opponent, Thomas Almeida, has an official mma record of 21-1-0 (95% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class. ‘Tominhas’ fought twice last year losing to #1 Cody Garbrandt (=Almeida vs Garbrandt) and winning over Albert Morales (=Almeida vs Morales). Jimmie Rivera vs Thomas Almeida is on the undercard of Chris Weidman vs Kelvin Gastelum – UFC on Fox 25. Watch the video and rate this fight!