Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-04-02, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma fight John Dodson vs Francisco Rivera gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Rivera vs Dodson is the main event of XMMA 4: Black Magic. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-30, spectacular exchanges in the last part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Francisco Rivera vs Erik Perez gets two.Francisco Rivera entered this fight with a professional record of 11-6-0 (73% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.40 bantamweight in the world. He won just one out of his last five bouts, against Alex Caceres last year (=Rivera vs Caceres), after this fight he has lost to John Lineker (mma Fight of the Year 2015 candidate, Lineker vs Rivera) and Brad Pickett (=Rivera vs Pickett).
His opponent, Erik Perez, has a mma record of 15-6-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.49 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss in 2014, against Bryan Caraway (=Caraway vs Perez), but then he has fought just once beating Taylor Lapilus in 2015. Rivera vs Perez is on the undercard of Robbie Lawler vs Tyron Woodley – UFC 201. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-27, fight not particularly good between Francisco Rivera and Brad Pickett: it gets two stars.Francisco Rivera entered this fight with a professional record of 11-5-0 (73% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.30 bantamweight in the world but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against Alex Caceres (=Rivera vs Caceres). After this bout he lost to John Lineker but it was one of the candidates for the mma Fight of the Year 2015 (=Lineker vs Rivera).
His opponent, Brad Pickett, has a mma record of 24-11-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.65 in the same weight class. He won just one out of his last five bouts, against Neil Seery in 2014 (=Pickett vs Seery). Rivera vs Pickett is on the undercard of Anderson Silva vs Michael Bisping – UFC Fight Night 84. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-09-05, amazing and tough fight thanks to some tremendous exchanges and a good finish: John Lineker vs Francisco Rivera is a candidate for the mma fight of the year 2015 and it gets five stars (UFC Fight of the Night)!John Lineker entered this fight with a professional mma record of 25-7-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Francisco Rivera, has an official record of 11-4-0 (73% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. Both fighters lost in 2014: Lineker was defeated by Ali Bagautinov (=Lineker vs Bagautinov) but then he has won over Alptekin Ozkilic (=Lineker vs Ozkilic) and Ian McCall while Rivera lost to Takeya Mizugaki (=Mizugaki vs Rivera) and Urijah Faber (=Faber vs Rivera) but then he came back to win against Alex Caceres (=Rivera vs Caceres). Lineker vs Rivera is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs John Dodson 2 – UFC 191. Watch the video and rate this fight! Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-06, pretty good finish between Francisco Rivera and Alex Caceres but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Francisco Rivera entered this fight with a mma record of 10-4-0 (70% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.39 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Alex Caceres, has an official record of 10-7-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.46 in the same weight class. Rivera vs Caceres is on the undercard of Dan Henderson vs Tim Boetsch – UFC Fight Night 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-12-06, fight not particularly good between Urijah Faber and Francisco Rivera: it gets two stars. Urijah Faber entered this fight with a mma record of 31-7-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 bantamweight in the world, he has fought twice in 2014 losing the first bout, against Renan Barao (=Barao vs Faber 2), but then he came back to win defeating Alex Caceres (=Faber vs Caceres).
His opponent, Francisco Rivera, has a record of 10-3-0 (70% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.29 in the same weight class, he has fought once in 2014 losing to Takeya Mizugaki (=Mizugaki vs Rivera). Faber vs Rivera is on the undercard of Johny Hendricks vs Robbie Lawler 2 – UFC 181. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-24, fight not particularly exciting between Takeya Mizugaki and Francisco Rivera: it gets two stars. Takeya Mizugaki entered this fight with a mma record of 19-7-2 (32% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 bantamweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Chris Cariaso, since then he has fought and won four times.
His opponent, Francisco Rivera, has a record of 10-2-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class, he suffered his two defeats between 2010 and 2011 losing to Erik Koch and Reuben Duran, since then he has collected five wins and one no-contest; currently the #1 in this division is Renan ‘Barao’ Pegado. Mizugaki vs Rivera is on the undercard of Renan Barao vs TJ Dillashaw – UFC 173. Watch the video and rate this fight!
