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!
Event: UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw
Date: 2014-05-24
Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg)
UFC 173 fight card (main card):
Renan Barao vs TJ Dillashaw
Dan Henderson vs Daniel Cormier
Robbie Lawler vs Jake Ellenberger
Takeya Mizugaki vs Francisco Rivera
Jamie Varner vs James Krause
Mizugaki’s next fight: Dominick Cruz vs Takeya Mizugaki
Rivera’s next fight: Urijah Faber vs Francisco Rivera
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Video:
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(Free embeddable highlights video hosted on Ufc on Fox official Youtube channel)
(Alternative highlights video hosted at this page on Facebook)
