Jimmie Rivera vs. Urijah Faber full fight video highlights

Watch Jimmie Rivera vs. Urijah Faber full fight video highlights from UFC 203’s main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.

UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem took place September 10 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Rising bantamweight contender Jimmie Rivera (20-1) took on former WEC champion Urijah Faber (33-10) on the night’s main card, which aired live on pay-per-view. Catch the video highlights above.

For more on Rivera vs. Faber, check out the play-by-play courtesy of MMAFighting.com’s Chuck Mindenhall.

Round 1: Big chance for Rivera here to make his name off of the longtime contender Faber. The pop for Faber as he walked out was (as expected) huge. Referee for this one Gary Copeland (Little Brock). No touch of gloves, as Rivera is quick to Faber, and delivers a kick. Faber returns fire, and as he does Rivera comes over top with a punch that sends Faber off balance momentarily. Quick clinch with Rivera hammering Faber with a nice uppercut. Faber deking the change of levels, and Rivera sturdy on outside. Faber looking for entrance point, and he lands a nice right hand. High kick from Faber off a feint, and Rivera still cooly biding his time. Faber waving the jab at him now, more for range. and they clinch. Frenetic action in there, knees colliding. Overhand right from Faber errant, and he follows with an inside leg kick. Ric Flair “woos” going on all over the Q. Faber narrowly avoids getting clipped with a left, and pivots with the circling Rivera. Sweet little left uppercut there from Faber, who then hammers it home again. Nice progression. Rivera circles the entire perimeter, and Faber hits him wit ha short right hand — and Rivera gave Faber back a parting shot that snapped his head back. Plenty of action here. But both guys being careful not to do anything stupid. Combo from Rivera ends with …

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