Jimmie Rivera

BantamweightOutfighter
7 - 4

11 UFC Fights | 64% Win Rate | 1 Finishes (14%)

Height
5' 4"
Reach
68"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
37
Orthodox

Jimmie Rivera UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Jimmie Rivera is 7-4 in the UFC across 11 fights, with 1 win by knockout and 6 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 23-5, 16-1 of it outside the UFC. Rivera competes at bantamweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'4" with a 68" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a loss to Pedro Munhoz by decision in Feb 2021.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 96th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (93%).

Jimmie Rivera's UFC win rate is 64% (7 of 11 fights), and 14% of those wins came by finish. Rivera averages 0.7 takedowns per fight at 28% accuracy and stops 93% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
23-5
UFC Record
7-4
Height
5'4"
Reach
68"
Age
37
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Pedro Munhoz · Decision · Feb 2021

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Jimmie Rivera's Last 5 Fights

Rivera is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Pedro Munhoz · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane · Feb 2021
  2. Win vs Cody Stamann · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige · Jul 2020
  3. Loss vs Petr Yan · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes · Jun 2019
  4. Loss vs Aljamain Sterling · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez · Feb 2019
  5. Win vs John Dodson · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till · Sep 2018

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.0
Accuracy
40%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.27

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.9
Strike Differential
+0.1
Opp. Accuracy Against
40%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.7
Takedown Accuracy
28%
Takedown Defense
93%
elite
Control Time / Fight
0:53
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
9% KO
0% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Jimmie Rivera vs Average

Jimmie Rivera lands 17.3 strikes in R1 but 20.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Jimmie Rivera's UFC Fight History

11 UFC fights on record (7-4), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LPedro MunhozDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane2021-02-27
WCody StamannDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige2020-07-15
LPetr YanDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes2019-06-08
LAljamain SterlingDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez2019-02-17
WJohn DodsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till2018-09-08
LMarlon MoraesKO/TKOR1 · 0:33UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes2018-06-01
WThomas AlmeidaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum2017-07-22
WUrijah FaberDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem2016-09-10
WIuri AlcantaraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader2016-01-30
WPedro MunhozDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 32015-11-07
WMarcus BrimageKO/TKOR1 · 1:29UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites2015-07-18

How Rivera Ranks at Bantamweight

Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.0 sig. strikes/min
69th percentile
Striking accuracy40%
32nd percentile
Strikes absorbed3.9/min
38th percentile
Takedowns0.7/fight
45th percentile
Takedown defense93%
96th percentile
Knockdown power0.27/fight
64th percentile

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