Pedro Munhoz vs. Jimmie Rivera 2 booking reshuffled to UFC 258 on Feb. 13

By MMA Junkie Staff |

January 9, 2021 9: 00 pm

Bantamweights Pedro Munhoz and Jimmie Rivera are put of living to go it lend a hand on a brand fresh date.

After on the muse being scheduled for a Jan. 30 UFC Wrestle Evening occasion that became scratched, Munhoz and Rivera will meet Feb. 13 at UFC 258, which is ready to doubtless consume space on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

In November 2015, Rivera (23-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) edged Munhoz in a lend a hand-and-forth wrestle at UFC Wrestle Evening 77. Since then, Rivera has long previous 5-3, most lately snapping a two-fight losing skid with a unanimous decision purchase over Cody Stamann at UFC on ESPN 13 in July.

After notching three straight wins, along side a knockout over extinct UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt, Munhoz (18-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) has dropped two in a row to most contemporary title challenger Aljamain Sterling and extinct UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar.

With the addition, essentially the most contemporary UFC 258 lineup contains:

Champ Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns – for welterweight title
Pedro Munhoz vs. Jimmie Rivera
Uriah Hall vs. Chris Weidman
Ian Heinisch vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Maycee Barber vs. Alexa Grasso
Gabe Green vs. Phil Rowe
Dhiego Lima vs. Belal Muhammad