Marlon Moraes Signs Bout Agreement To Face Jimmie Rivera

Marlon Moraes Signs Bout Agreement To Face Jimmie Rivera

Former WSOF bantamweight champion and UFC contender Marlon Moraes has signed bout agreement to face Jimmie Rivera.

Jan 8, 2018 by Duane Finley
Marlon Moraes Signs Bout Agreement To Face Jimmie Rivera

Marlon Moraes is ready to fight Jimmie Rivera.

After a couple of false starts that stopped the two top 10 ranked bantamweights from facing off previously, Moraes threw down the gauntlet on Saturday by showing his signed bout agreement to face Rivera on either the UFC on FOX card on Feb. 24 or at UFC 222 on March 3.

Moraes showed off the signed contract along with a rather harsh message aimed at Rivera, who is still undefeated in his UFC career thus far. 

"Here you go Jimmie Rivera, I signed my bout agreement," Moraes wrote. "UFC on FOX. I also agreed to fight you on March 3rd. Choose what day you want me to beat your ass B-I-T-C-H."


Moraes has been calling for a fight against Rivera for several months now after he offered to face the New Jersey native at UFC 219 on Dec. 30 following an injury to his original opponent Dominick Cruz, who was forced off the card with a broken arm.

Instead of a matchup with Rivera, the UFC put Moraes into a fight against Aljamain Sterling at UFC Fight Night 123 on Dec. 9. Moraes ended the bout in the first round with one of the most vicious knockouts in all of 2017.

Rivera then lost another opponent for UFC 219 during the week of the fight, and it looked as if Moraes may have been willing to step in and face him. But time ran too short to actually put the matchup together.

Now it appears the UFC is ready to finally book the fight with Moraes showing off his signed bout agreement to face Rivera, but as of yet there's no word whether or not the No. 4-ranked bantamweight is going to accept.