Jimmie Rivera never saw it coming.
Former World Series of Fighting titlist Marlon Moraes put an emphatic end to Rivera’s 20-fight winning streak, as he knocked out the Team Tiger Schulmann representative with a head kick just 33 seconds into the opening round of their headlining encounter at UFC Fight Night 131 in Utica, N.Y., on Friday night. Moraes is now undoubtedly on the short list of top contenders to challenger the winner of the T.J. Dillashaw-Cody Garbrandt bantamweight title rematch at UFC 227 in August.