In just over one year's time, UFC bantamweight Jimmie El Terror Rivera has gone from his promotional debut to a Pay-Per-View main card match with the number two ranked guy on the planet, Urijah Faber. Bloody Elbow's Eddie Mercado spoke with Rivera ahead of his UFC 203 bout with Faber to discuss the origins of the bout, getting ducked by certain competitors, and where El Terror ranks himself among the list of top bantamweights.
Jimmie Rivera said the UFC had initially offered him a fight with Bryan Caraway but Caraway rejected the offer; Urijah Faber was game:
"They offered me a couple of people already and I said yes but they said no.