Jimmie Rivera can stomach the way in which he lost to Marlon Moraes, but falling short to Aljamain Sterling leaves a bad taste in his mouth.
The ranked bantamweight contender reflected on fighting his fellow UFC 238 competitors when speaking to Kajan Johnson and Shakiel Mahjouri on Saturday’s Pull No Punches podcast. When asked which loss stung more, Rivera insisted the Sterling fight was more upsetting. “The Sterling fight because Sterling didn’t beat me, at the end of the day I beat myself,” he insisted. “I didn’t show up to fight.