Rivera vs Dodson

Who won Rivera vs Dodson?

Jimmie Rivera beat John Dodson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 228, on Saturday 8th September 2018 at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jimmie Rivera.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Rivera vs Dodson stats

Jimmie Rivera stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

John Dodson made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

John Dodson marked his 17th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Jimmie Rivera's UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while John Dodson's came in at 10-7-0.

The stats suggested Dodson had a large advantage in power over Rivera, boasting a 45% knock out percentage over Rivera's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Rivera and Dodson would have been pretty equal, both with a 10% submission rate.

Jimmie Rivera was the younger man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Rivera had a height advantage of 1 inch over Dodson. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Rivera was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years later than Dodson, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 19 less professional rounds, 79 to Dodson's 98.

Rivera vs Dodson form

Dodson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Tatsuki Saomoto at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Hideo Tokoro at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Petr Yan at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

He had been defeated by Jimmie Rivera at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States.

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Dodson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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