Jimmie Rivera dropped Thomas Almeida twice in the first, was dropped himself in the second, but still made an impression on the judges in the end. On the strength of his power punching and tactical savvy, Rivera (21-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) out-pointed Almeida (21-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) on all three judges’ scorecards to take a unanimous decision with scores of 29-28, 30-26, and 30-27 for his 20th win in a row. The bantamweight bout opened up the main card of today’s UFC on FOX 25 event at NYCB LIVE at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. It aired on FOX following prelims on FOX and UFC Fight Pass. Related Twitter reacts to Jimmie Rivera's win over Thomas Almeida at UFC on FOX 25 Rivera got off to a strong start in the opening round, hurting Almeida with heavy right hands and sharp counter hooks, dropping him twice in the opening frame as Almeida was forced to hold on and clinch in order to clear his head
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