MMA Odds and Ends for Thursday: Urijah Faber vs. Jimmie Rivera added to UFC 203, UFC Sioux Falls highlights

Urijah Faber vs. Jimmie Rivera added to UFC 203 MMAFighting.com reported Wednesday that a bantamweight matchup between Urijah Faber and Jimmie Rivera has been added to UFC 203. Faber (33-9) heads into this matchup winning three of his last four fights. He’s coming off a loss to UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 199 back in June. Rivera (19-1) has remained undefeated in the octagon racking up wins over uri Alcantara, Pedro Munhoz and Marcus Brimage. He hasn’t lost a bout since 2008. UFC 203 takes place September 10th in Cleveland. Here’s an updated look at the card. Stipe Miocic (15-2) vs. Alistair Overeem (41-14, 1NC) Fabricio Werdum (20-6-1) vs. Ben Rothwell (36-10) CM Punk (0-0) vs. Mickey Gall (2-0) Bethe Correia (9-2) vs. Jessica Eye (11-5, 1NC) Mairbek Taisumov (26-5) vs. Nik Lentz (26-7-2, 1NC) Damir Hadzovic (10-2) vs. Yusuke Kasuya (9-2-2) Erik Koch (15-4) vs. Drew Dober (16-7, 1NC) Urijah Faber (33-9) vs. Jimmie Rivera (19-1)   Sean Santella signs with the UFC and steps in to fight Wilson Reis at UFC 201  After flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson (24-2-1) was pulled from this card due to injury, Sean Santella steps in against Wilson Reis. The UFC made the announcement during last night’s UFC Fight Night 91 broadcast. Santella (15-5-1) heads into this matchup off back-to-back wins and has won 10 of 15 career fights by submission. He’s also a teammate of UFC lightweight Jim Miller. Reis (20-6) has won three of his last four bouts including a unanimous decision victory over Dustin Ortiz at UFC on FOX 18 back in January.   UFC 201 takes place July 30 at Philips Arena in Atlanta. Here’s an updated look at the card. Robbie Lawler (c) vs. Tyron Woodley – for welterweight title Wilson Reis vs. Sean Santella Matt Brown vs. Jake Ellenberger Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Rose Namajunas Ed Herman vs. Nikita Krylov Jorge Masvidal vs. Ross Pearson Erik Perez vs. Francisco Rivera Michael Graves vs. Bojan Velickovic Damian Grabowski vs. Anthony Hamilton Cesar Arzamendia vs. Damien Brown Ian McCall vs. Justin Scoggins   UFC Fight Night 91: John Lineker vs. Michael McDonald video highlights   UFC Fight Night 91: Tony Ferguson vs. Lando Vannata video highlights UFC Fight Night 91: Tim Boetsch vs. Josh Samman video highlights   UFC Fight Night 91: Daniel Omielanczuk vs. Aleksei Oleinik video highlights   UFC Fight Night 91: Louis Smolka vs. Ben Nguyen video highlights

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