Staredowns! Jimmie Rivera, Marlon Moraes face off at UFC Utica weigh ins (Video)

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to FOX Sports 1 this Friday (June 1, 2018), lighting up the airwaves with the UFC Fight Night 131 mixed martial arts (MMA) extravaganza inside Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York, which includes additional preliminary bouts airing on UFC Fight Pass (see the complete fight card here).

Headlining the “Empire State” fight card is the bantamweight grudge match between top contenders Jimmie Rivera and Marlon Moraes, with the winner likely to receive the next 135-pound title shot. Elsewhere on the card, Gregor Gillespie and Vinc Pinchel collide for a spot in the featherweight title chase, while longtime veterans Sam Alvey and Walt Harris compete in middleweight and heavyweight action, respectively.

Watch them all face off at the conclusion of the UFC Utica weigh-in event in the embedded video above.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Fight Night 131 fight card on fight night (click here), starting with the Fight Pass “Prelims” undercard bout at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the FOX Sports 1 “Prelims” undercard bouts at 8 p.m. ET, before the main card start time at 10 p.m. ET, also on FOX Sports 1.

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