Joe Riggs
Video: Lorenzo Hunt bashes Joe Riggs in face with tomato at BKFC 24 ceremonial faceoffs
Combat sports fans have often seen props, including food, at ceremonial faceoffs. The big fear by promotion operations staff and security usually is they’ll be turned into weapons, which they seldom, if ever, actually are. At the BKFC 24 ceremonial faceoffs Friday, however, that fear became a reality. A...
Fair or foul? Perspectives differ on ABC suspending 20 BKFC Montana fighters
The Association of Boxing Commissions recently suspended an entire fight card’s worth of athletes – 20 in total – who competed in a bare-knuckle boxing event that the ABC has said was “unsanctioned.” However, the promotion involved and an independent regulatory body disagree with that categorization and subsequent suspensions....
Hector Lombard vs. Joe Riggs set for BKFC 18 in June; Thiago Alves, Joey Beltran also on card
Bare Knuckle FC’s June event will feature a number of notables from the MMA world competing in championship fights. Friday, the promotion released the planned lineup for its summer event, which does not yet have an official date, but will take place in Miami. In the main event, BKFC...
Hector Lombard gets new BKFC 10 opponent after Joe Riggs drops out
Hector Lombard has a new opponent for the BKFC 10 main event after Joe Riggs had to drop out. In a Monday press release, the promotion announced a new Feb. 15 main event between Lombard, the former Bellator middleweight champion, and fellow Bellator veteran David Mundell. No reason for...
Joe ‘Diesel’ Riggs’ pro boxing debut canceled after opponent withdraws
MMA veteran Joe Riggs is going to have to wait a bit to make his professional boxing debut. Riggs (50-18-1 MMA, 0-0 Boxing) was scheduled to fight in his home state of Arizona in a bout against David Damore (1-6-3 Boxing) on a Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions event...
Wait – Joe Riggs fights Friday and has six straight knockout wins?
No, seriously. Joe Riggs is one of the most interesting and entertaining characters on the history of MMA. Making his professional debut in 2001, “Diesel” has some 64 professional contests under his belt, and he’s still just 35 years old. He’s fought for the UFC, Bellator, Strikeforce and the...
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