{"id":106210,"date":"2014-07-24T18:50:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T01:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=106210"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:50:03","slug":"mike-rhodes-injured-joe-riggs-will-step-in-to-face-paulo-thiago-at-ufn-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mike-rhodes-injured-joe-riggs-will-step-in-to-face-paulo-thiago-at-ufn-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Rhodes Injured, Joe Riggs Will Step In To Face Paulo Thiago At UFN 51"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/joe-riggs-i-would-beat-nick-diaz-again\/png_joe-riggs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72842\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72842\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/png_JOE-RIGGS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/png_JOE-RIGGS.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/png_JOE-RIGGS-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/png_JOE-RIGGS-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s ready for another throwback fighter to be re-signed by the UFC? Well, according to the Brazilian website, <a href=\"http:\/\/sportv.globo.com\/site\/combate\/noticia\/2014\/07\/rhodes-se-machuca-e-ufc-contrata-joe-riggs-para-encarar-paulo-thiago.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Globo<\/a>, former UFC fighter and long-time MMA veteran Joe &#8216;Diesel&#8217; Riggs will once again step into the octagon. The source claims that Mike Rhodes, who was scheduled to fight Paulo Thiago at UFC Fight Night 51: Bigfoot vs. Arlovsky 2 in September, has been injured and forced out of the fight. Now, Riggs will step in and make his return to the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Riggs recently won the first season of the show, Fight Master, when he defeated Mike Bronzoulis at Bellator 106. He is currently on a 6 fight win streak.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his opponent, Paulo Thiago, has lost 6 of his last 8 fights. He also managed to sign a new 4-fight contract with the UFC in June.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s pumped to see Diesel back in the UFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Who&#8217;s ready for another throwback fighter to be re-signed by the UFC? Well, according to the Brazilian website, Globo, former UFC fighter and long-time MMA veteran Joe &#8216;Diesel&#8217; Riggs will once again step into the octagon. The source claims that Mike Rhodes, who was scheduled to fight Paulo Thiago at UFC Fight Night 51: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":72842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[10040,2805,5469,11,649,706,15,16,8910],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mike Rhodes Injured, Joe Riggs Will Step In To Face Paulo Thiago At UFN 51 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mike-rhodes-injured-joe-riggs-will-step-in-to-face-paulo-thiago-at-ufn-51\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mike Rhodes Injured, Joe Riggs Will Step In To Face Paulo Thiago At UFN 51 | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Who&#8217;s ready for another throwback fighter to be re-signed by the UFC? 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