Joe Riggs

Joe “Diesel” Riggs is the Maine-born fighter who was WEC middleweight champion and was booked to fight Matt Hughes for the UFC welterweight title at UFC 56 in 2005, but missed weight, turning it into a non-title bout that Hughes won by kimura.

He later won Bellator’s Fight Master reality show and moved into bare-knuckle boxing. CagePotato covered his weight cuts and his comebacks.

Joe Riggs fact file
Full nameJoseph Jonathan Riggs
NicknameDiesel
Date of birth
Place of birthSanford, Maine, USA
Organisations fought in
  • UFC
  • WEC
  • Strikeforce
  • Bellator
  • EliteXC
  • M-1 Global
  • King of the Cage
  • BKFC
Accolades
  • WEC Middleweight Champion
  • Fight Master: Bellator MMA Season One winner
  • BKB Light Heavyweight Champion

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