Joe Riggs
"Diesel"

49 - 19 - 2

Born: Sep 23, 1982
Age: 38
Debut: -

Height: 6'0"; 183 cm

Weight: 170 lbs; 77 kg

Reach: -; -

Stance: -

: Sanford; United States
Sport: MMA
Division: Welterweight
Team: -

WINS 49

KOs: 27 (55%)
Subs: 15 (31%)
Decisions: 7 (14%)

LOSSES 19

KOs: 10 (53%)
Subs: 6 (32%)
Decisions: 3 (16%)

Joe Videos

Top Replay

Watch Later

BKFC 18: Joey Beltran vs Sam Shewmaker

BKFC • 3 months ago
Top Replay

Watch Later

BKFC 10: Hector Lombard vs David Mundell

MultiVision Media • a year ago
Top Replay

Watch Later

Bare Knuckle FC 6: Malignaggi vs Lobov

MultiVision Media • 2 years ago
Replay

Watch Later

Fusion Fight League presents: ICF33 - Diesel's Last Ride

Fusion Fight League • 2 years ago

Matches

RESULT	Opponent	Method	R/T	Event/Date
Loss	Hector Lombard Lightning	TKO Doctor Stoppage	R 4 1:07	BKFC 18 June 26, 2021
Draw	Walber Tete Barros	None		Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 6 June 22, 2019
Win	Heriberto Tovar El Rudo	Decision Unanimous		Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships 4: USA vs. Mexico Feb. 2, 2019
Win	Brok Weaver	Decision Unanimous		Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships 3: The Takeover Oct. 20, 2018
Loss	Artem Frolov	TKO Knee Injury	R 2 0:46	M-1 Challenge 93 - Frolov vs Riggs June 1, 2018
Draw	Borys Polezhai	None Split	R 3 5:00	M-1 Challenge 90 - Kunchenko vs. Butenko March 30, 2018
Win	Oleg Olenichev	TKO Punches	R 3 3:21	M-1 Challenge 84 - 20 Years of MMA Oct. 27, 2017
Win	Shonie Carter	TKO Punches	R 2 4:54	Z Promotions - Fight Night 5: Medicine Hat Sept. 9, 2017
Win	Dmitry Samoilov	TKO Punches	R 3 1:24	M-1 Challenge 81 - Battle in the Mountains 6 July 22, 2017
Win	Jerome Jones	TKO Punches	R 1 0:27	WXC 68 - Nemesis April 28, 2017
Win	Billy Martin	TKO Punches	R 1 1:48	ICF 27 - The Last Stand April 8, 2017
Win	Cody McKenzie	TKO Submission to Punches	R 1 1:51	Z Promotions - Fight Night 3: Medicine Hat Oct. 28, 2016
Loss	Chris Camozzi	TKO Knees	R 1 0:26	UFC Fight Night 83 - Cerrone vs. Oliveira Feb. 21, 2016
Win	Ron Stallings	Disqualified Illegal Upkick	R 2 2:28	UFC 191 - Johnson vs. Dodson 2 Sept. 5, 2015
Loss	Patrick Cote	Decision Unanimous	R 3 5:00	UFC 186 - Johnson vs. Horiguchi April 25, 2015
Loss	Ben Saunders	TKO Neck Injury	R 1 0:57	UFC on Fox 13 - Dos Santos vs. Miocic Dec. 13, 2014
Win	Mike Bronzoulis	Decision Unanimous	R 3 5:00	Bellator MMA - Bellator 106 Nov. 2, 2013
Win	Cris Leyva	TKO Punches	R 1 2:28	RITC - Rage in the Cage 164 Nov. 16, 2012
Win	Josh Cavan	KO Punches	R 1 4:16	MFW - Made For War 1 Oct. 13, 2012
Win	Shane Johnson	KO Punch	R 2 2:33	RITC - Rage in the Cage 160 June 22, 2012
Win	Aaron Brink	Submission Armbar	R 2 1:18	RITC - Rage in the Cage 159 May 11, 2012
Win	Shannon Ritch The Cannon	TKO Punches	R 1 0:56	Duel for Domination - MMA Extravaganza Nov. 26, 2011
Loss	Kendall Grove	Submission Guillotine Choke	R 1 0:59	ProElite - Arlovski vs. Lopez Aug. 27, 2011
Loss	Bryan Baker	KO Punch	R 2 3:53	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 43 May 7, 2011
Loss	Jordan Mein	TKO (Punches	R 2 4:30	Wreck MMA - Strong and Proud Jan. 28, 2011
Win	Trent Thorne	TKO Elbows	R 1 3:56	KOTC - Forty Eight Nov. 21, 2010
Win	Louis Taylor	Submission Punches	R 3 2:07	Strikeforce - Challengers 10 Aug. 13, 2010
Loss	Jay Hieron	Decision Unanimous	R 3 5:00	Strikeforce - Miami Jan. 30, 2010
Win	Nick Almen	Submission Punches and Elbows	R 1 1:51	IMMA 1 - Ironman MMA Dec. 11, 2009
Win	David Barnes	TKO Punches	R 1 0:57	RITC 138 - Rage in the Cage 138 Dec. 4, 2009
Win	Phil Baroni The New York Bad Ass	Decision Unanimous	R 3 5:00	Strikeforce - Lawler vs. Shields June 6, 2009
Win	Luke Stewart	TKO Punches	R 2 2:05	Strikeforce - Destruction Nov. 21, 2008
Loss	Kazuo Misaki	TKO Punches	R 2 2:29	Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion 2 Sept. 20, 2008
Win	Matt Dempsey	Submission Rear-Naked Choke	R 2 1:47	RITC 112 - Rage in the Cage 112 July 26, 2008
Loss	Cory Devela	TKO Slam	R 1 1:22	Strikeforce - Strikeforce at the Dome Feb. 23, 2008
Win	Eugene Jackson	KO Punches	R 1 3:56	Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion Sept. 29, 2007
Win	Dan Chambers	Submission Triangle Choke	R 1 3:25	HCF - Unfinished Business July 21, 2007
Loss	Diego Sanchez	KO Knee	R 1 1:45	UFC Fight Night 7 - Sanchez vs. Riggs Dec. 13, 2006
Win	Jason Von Flue	Submission Triangle Choke	R 1 2:01	UFC Fight Night 6 - Sanchez vs. Parisyan Aug. 17, 2006
Loss	Mike Swick	Submission Guillotine Choke	R 1 2:19	UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie May 27, 2006
Win	Nick Diaz	Decision Unanimous	R 3 5:00	UFC 57 - Liddell vs. Couture 3 Feb. 4, 2006
Loss	Matt Hughes	Submission Kimura	R 1 3:28	UFC 56 - Full Force Nov. 19, 2005
Win	Chris Lytle Lights Out	TKO Cut	R 2 2:00	UFC 55 - Fury Oct. 7, 2005
Win	Rob Kimmons	Submission Punches	R 1 1:24	WEC 15 - Judgment Day May 19, 2005
Loss	Ivan Salaverry	Submission Triangle Choke	R 1 2:42	UFC 52 - Couture vs. Liddell 2 April 16, 2005
Win	Thomas Gil	Submission Armbar	R 1 2:05	RITC 66 - Rage in the Cage 66 Nov. 13, 2004
Win	Isidro Gonzalez	TKO Punches and Elbows	R 1 1:50	WEC 12 - Halloween Fury 3 Oct. 21, 2004
Win	Joe Doerksen	TKO Submission to Elbow	R 2 3:39	UFC 49 - Unfinished Business Aug. 21, 2004
Win	Shane Johnson	KO Punches		XCF 5 - Evolution May 28, 2004
Win	Kendall Grove	KO Elbows	R 1 3:09	ROTR 5 - Rumble on the Rock 5 May 7, 2004
Win	Dave Vitkay	KO Punches		ICC - Trials 2 April 30, 2004
Win	John Renken	KO Punch	R 1 0:28	RITC 60 - 'The Saint' Goes Marching March 20, 2004
Win	Chris Kiever	KO Punch	R 1 0:49	IFC - Battleground Tahoe Jan. 31, 2004
Loss	Alex Stiebling	Submission Triangle Choke	R 2 1:54	WEC 9 - Cold Blooded Jan. 16, 2004
Win	Cory Timmerman	Submission Armbar	R 1 1:11	RITC 57 - Tucson Revisited Dec. 13, 2003
Win	Frank Alcala	TKO Punches	R 1 0:31	IFC - Rumble on the Rio Dec. 6, 2003
X	Andy Montana	No Contest		RITC 53 - The Beat Goes On Sept. 13, 2003
Win	Greg Wikan	TKO Corner Stoppage	R 3 5:00	ECS - Evolution July 19, 2003
Win	Will Hammond	TKO Punches		AOW - Art of War 2 June 21, 2003
Loss	Travis Fulton	Submission Choke	R 1 0:48	RITC 45 - Finally March 1, 2003
Win	Herb Dean	Submission Punches	R 1 0:52	RITC 43 - The Match Jan. 18, 2003
Loss	Wesley Correira	KO Knee and Punch	R 2 2:07	ROTR 1 - Rumble on the Rock 1 Dec. 28, 2002
Win	Lemuel Vincent	TKO Punches	R 1 0:23	RITC 42 - Road Trip Dec. 7, 2002
Win	Allan Sullivan	Submission Armbar	R 3 1:57	RITC 39 - Bring It Oct. 19, 2002
Win	Joe Pardo	Decision Unanimous	R 3 3:00	RITC 38 - Let's Roll Sept. 7, 2002
Win	Jess Morton	TKO Retirement	R 1 3:00	RITC 36 - The Rematch June 22, 2002
Win	Andy Montana	Submission Punches	R 1 1:24	RITC 35 - This Time It's Personal May 3, 2002
Loss	Homer Moore	Decision Unanimous	R 3 3:00	RITC 34 - Rage in the Cage 34 March 15, 2002
Win	Joey Vigueria	Submission Punches	R 1 2:00	RITC 33 - The Big Show Feb. 2, 2002
Win	Justin Lyon	Submission Punches	R 1 0:33	RITC 31 - Rage in the Cage 31 Nov. 7, 2001
Win	Ryan Roath	Submission Punches	R 1 2:32	RITC 30 - Soaring to New Heights Sept. 26, 2001

Report data inconsistency

Announcements

BKFC 18 – Live on FITE PPV on June 26

June 23, 2021

Event features 4 World Title Fights Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, The World's Fastest Growing Sport, presents BKFC-18 featuring Four World Title Fights on Saturday, June 26 at Hard Rock Live in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL and broadcast globally on FITE PPV, starting at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. They will be joined by the BKFC broadcast team of Sean Wheelock and Chris Lytle. In the heavyweight division, BKFC World Champion ‘The Mexicutioner' Joey Beltran, (4-1-1, 2 KOs), fighting out of Carlsbad, CA will make …

Read more »
Joe Riggs - MMA’s True Tough Man

May 29, 2018

Fighter in Focus by Ivan Spassov, Editor in Chief at FITE The early days of MMA have produced some of the toughest fighters to ever enter the cage. I'm sure that when talking about these early days a lot of people have the bloody image of Joe "Daddy" Stevenson in his fight against BJ Penn or of the insane fight between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar that arguably put MMA out to the mainstream public. It was a point in time where the fighting spirit and the will to just …

Read more »