{"id":298066,"date":"2025-11-20T23:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/298066\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:14:12","slug":"ethyn-ewing-returns-to-day-job-after-ufc-322-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/298066\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethyn Ewing returns to day job after UFC 322 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Five days removed from his short-notice breakout at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-322-jack-della-vs-islam-makhachev-start-time-full-results-espn-mma\/401359\/ufc-322-results-highlights-della-maddalena-vs-makhachev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 322<\/a>, Bantamweight newcomer Ethyn Ewing is already back in steel-toed boots instead of 4-oz. gloves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-322-jack-della-vs-islam-makhachev-start-time-full-results-espn-mma\/401359\/ufc-322-results-highlights-della-maddalena-vs-makhachev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stunned heavy-handed<\/a> Malcolm Wellmaker on incredibly short notice last weekend inside Madison Square Garden, grinding out a unanimous decision, gaining a ton of new fans in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Today (Thurs., Nov. 20, 2025), a clip circulated online showing Ewing returning to his construction job, where his coworkers erupted in cheers, handshakes, and congratulations as \u201cThe Professor Finesser\u201d walked in like a conquering king.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the video below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ewing works as a safety professional in the construction industry and co-owns a safety consulting business, Occusafe Network, with his father in Culver City, California. He has long balanced fighting with the demands of the trade, often using jobsite hours as a reminder of why he pushes so hard in the cage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But if his recent trajectory continues, those work boots may not stay laced for long. After dropping the first two fights of his pro career, Ewing (9-2) has rattled off nine straight wins with a 78% finish rate \u2014 seven by knockout \u2014 and appears to be hitting a new level of confidence and composure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Professor Finesser\u201d may have returned to work this week, but momentum suggests he won\u2019t stay in the construction yard forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For complete UFC 322 results, coverage and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-322-jack-della-vs-islam-makhachev-start-time-full-results-espn-mma\/401359\/ufc-322-results-highlights-della-maddalena-vs-makhachev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five days removed from his short-notice breakout at UFC 322, Bantamweight newcomer Ethyn Ewing is already back in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,162126,40762,785,139415,85,162125,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-298066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-jack-della-vs-islam-start-time","12":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-preview-and-live-results","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-ufc-322-fight-card","17":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}