{"id":691734,"date":"2026-05-24T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691734\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:45:08","slug":"johnny-manziel-reveals-future-mma-fight-plans-after-dominant-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691734\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Manziel reveals future MMA fight plans after dominant debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johnny Manziel reveals future MMA fight plans after dominant debut<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Johnny Football might need a new nickname.<\/p>\n

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Or maybe not. Johnny Manziel made his MMA debut on Saturday night and dominated. But the former Cleveland Browns first-round pick isn’t convinced that he’s going to make a career out of fighting.<\/p>\n

In fact, Manziel appears to have called it quits already.<\/p>\n

After Saturday’s bout, he told reporters<\/a>, “This was good enough for one time.”<\/p>\n

The 33-year old Manziel was in the ring in Las Vegas on Saturday night against social media influencer Bob Menery, who is 38.<\/p>\n

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The fight was stopped in the first round, after two minutes and 16 seconds.<\/p>\n

Manziel got a takedown and was delivering strong strikes before the referee stopped the match.<\/p>\n

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Manziel’s NFL career wasn’t long, but it lasted longer than his MMA career apparently will last.<\/p>\n

He played two seasons in the NFL, then bounced around other football leagues to limited success.<\/p>\n

Manziel has remained in the public eye in his post-playing career, in part because of a Netflix documentary, and also because he is happy to share how he feels on certain topics.<\/p>\n

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There were surely plenty of people with at least a bit of interest in how Manziel would perform on Saturday night, and while not fighting someone with as strong an athletic background as himself, Manziel did take care of business.<\/p>\n

Now, apparently, he’s on to whatever comes next for Johnny Football.<\/p>\n

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