{"id":779976,"date":"2026-07-05T05:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779976\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T05:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:34:12","slug":"ufc-mma-notables-celebrate-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779976\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC, MMA notables celebrate Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"795\" height=\"183\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aol_usatoday_us_articles_590.png\"\/><\/a>Sat, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f2fb883f-389c-49db-afac-1aae5208664d.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UFC and MMA fighters&#8217; patriotism was in full force for Independence Day in the U.S. \u2013\u00a0and it&#8217;s a special one to celebrate the 250th anniversary. <\/p>\n<p>Typically, personalities from throughout the sport chose to celebrate the holiday in a variety of ways. Some opt to enjoy time with friends and family. Others keep trapped in the gym to focus on upcoming fights. There&#8217;s a mix of all that going on in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Check below for a collection of the top social media reactions to the Fourth of July holiday.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mma\/blue-corner\/2026\/07\/04\/ufc-mma-notables-celebrate-fourth-of-july-on-social-media\/90797377007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">UFC, MMA notables celebrate Fourth of July on social media<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC UFC and MMA fighters&#8217; patriotism was in full force for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-779976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779976","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=779976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}