{"id":690398,"date":"2026-05-24T10:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T10:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690398\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T10:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T10:16:12","slug":"johnny-manziel-beats-social-media-influencer-in-mma-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690398\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Manziel beats social media influencer in MMA debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Manziel made his amateur MMA debut Saturday at Brand Risk 14, making quick work \u200cof social media \u200binfluencer Bob Menery in a 205-pound bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>In the opening minute, a lackadaisical Menery ran directly into a takedown. Manziel, a former NFL quarterback and the \u20602012 Heisman Trophy winner easily secured the mount, raining down elbows and \u2060punches until the bout was stopped at 2:15 of Round 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespected you for getting in here. Much love, brother,\u201d Manziel said after being awarded an honorary \u201cW U\u201d belt for his \u2060victory.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.27678571;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39472524\" width=\"715\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Johnny-Manziel.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Manziel beats down and makes quick work of social media influencer Bob Menery in a 205-pound bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on May 23, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-39472524\"  \/>Johnny Manziel beats down and makes quick work of social media influencer Bob Menery in a 205-pound bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on May 23, 2026. @full_send_mma \/ X<\/p>\n<p>Both men immediately indicated they have no intentions of fighting again, with Menery adding, \u201cNot after that display,\u201d \u2060when asked about a second fight.<\/p>\n<p>The influencer-driven spectacle \u2014 pivoted from Miami to Vegas after promoter Adin Ross secured the blessing of UFC CEO Dana White \u2014 drew an exclusive crowd including music icon Chris Brown, Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby \u200band UFC middleweight champion \u200cSean Strickland.<\/p>\n<p>White previously helped generate buzz by publicly \u2060doubting the fight would even happen, stating \u200bhe placed a $10,000 bet \u2060that the \u2060notoriously unpredictable Menery would no-show.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bob Menery went straight to Dana White during his walkout after Dana bet $10K that he wouldn\u2019t show up to his Brand Risk Promotions fight with Johnny Manziel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BRP14?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#BRP14<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wxUeRKrW9B\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wxUeRKrW9B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/full_send_mma\/status\/2058448382562308106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s 11-fight card \u2014 with an MMA main card after a boxing prelim card \u2014 was the first Brand Risk event \u2060held outside Miami or Nashville since its inception.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Johnny Manziel made his amateur MMA debut Saturday at Brand Risk 14, making quick work \u200cof social media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,1991,638,82],"class_list":["post-690398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-johnny-manziel","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}