{"id":662646,"date":"2026-05-24T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662646\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:32:10","slug":"watch-manziel-tkos-influencer-in-mma-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662646\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Manziel TKOs influencer in MMA fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: Video contains coarse language<\/p>\n<p>Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel won his first-ever MMA fight with a first-round TKO of social media influencer Bob Menery on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MAIN EVENT: Johnny Manziel takes the WIN over Bob Menery in ROUND 1 by REFEREE STOPPAGE \ud83d\ude33\ud83e\udd4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oh4zNOgdan\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Oh4zNOgdan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brand Risk Promotions (@BrandRisk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandRisk\/status\/2058450906430288332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bout took place at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas and capped off a celebrity-filled card promoted by Adin Ross&#8217; Brand Risk Promotions. Manziel said afterward he doesn&#8217;t plan to fight again.<\/p>\n<p>Manziel, 33, is one of the biggest stars in college football history. He won the Heisman Trophy as a redshirt freshman at Texas A&amp;M in 2012 and enjoyed similar success in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland Browns drafted Manziel in the first round in 2014, but off-field issues plagued him as a pro and he fizzled out in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Former NBA players Lance Stephenson and Michael Beasley also competed on the card, with Stephenson securing a first-round submission victory.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lance Stephenson just submitted Michael Beasley in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Never thought I\u2019d type that sentence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmtktCzIee\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zmtktCzIee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/2058447609174626765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 24, 2026<\/a><br \/>\n <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warning: Video contains coarse language Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel won his first-ever MMA fight with a first-round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-662646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}