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UFC bantamweight fighter Irwin Rivera was released from custody after being charged with attempted murder earlier this year.

According to ESPN, Rivera plead not guilty with a plea of insanity on two attempts of attempted murder. The two people he stabbed were his sisters. According to court documents, Rivera will live with his parents who will take care of him. Rivera’s teammates Gilbert Burns and Sean Soriano, or his parents must be with Rivera whenever he travels outside the county.

Rivera’s sisters who he stabbed, also testified on behalf of Rivera and his case to be released from police custody. Rivera’s career and life outside of a hospital rely solely on his compliance to follow all the guidelines set to him by the court orders. Those include him staying on his prescribed medication and also being under the care of a psychiatrist. His sisters did not have any long-term damage done to them, but they were both stabbed repeatedly in many different areas of their body. Rivera stated that a higher power had provoked him to do such heinous actions. His sisters and family have stood behind him since the incident happened.

According to ESPN, Dr. Sheila Rapa was a witness for the prosecution and stated that “”Mr. Rivera was suffering from an acute episode of psychosis, particularly Bipolar I Disorder, and Mr. Rivera was unaware of his symptoms which were not being controlled by prescribed psychotropic medication. He lacked the ability of insight to tell reality from fantasy or right from wrong.”

Rivera has had 3 fights in his UFC career and is 1-2 in the promotion. He lost to Giga Chikadze in his UFC debut back in 2020 where he fought in the featherweight division.

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Irwin Rivera still has the love of his family despite stabbing his two sisters in an unprovoked attack.

On Thursday, news broke regarding the arrest of Irwin Rivera, a police report has since been released. It was initially reported that the UFC bantamweight has been charged with two cases of first-degree murder before it was discovered both of Rivera’s victims – his sisters – had survived the attack.

One day later and Rivera’s sister Lezlye took to social media to confirm she and her sister Kelly are both “fine” following the attack. Lezlye also asked people to pray for her brother who was showing signs of mental illness in the days leading up to the attack.

“me and kelz are fine n well so we just wanna clear the air n let it be known that this is not about us! We love our brother to the fullest and anyone that knows us n our family knows exactly how much we all LOVE and mean to eachother and knows jst how close we as a family are , all we wish is for him to get the professional mental help he so desperately needs, Lezlye wrote on Facebook.

“This past weekend my brother hasn’t been acting like himself . Not sleeping or talking like himself and completely just losing interest in his training, which we all know is what he lives to do. This concerned me and had me jump on the next airplane ASAP n go check up on him. Unfortunately his mental stage was worse then we could of imagined and before we could help him he completely broke. This is not easy for me or my family but I ask to pleeeeesse keep MY BROTHER in your prayers , pray he can stabilize and come back to us bc sometime withing the past 24hours his mentality has been completely corrupted into something unrecognizable. Again we LOVE OUR BROTHER and are 100% here to support him n try n get him this help he so desperately needs!”

me and kelz are fine n well so we just wanna clear the air n let it be known that this is not about us! We love our…

Posted by Lezlye Rivera on Friday, January 8, 2021

Following news that broke on Thursday 8th of January regarding the arrest of Irwin Rivera, a police report has since been released. It was initially reported that the UFC bantamweight has been charged with two cases of first-degree murder before it was discovered both of Rivera’s victims had survived the attack.

Since then details have emerged to reveal that the official police report slightly differs from initial thoughts. MyMMANews’ Eric Kowal posted the document on his Twitter account, having been sent it by the police department.

I was just sent this document by the police department pic.twitter.com/Z6ypCkmICx

— Eric Kowal – MyMMANews.com (@MyMMANews) January 8, 2021

The report states that Rivera attempted to murder both his sisters, attacking them with a knife whilst they were sleeping. The police responded to multiple 911 calls, and found both sisters still alive but with numerous stab wounds. Rivera fled the scene, supposedly after seeing a neighbour calling the police.

However, when the police caught up with him, he uttered “I KILLED MY SISTERS.” He was transported to BBPD, where he made a full confession on a sworn taped interview. Rivera confessed to stabbing both his sisters while they slept, armed with a “brass knuckle knife”. He went on to state that he “believed that he killed both of his sisters and said that he did so because it was his purpose, which he was told to by a higher power.” Thankfully both of his survived the shocking attack and are currently in recovery.

Irwin Rivera had fought three times for the UFC and had an upcoming bout scheduled for March. The UFC have released an official statement regarding the horrific incident.

One of 2020’s UFC newcomers Irwin Rivera was reportedly arrested and jailed on Thursday and is currently being held on two charges of first-degree premeditated murder.

UPDATE: Rivera was charged with first degree premeditated murder pic.twitter.com/hobFqk58nO

— Eric Kowal – MyMMANews.com (@MyMMANews) January 8, 2021

First reported by Eric Kowal of MyMMANews.com, the Bantamweight fighter was detained after allegedly stabbing his sisters early Thursday morning.

According to Palm Beach Country Sherriff’s Office records shared by Kowal, Rivera is being held on two counts of premeditated first-degree murder with no bond set for release.

Following these reports, the UFC shared in a statement to MMAFighting.com that Rivera’s career would be put on pause pending an investigation into the situation by the promotion.

“UFC is aware of the recent incident involving Irwin Rivera and subsequently received information from his management that he has been exhibiting behavior consistent with mental health issues,” the statement read. “The allegations are extremely troubling and the organization is currently gathering additional information. The investigation is ongoing and any potential next steps including disciplinary action or medical attention will be determined upon the conclusion. Furthermore, UFC has informed Rivera’s management that he will not be offered a bout at this time.”

Since entering the UFC Rivera had won only one of his three UFC fights with his latest ending in a decision loss to Andre Ewell at UFC Vegas 11.