One day after UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera was arrested on attempted murder charges for allegedly stabbing his sisters, his family has come to his defense – even the sisters themselves. On Friday, Rivera’s sister Lezlye and mother Susana Campos indicated Rivera’s mental state wasn’t right in the days leading up to his attack on Lezlye and another sister, Kelly, who were visiting Rivera from out of town because they were worried about him. In a lengthy Facebook post, Lezlye said she and her sister are “fine (and) well” after Rivera allegedly stabbed them multiple times. “All we wish is for him to get the professional mental help he so desperately needs,” Lezlye wrote, adding that Rivera’s mental state had been “completely corrupted into something unrecognizable.” Campos told Mexican newspaper Milenio that Rivera “lost his memory, and something evil took over him a few days ago.
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‘Something evil took over him’: Family of UFC’s Irwin Rivera speaks out after stabbing – MMA Junkie