As UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera is being held at a behavioral health facility in the wake of his alleged stabbing of his two sisters, his family is coming to his defense.
Lezlye Rivera, Irwin Rivera’s sister, on Friday posted an update to her Facebook account that detailed her brother’s behavior leading up to the alleged attack. She wrote that she and her sister, Kelly Rivera, were “fine n well” after the alleged attack and wanted to “clear the air” on what happened – and express support for their brother.
“We love our brother to the fullest and anyone that knows us n [sic] our family knows exactly how much we all LOVE and mean to each other and knows jst [sic] how close we as a family are,” she wrote in the Facebook message, which was verified to MMA Fighting by her mother, Susana Campos.