This Saturday, Diego Rivas returns to the octagon on Saturday – almost one-and-a-half years after his most recent UFC bout. The time away, however, doesn’t mean Rivas wasn’t fighting. In fact, Rivas was facing his toughest opponent yet. At 24, fresh off a “Performance of the Night” flying-knee knockout of Noad Lahat at UFC Fight Night 82, a doctor’s visit to check on an injured knee resulted in Rivas discovering he had testicular cancer. And, undefeated in his pro MMA run, Rivas saw himself dealing with questions much darker and deeper than his octagon career. “It’s very hard to put into words,” Rivas told UFC.com ‘s Thomas Gerbasi about the diagnosis

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UFC’s Diego Rivas: After beating cancer, ‘no fighter in the world will give me a bigger challenge’ – MMA Junkie

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