Joe Pyfer found God before his toughest UFC fight. But the South Jersey native says to ‘expect violence.’

Although he battled through four surgeries in the last five years, survived childhood abuse from an unsupportive father, and found himself homeless at one point in his life, fighting has always been Joe Pyfer’s No.

‘Reborn’ Joe Pyfer finds God, embraces positive life change ahead of UFC Seattle — ‘I don’t want to be a bad person anymore’

Bodybagz” is a different man these days. No. 14-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight contender, Joe Pyfer, steps into the biggest fight of his career this weekend (Sat., March 28,