Joe Pyfer, Rising UFC Star

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Rick talks with Joe Pyfer, UFC fighter this week.

He’s rising up the UFC ranks.

Raised in Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey, Pyfer attended Arthur P. Schalick High School and started competing on the school’s wrestling team in tenth grade, where he was able to apply jiu jitsu and judo skills he learned as a child.

Pyfer made his professional MMA debut in his home town of Philadelphia in May 2018. He won his debut and competed seven more times and went 7–1, winning the AOWCF and ROC Middleweight Championship along the way. Eight fights into his MMA career, Pyfer would have his first bout in the Dana White’s Contender Series.

He currently boasts a 14-3 record.

Pyfer is scheduled to face Abusupiyan Magomedov on October 4, 2025 at UFC 320.