Wanderlei Silva's run from the drug testers leads Lionel Rivera's eleven uploads

Justin Gaethje filled much of the rest of the week, from the UFC 300 buzzer to his own words on loneliness and chaos.

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BANNED for Avoiding DRUG TEST: Wanderlei Silva #UFC #MMA

Lionel Rivera put up eleven uploads in seven days, and the one people keep watching is about a fighter who left the building. "BANNED for Avoiding DRUG TEST: Wanderlei Silva" tells the 2014 story of Nevada's testers turning up at Silva's gym before his scheduled fight with Chael Sonnen. Silva walked out. The commission treated that as a failed test and handed him a lifetime ban, later cut to three years. The Short has passed 85,000 views, by far the most of the week.

The comment section has turned it into a running joke, with plenty of viewers borrowing "I can't let you get close" for Silva and the testers alike. Many also ask why Jon Jones never seemed to face the same treatment.

The rest of the week belonged mostly to Justin Gaethje. Rivera covered him from several sides: the UFC 300 night in April 2024 when Max Holloway pointed at the canvas and knocked him out in the fight's final second, Gaethje's calm "good for him" afterward, a piece on the loneliness of fight camps, and a newer clip titled "I LOVE THE CHAOS." Two record knockouts filled the gaps. Todd Duffee needed seven seconds against Tim Hague at UFC 102, and Mark Weir finished Eugene Jackson in ten at UFC 38 in London.

The freshest momentum comes from the archive. Dominick Cruz's 2016 split-decision win over TJ Dillashaw, the night he took back the bantamweight belt after years of injuries, went up a day ago and is moving faster than anything else on the channel. That helped lift the channel's daily views well above its usual pace, though the subscriber count held steady. Among the combat channels nearest its size, TheFightGuy and Nansend Sports had the very big weeks. Rivera, a no-gi black belt who promises "More MMA Fans and Better MMA fans," kept to his own work: telling the stories behind the fights.

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The videos drawing views on Lionel Rivera right now

FASTEST KO in Middleweight History: Mark Weir #UFC #MMA27,155 views · 2026-10-02 7 SECOND KO: Heavyweight’s Fastest KO in UFC | Todd Duffee #UFC #MMA24,739 views · 2026-10-06 LONELY CHAMP: Justin Gaethje Opens Up About His Lonely Life #UFC #MMA13,374 views · 2026-10-06 “He Had Everything to Lose” | Justin Gaethje gets KNOCKED OUT at UFC …13,092 views · 2026-10-04 "He Knocked Me Out?… Good for Him” – Justin Gaethje on Holloway Loss …9,546 views · 2026-10-03 INSANE COMEBACK: Dominick Cruz reclaims belt vs TJ Dillashaw #UFC #MMA8,592 views “I LOVE THE CHAOS” | Justin Gaethje on his love of fighting #UFC #MMA6,086 views

The numbers

Here is how Lionel Rivera's channel moved over the seven days.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

TheFightGuy

29,665,779

Nansend Sports

21,234,909

Boxing Game

6,395,960

talkSPORT Boxing

3,106,611

What Do You Wanna Talk Ab…

1,272,867

Frank Warren's Queensberr…

1,143,227

Lionel Rivera

760,923

ProBox TV

404,683

Fubo Sports Network

246,389

subscribers

353,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

328,488,626

views per day

143,328

typical day: 97,861

first-day views of each video posted this week

BANNED for Avoiding DRUG TEST: Wanderle…

40,945

FASTEST KO in Middleweight History: Mar…

14,617

7 SECOND KO: Heavyweight’s Fastest KO i…

15,722

LONELY CHAMP: Justin Gaethje Opens Up A…

9,732

“He Had Everything to Lose” | Justin Ga…

7,047

"He Knocked Me Out?… Good for Him” – Ju…

4,496

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Boxing Game

380,000

Frank Warren's Queensberr…

376,000

Lionel Rivera

353,000

TheFightGuy

345,000

What Do You Wanna Talk Ab…

319,000

talkSPORT Boxing

317,000

Fubo Sports Network

306,000

Nansend Sports

287,000

ProBox TV

272,000

As of October 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.