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WWE superstar Paige says her fiance, Alberto Del Rio, never laid a hand on her during an altercation in Florida ... and says SHE'S the one who attacked him by throwing a beer in his face.

It's the second time Paige has changed her story -- but now she claims she was arguing with Alberto in the Orlando Airport terminal on Sunday after getting bad news about a sick family member. She claims she was upset and threw a drink at ADR's face "because I was so angry."

Paige admits, she "Shouldn't have done it."

She also claims, "It was ME who was being held for battery charges because I threw a drink on him."

The problem with that ... cops say it's Alberto who was being investigated for domestic violence, NOT Paige.

Earlier this week, Paige claimed it was a 3rd party -- a female fan -- who threw a drink at ADR because he refused to take a pic with her. She's now admitting she lied about that part.

Paige also addressed the audio recording of the argument in which she can be heard telling Alberto, "Stay the f*ck away from me."

"If you listen to that stupid audio," Paige says ... "You will hear him saying he's pressing charges on ME. We all say stuff when we are mad."

Paige added, "No one got arrested. There’s no mug shots. There’s no charges. Nothing."

University of Georgia running back Elijah Holyfield -- son of boxing champ Evander Holyfield -- cut a deal in his weed arrest case and will avoid jail if he keeps his nose clean for a year.

As we previously reported, 19-year-old Holyfield -- one of Georgia's top prospects -- was arrested on campus at the beginning of May after cops smelled weed coming through his dorm room. When they searched the room, they noticed someone had thrown weed out the window.

Holyfield was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a drug-related object.

We spoke with Holyfield's lawyer, Max Richardson, who tells us the RB was accepted into a pre-trial diversion program as part of a deal with prosecutors. If he stays out of trouble for a year and does 40 hours of community service, the charges will be dropped.

He also must stay sober from drugs and alcohol.

"Elijah's a great kid and comes from a great, supporting family," Holyfield's attorney tells us.

"Like any other teenager, he made a bad decision like teenagers and some adults do. Because of his clean slate and outstanding background he was taken into this program."

Danica Patrick is more than ready to tie the knot with her racing BF Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -- and how do we know? She said it on camera ... right in front of him!

The two have been dating for 5 years and when our camera guy asked DP if the rumors of her being engaged were true or just a little joshing around. Ricky answered "Someday, not yet."

Our guy then (foolishly?) stated the two probably still weren't quite ready to tie the knot, and that's when Danica jumped in to set the record straight.

"I was ready yesterday."

What followed was one of the most awkward hugs in LAX history, and most likely a quiet Uber ride home.

Chad Johnson's daughter, Cha'iel, straight-up DUSTED the competition in her 800m run Wednesday.

It all went down at the AAU Track and Field National Club Championships today ... where mini-Ocho crossed the finish line at 2:14:80 -- almost 5 full seconds faster than her gold-medal winning Jr. Olympics run last year.

She's so far ahead ... you can barely see any other runners in the video.

Dad couldn't make it to the race ... but he was one proud papa -- especially when it came to Cha'iel's post-finish chest-thumpin' (probably cause he got flashbacks of his epic TD celebrations).

Demi Lovato had a great idea for a mini tour to promote her new song -- house parties featuring local celebs ... which she kicked off in Boston with Rob Gronkowski.

Demi hosted a rager Tuesday at a pad she rented in Beantown, which was stop #1 in her "Sorry Not Sorry" House Party Tour ... which is exactly what it sounds like.

Sources close to the singer tell TMZ she came up with the idea at a recent house party ... wanting to offer fans an intimate setting to enjoy her new single, "Sorry Not Sorry." As for how Rob got involved ... we're told she wanted to invite a hometown hero ... and he happily obliged.

Demi hosted about 200 guests from the area, and ended up doing 3 songs, including "Sorry Not Sorry" ... naturally.

TMZ broke the story ... Demi's L.A. home was hit in a possible burglary attempt. We're told she's aware of what happened, but pressing on with the house party tour. She'll do 2 stops, in Birmingham and Nashville on Wednesday ... then it's off to Vegas, Austin and Dallas.

TMZ Sports has obtained video of the moment Buffalo Bills lineman Adolphus Washington was confronted by police while handling a gun in his car ... and the standoff is VERY intense.

Cops stormed Washington's 3-wheeled Slingshot vehicle as they were clearing out a party at a Cincinnati-area water park. Cops say they saw Washington reach down and pick up a Glock.

Officers screamed at 24-year-old Washington to keep his hands up and get out of the car -- as Washington tries desperately to explain the situation.

Once he's in custody, one of the officers asks Washington, "Why the hell would you have that gun in your hand?!"

Washington tries to explain that he was innocently trying to put the gun away (and that he had a permit for it) when he saw cops clearing out the party ... and wasn't trying to brandish it.

The officer is pissed that Washington would put everyone in that situation and says, "I'm not trying to shoot anyone out here."

Washington responds, "I'm not trying to get shot."

At one point the cop says, "You don't know how lucky you are buddy."

Peyton Manning says he was pressured to REJECT President Donald Trump's invitation to golf with him last month ... but #18 didn't listen ... saying turning down the POTUS would be "un-American."

The NFL legend appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and said he happened to be in D.C. back in June when he got a call from the White House asking him to join Trump for golf.

"I gotta tell ya Jimmy, I had a lot of people telling me not to do it," Manning said.

"I think it would have been almost un-American to have said 'No.'"

Manning said Trump was a gracious host and they had fun golfing together.

When asked if Trump cheated -- as Samuel L. Jackson has previously alleged -- Peyton shot that down too and said he counted Donald's strokes.

Alberto Del Rio -- aka Alberto El Patron -- has been suspended indefinitely by Global Force Wrestling amid an investigation into an alleged domestic violence incident.

GFW -- which is owned by Impact Wrestling -- says the suspension is effective immediately "until the investigation is resolved following a recent incident in Orlando, Florida."

TMZ Sports broke the story ... Alberto -- real name Jose Rodriguez -- is being investigated over an alleged incident Sunday at Orlando International Airport involving his fiancee, WWE superstar Paige.

We obtained audio of the incident in which you can hear Paige scream, "Leave me the f*ck alone" and "Stay out of my life."

Paige had previously claimed there was a 3rd party involved -- a female fan who threw a drink on Alberto -- but police say the case is only being investigated as a domestic dispute ... meaning Alberto and a significant other.

Here it is ... your first Lonzo Ball, Michael Jordan comparison ... courtesy of ex-hoops star Jay Williams.

J-Will is FIRED UP about the Lakers star's potential -- and tells TMZ Sports, "That kid is gonna make passing what Jordan made scoring."

"He makes the game so damn easy for everybody."

Clearly, the ESPN analyst was impressed by the rook's 11-assist triple-double over the weekend.

That was 'Zo's first big summer league game for the Lakers, but Jay's already convinced the kid's special -- and he's predicting a $200 MILLION contract down the line.

Oh, and J-Will's got a message for everyone hatin' on Lonzo's funky shot ...

IT DOESN'T MATTER!!

Tony Ferguson has a loud, finger-waggin' message for Conor McGregor ...

I'LL SEE YOU AFTER FLOYD, SON!!

We got T-Ferg leaving the first Mayweather-McGregor press conference at Staples Center Tuesday ... and the UFC lightweight contender wasted no time telling Conor -- the UFC lightweight champ -- what's up.

That said, Ferguson -- whose next fight isn't booked -- is open to other matchups ... like one with Justin Gaethje -- who dropped one of the most violent/awesome UFC debuts EVER last week.

"If he wants his a** kicked we'll handle that," Tony told TMZ Sports.

Blake Griffin rolled out the welcome wagon for one of his new Clippers teammates last night -- taking Sam Dekker and his ridiculously attractive fiancee to a fancy dinner in Bev Hills.

BG and his girlfriend/baby mama, Brynn Cameron, hit up Georgio Baldi with Dekker and his fiancee Olivia Harlan early Tuesday evening before attending a Players' Tribune party.

Dekker was drafted by the Houston Rockets but became a Clipper as part of the Chris Paul deal.

Welcome to L.A.

Peyton Manning turned a grown ass woman into a full Mary Katherine Gallagher.

It all went down outside "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in L.A. -- when Peyton and his brother, Cooper Manning, were leaving the studio after the show and stopped to sign an autograph for a fan who was wearing Peyton's jersey.

The woman absolutely LOST HER MIND -- pumping her fists in sheer excitement after getting #18's signature.

Can't blame her ... signed Manning jerseys can sometimes sell for $1,000 a pop!

Nice pull!

Floyd Mayweather Sr. says he doesn't see anything racist about Conor McGregor telling his son to "dance for me, boy" during the news conference ... despite outrage on social media.

"Racist? I don't know what that got to do with race," Floyd Sr. told TMZ Sports moments after the news conference at Staples Center.

"This is a boxing match. I don't know what that got to do with no racists."

Of course, referring to a black man as "boy" in America has an extremely negative history that goes all the way back to slavery. Don't do it.

Conor did ... but Floyd Sr. is clearly giving him a pass.

Dana White says he got a call from Donald Trump's camp about the McGregor vs. Mayweather fight -- but says POTUS likely won't attend because he feels like he "ruins events."

Of course, Dana and Donald are longtime friends (Dana spoke at the RNC) -- and White has previously told us Trump has an open invitation to attend any UFC event.

So, we asked if Trump would be at T-Mobile Arena on August 26 and White replied -- "Funny you say that. They called me yesterday."

White says Donald is 100% interested in the fight but feels he'd be too big of a distraction to attend in person.

"He feels like he'll ruin events," White said ... "Secret Service is going to have to go through the place, shut down streets and create crazy traffic."

Two things you don't say to black men in America ...

1) "Dance for Me"

2) "Boy"

Conor McGregor said BOTH of those things to Floyd Mayweather at the big fight news conference in L.A. and people are pissed.

The reaction on social media was swift with FS1's Chris Broussard tweeting, "'Dance for me, boy!' Ohh, ohh. Does he know what he just said?"

Not the first time Conor's gone racial to hype a fight -- he famously called Nate Diaz a "cholo gangster" before UFC 196.

Conor McGregor promised to K.O. Floyd Mayweather in 4 rounds ... and Floyd responded by saying he's gonna beat that ass!!

The trash talk was nothing short of epic as Floyd and Conor faced off in L.A. for the first time since their super fight was announced, with both fighters trading insults ... and dance moves!!

Here are some of the most notable quotes:

Conor: "He's in a f***in' track suit. He can't even afford a suit anymore!!"

Floyd: "I ain't back down from no f***in' body. You line 'em up, and I knock 'em down like bowling pins. And August 26th, I'ma knock this bitch out too!!"

Conor: "How's this suit look? ... Got my own line of suits coming out. If you zoom in on the pin stripe, it says 'f*** you!'"

Floyd: "Let me show you motherf***ers what a $100 million fighter looks like. Still got 100 million, and ain't even ever touch this s**t!!"

Floyd: "I'm an old man ... I'm not the same fighter I was 10 years ago. I'm not the same fighter I was 5 years ago. I'm not the same fighter I was 2 years ago ... but I got enough to beat you. And we know Mr. Tapout like to quit!!"