Welcome to Midnight Mania! In case you haven’t noticed, I’m new here. You can usually find my work over on Bloody Elbow (boo, hiss, I know). I’m helping out here this month to help give the usual crew a well earned rest. So let’s get to it… Former UFC welterweight title challenger Jorge Masvidal is
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UFC Vegas 58 Weigh-in Face-offs Video Following Friday’s UFC Vegas 58 official weigh-in, the fighters competing on Saturday’s fight card faced off with their opponents. UFC Vegas 58 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Former lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos takes on No. 10 ranked Rafael Fiziev in the fight card’s main
Former UFC lightweight Luis Peña is set to make his return against former Bellator titleholder Will Brooks at XMMA 5 on July 23. MMA Island was the first to report the news of the booking. Peña fought twice in two weeks earlier this year, losing in a boxing match to Morgan Griggie before earning a
8:52 AM ET International Fight Week represents the midpoint of the UFC “season” as fight fans watched the promotion’s 22nd fight card and seventh pay-per-view of the year at UFC 276 on July 2. After this past weekend’s festivities, the upcoming schedule is marked with plenty of title fights and major cards in intriguing international
Image via @ufc on Instagram Anthony Pettis and Kayla Harrison led the salaries from the recent PFL event in Atlanta. For the longest time, many fans have wondered how much PFL is paying their key fighters as salaries have not been revealed. However, when the promotion went to Atlanta, the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission
Lightweight legend Rafael Dos Anjos will look to continue his resurgence this Saturday evening (July 9, 2022) when he meets Rafael Fiziev atop Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) latest show at its eponymous APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. “RDA” sits at 2-0 in his former stomping grounds after hitting a wall at 170, and so far
UFC Vegas 58 Weigh-in Video: Rafael Dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev The UFC Vegas 58 main event fighters officially weighed in on Friday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas ahead of Saturday’s fight card. Former lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos takes on No. 10 ranked Rafael Fiziev in the featured bout on the fight
Molly McCann was once a real-life superhero. Many times, UFC fighters can resemble comic book or movie superheroes, and in some cases can act like them as well. One more notable case has been UFC middleweight Kevin Holland. Holland has on multiple occasions helped law enforcement apprehend criminals. it is becoming a running joke that
1:34 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Bellator MMA lightweight champion Patricky Freire‘s first title defense, scheduled for July 22 against Sidney Outlaw, has been postponed because of an unspecified injury, the promotion announced. The title bout was to headline Bellator 283 in Tacoma, Washington. With Freire sidelined, Bellator is elevating a fight between former welterweight champ
UFC middleweight contender Darren Till is officially out of UFC London. ‘The Gorilla’ was set to return later this month for the first time since his defeat to Derek Brunson last September. The loss was a derailing one, as Till hoped to secure a title shot with a victory. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya had
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Alexander Volkanovski dominated Max Holloway to retain his featherweight title at UFC 276 last weekend in Las Vegas and he did it with a broken thumb. According to a recent social media post by Volkanovski, he broke his thumb in the second round of trilogy fight with “Blessed.” Despite the ailment,
The UFC 276 bantamweight bout between Sean O’Malley and Pedro Munhoz ended in a no contest, but O’Malley believes Munhoz robbed him of a spectacular finish. The fight ended in the second round after O’Malley accidentally poked Munhoz in the eye while trying to maintain his distance. A doctor was called in and after Munhoz
UFC middleweight Darren Till has spoken out for the first time since it was announced he had to withdraw from his upcoming UFC London bout. Earlier this week, Till withdrew from his originally scheduled fight against Jack Hermansson due to an undisclosed injury. The fight was slated to take place as the co-main event on
Jul 6, 2022 Shortly after former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos dropped the belt in 2016, he moved up to welterweight, where he had an up-and-down run against the iron of the 170-pound division. He won three in a row to earn a shot at an interim championship, but a loss in that fight
James Krause won’t say he is retired but says it is unlikely he will fight again. Krause has not fought since October of 2020 when he beat Claudio Silva by decision. He took that fight and the fight prior on short notice as he has been busy coaching. Although he has not officially retired he
Love means never having to say you’re sorry. UFC fandom, however, requires a public apology every time you hurt someone’s feelings. Probably because of that whole “man in the arena” thing. Just remember that little speech the next time you’re unhappy with the shrimp scampi at Red Lobster. If you’re not a cook, if you
Jake Paul was supposed to box Tommy Fury on August 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, but the fight was suddenly cancelled. In an interview with ESPN, Paul explained what happened and placed the blame squarely on Fury. “This is typical Tommy Fury behavior of pulling out of fights, being scared to
Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk has backed two-time opponent Zhang Weili‘s claim to a title shot but admitted that Carla Esparza’s ‘fear’ may get in the way. At UFC 275 last month, Jędrzejczyk collided with Zhang in a much-anticipated rematch. While the spinning backfist that ended the contest in the second round left