Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight!
Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, Dec. 26, 2026.
- Paulo Costa bails on UFC 326, search underway for new ‘Hulk’ fight: I’ll always tune in for a Costa fight, but he’s an unbelievably frustrating fighter.
- Conor McGregor mocks Jake Paul with holiday tweet-and-delete: ‘Enjoy your Christmas smoothies bro’: Each tweet puts us a little closer to the inevitable Paul vs. McGregor fight on Netflix.
- Joe Rogan hearing ‘a lot of chatter’ about 240-pound Alex Pereira moving up to fight Ciryl Gane: The fact that there’s likely to be another interim Heavyweight champion already is objectively hilarious and surely the bane of Tom Aspinall’s existence.
Insomnia
Will there be any Karate Combat events in 2026 or ever again? The future is unclear, but the whole show seemed suspicious with how much money they were paying athletes despite know clear source of revenue. Their last card was delayed quite a few hours before finally starting, and the primary talk was that unpaid workers opted not to set up the pit.
Chase DeMoor might be the worst boxer I’ve ever seen. Getting to watch Andy Ruiz obliterate him inside 60 seconds would be a new peak for influencer boxing.
Why does the UFC 325 poster look like a Mountain Dew can?
Losing to Charles Johnson is a great way to book a ranked opponent.
It’s incredible to watch a master execute rare techniques against world-class opponents. The Saitiev brothers are unreal.
Fight-fixing? Bias? Both?
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Gudaev sent his opponent’s body flying in this walk-off KO.
This is a quick clip obviously, but the long guard into crisp combination punching reminds me of Petr Yan.
Lovely bit of boxing here.
Random Land
Be brave in the face of fear.
Midnight Music: Rock, 2025
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
Category: General Sports
