Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, May 16, 2025.
- Misfits Boxing 21 live streaming results, video highlights from Derby | Till vs. Stewart: It would seem that Darren Till does indeed still move the needle! Is anyone interesting in seeing him fight Jake Paul? I’d rather he finally settle things versus Mike Perry …
- UFC ya! Dana White bats down Conor McGregor’s comeback request — ‘He’s not fighting anytime soon’: I will believe the Irish superstar is coming back when he’s actually in the Octagon.
- UFC cuts 11-fight Octagon veteran who was just stretchered out of cage: Alex Pereira genuinely ruined Bruno Silva’s career. From 22-6 before “Poatan” to 1-6 afterwards, his fall off has been downright brutal. It’s easy to forget just how scary and powerful he looked to start his UFC stint!
Insomnia
Merab Dvalishvili cannot help but rattle the hornet’s next. Just about three week’s removed from his UFC 316 title defense versus Sean O’Malley, he’s posting pictures of himself cut in training … again!
Really pushing the boundaries of “If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.”
Azerbaijan’s Judo champion faked her blindness during Tokyo Paralympics, won Gold Medal while fighting blind opponents https://t.co/qrxSnVP7Kv
— OpIndia.com (@OpIndia_com) May 16, 2025
Paddy Pimblett stands by Islam Makhachev and doesn’t think his title should be vacated.
Paddy Pimblett doesn’t support the UFC’s decision to make Makhachev vacate his title:
“If you’re making Islam vacate after 4 defenses and fighting people on short notice, you should let him try and be double champ.”
@ufcontnt ▫️ pic.twitter.com/hOArCOfZdU
— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) May 16, 2025
Gunner Nelson vs. Neil Magny is a fight that definitely should’ve happened in 2016 … but why not?
Running away from prime Cain Velasquez feels like a very reasonable reaction.
Javier Mendez recalls the time when Luke Rockhold jumped out of the cage while sparring with Cain Velasquez
“He [Luke Rockhold] was the only one that I would put in with the heavyweights because he actually could do really decent against them — except for Cain. He can only… pic.twitter.com/HnelT1ioEq
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) May 16, 2025
Petr Yan remains one of the sharpest strikers in the sport.
Here’s wishing Shavkat a quick recovery. Welterweight is a more interesting division with him active in it!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Taking three right hands in a row without any kind of defensive maneuver is … not great.
Keep combat sports stupid!
One of the most classic Roy Jones Jr. KOs!
Roy Jones Jr. destroying Montell Griffin in 1 round to win the WBC light heavyweight title & avenge his DQ loss to Griffin 5 months prior. August 7, 1997. pic.twitter.com/yulLQFaF0f
— b0xingfan (@b0xingfan) May 13, 2025
Random Land
Feel free to use this tactic yourself.
Midnight Music: Punk, 1977
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
