Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Monday, June 22, 2026.
- Pic: Super fun Conor McGregor-led UFC 329 main card revealed: There’s not a bad fight on the UFC 329 main card. I’m really looking forward to Sandhagen vs. Bautista!
- UFC star Dustin Poirier arrested in Georgia: Life after fighting isn’t necessarily easier than being a top-notch professional.
- Alex Pereira ‘afraid’ to make UFC return, teases retirement in wake of Herb Dean scandal: I like “Poatan,” but I feel like he has a history of threatening retirement/walking away, so … I don’t buy it.
Insomnia
Colby Covington may be retired from UFC competition, but trash talk lives forever … I guess. In other words, Jorge Masvidal did nothing wrong.
Andre Lima is not pleased about his upset loss to Kevin Borjas. Oh, and he’s moving up to Bantamweight?
If you make it through the whole seven minutes, you’re a much stronger person than me.
Are prediction markets semi-legalized fraud? I’m setting the odds at 2-1.
… I have a feel I know the Merab Dvalishvili game plan for the Petr Yan trilogy bout.
Strange matchmaking, Myktybek Orolbai should be knocking on the doors of a ranking.
How does the Scottish/Japanese twister work? Here’s the medical explanation.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
“Most ridiculous-looking kick ever” but the loser threw two right kicks that were equally ridiculous (but in a bad way).
Nothing like throwing a right hand to setup a takedown only to accidentally win via KO.
Old man gimmick is now 0-2 to my knowledge.
Random Land
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Midnight Music: Rock, 1978
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
