Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
- Anthony Smith update: UFC star appears before judge, released on $500k bond following felony arrest: Not a single one of the new Smith details are positive. Retired fighters and alcohol would appear to be a bad mix …
- Sean Strickland rips into ‘f—king c—nt’ UFC matchmaker: ‘Everybody hates you’: Being a matchmaker is like being the tax man or a meter maid — you’re not really supposed to make friends.
- Fake beef? Jon Jones claims Daniel Cormier plays up hatred for the camera: ‘Made me too much money’: Call me a mark, but I believe “DC” doesn’t like Jones one bit. Everything is played up for cameras, of course, but he’s not an Oscar-winning actor reaching outside himself for this performance.
Insomnia
… DOCTAH STOPPAGE!
This is a crazy story for an experienced pro fighter! My locker room panic story is from the amateur days, where I saw a kid so amped up that he nearly dislocated his shoulder taking his hoodie off. Then, he was kicked off the card by the doctor cageside because his heart rate was too high.
Yoel Romero, the real man of steel.
I consider myself an Alexander Volkanovski fan, but Volk get slept by a Movsar counter punch because he tried the Ruffy upward elbow would be very funny.
Standard “Cowboy” retirement behavior. Whatever happened to his UFC comeback?
Paulo Costa has beautiful form of his right kick. He leads with the knee wonderfully.
Frankie Edgar details his worst investment …
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Joseph Morales has been my boy for a long time, and I’m excited for his big opportunity versus Brandon Moreno at Noche UFC.
Big shoutout to Danny Sabatello for holding back the double flying face stomp.
Right hand immediately following a right front kick is a sneaky, Tony Ferguson-coded setup.
Random Land
I would recommend the novel Butcher’s Crossing to anyone interested in the terribly sad fall of the American buffalo.
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Midnight Music: Garage rock, 1998
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
