Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025.
Kevin Holland will make a quick return at UFC Vancouver opposite Canada’s top Welterweight, Mike Malott, for his fifth bout of 2025. Is it too soon for “Trailblazer” after that wild war with Daniel Rodriguez?
I wonder if Jon Jones has ever commanded ChatGPT to “make this post less sociopathic.”
I appreciate Brendan Allen’s attempt here, but can he really trash talk the quality of beating Sean Strickland twice when Strickland knocked him out?
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Anthony Pettis is a favorite of every fight nerd and probably the best display of pressure/cage-cutting in UFC history.
Aaron Pico will be a top contender if and only if he ever learns to respect his opponent’s offense. The man gets clobbered in the most brutal ways …
Hill sprints are a great way for MMA fighters to improve their anaerobic conditioning.
Dustin Poirier, an MMA good guy before and after retirement.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
I love the right hip feints to help set up the right hand early in this clip.
About three minutes of Naoya Inoue just destroying people!
Beautiful combo to get his opponent circling away from the left hand and into the high kick.
I can only hope this column will never run out of weird new sports to highlight.
Midnight Music: Punk, 1983
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
