Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of SUNDAY, Aug. 3, 2025. Why Sunday? With the upcoming new look and other MMAmania.com changes, the site will be undergoing some work tomorrow evening that will prohibit my usual publishing, so we’re enjoying a bit of martial arts weirdness a day early.
Anyway, headlines:
- Bonuses! Duncan vs. Rebecki, Ribovics vs. Brener both earn ‘Fight of the Night’ awards | UFC Vegas 108: For my full thoughts on this excellent pair of Lightweight scraps, check out my recap here.
- Video: Logan Paul violently smashes country music star Jelly Roll through an announce table | SummerSlam 2025: Jelly Roll is one of the few incredibly famous musicians who I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard a full song from.
- Unblessed! Fighter suffers savage knockout seconds after imitating Max Holloway’s infamous point down | Video: Daring to be great doesn’t always work out.
Insomnia
Khabib Nurmagomedov labels Muhammad Ali the greatest athlete of the last century. I’d love to hear some other suggestions?
Khabib calls Muhammad Ali the greatest athlete to walk the Earth in the last 100 years — not just for his accomplishments in the ring, but for the values he stood for, the lessons he taught, and the millions he inspired. A true role model for generations. pic.twitter.com/wU265JIQo6
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) August 4, 2025
These videos aren’t that fun to watch when the UFC fighter doesn’t mercilessly beat the streamer to bits.
Kevin Vallejos only has eyes for Jean Silva, and I saw nothing at UFC Vegas 108 that made me think a rematch goes well for him just yet.
Arman Tsarukyan has been hitting Ilia Topuria hard on social media lately. Should he get the next shot?
Islam has a great quote at the UFC PI, he will fight anybody, anytime, and anywhere – Hey Dana maybe now’s a good time to put a quote in the bathroom for Ilia reminding him not to sit down while pissing – thanks boss
— Arman Tsarukyan UFC (@ArmanUfc) August 3, 2025
These UFC impressions are absolutely top-tier.
Marcus McGhee going to war with Petr Yan for three rounds then immediately heading to the skatepark is extremely badass.
Weird Middleweight match up. Why is Robert Bryczek being given a pretty decent opportunity after losing to Ihor Potieria in his sole UFC appearance?
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Collapsing over your own knee is never ideal.
UFC veteran Damir Ismagulov with one of the cleanest spinning head kick KOs you’ll ever see:
NO FREE KICKS!
Random Land
Early Hollywood stories are insane.
Three extras were killed so I’m not surprised the cinematographer quit in protest cause he knew people would be killed and maimed. https://t.co/Fszc7QO0aB
— Margaret “Molly” Rasberry ️ (@RasberryRazz) August 2, 2025
Midnight Music: Glam rock, 1971
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
