Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Monday, July 20, 2026.
- You suck! Dana White buries World Cup producers for celebrity screwups, botched flyover, admits UFC is ‘second worst’: … but does this really top the Terence Crawford/Kendrick Lamar incident?
- UFC Oklahoma City results: Matches to make for ‘du Plessis vs. Usman’ main card winners: Is the time finally right for a DDP vs. Brendan Allen grudge match?
- Not-dead Ben Askren reacts to Colby Covington clown show at RAF 11 — ‘Terrible human-being stuff’: I thought “You barely beat the dead guy!” was a decent line but also agree with Ben that the wife talk was completely unnecessary.
Insomnia
Part of me wonders if Paddy Pimblett just took a stool home from UFC 329, but this is brilliant trolling regardless.
Here it is, my favorite MMA meme of 2026.
Dricus du Plessis is a man who takes his beer seriously.
Depressing news of the day … Marlon Moraes is a police officer now and shouldn’t be fighting after his extensive losing streak.
Every once in a while, the UFC matchmakers demonstrate their sense of humor.
FREE AGENT REUG REUG TO THE UFC ASAP!
Aside from the brutal knockouts, I think fans gravitate towards Carlos Prates because there is no act. Prates is effortlessly cool, on and off camera.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
I am sad to report that Greg Hardy did not get knocked out in his recent fight.
As more and more fighters learn this twister variation, the body triangle only grows more powerful.
A haymaker from the back foot left Guerra stiff as a board:
Random Land
Introducing Jimothy, the newest social media sensation.
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Midnight Music: Reggae, 1977
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
