Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
- Graying Zabit Magomedsharipov blames dodgy Yair Rodriguez, UFC runaround for sudden retirement: I’m not part of the “Zabit would’ve been champ!” camp, but I’d have liked to see him try.
- Ronda Rousey rips into ‘chauvinistic pig’ ruining UFC: ‘Keep trying to fail upward, motherf–ker!’: Slowly, Hunter Campbell has taken Dana White’s role as the guy who gets blamed for everything.
- Nate Diaz goes off on Strickland vs. Khamzat manufactured UFC 328 beef: ‘Fake f—king puppets’: I think if Strickland had just apologized without talking about selling the fight, the whole reconciliation would’ve been better received.
Insomnia
Tallison Teixeira didn’t look to have a fun experience sparring Alex Pereira, but he does deserve credit for being the first human in history to be visibly larger than “Poatan.”
This MVP x Street Fighter merch
collab goes hard!
Aiemann Zahabi said thanks, but no thanks.
Thoughts on Gamebred 2.0?
Two clips the definitely prove Joshua Van represents both Myanmar and Houston with pride — look at that Derrick Lewis technique!)
Funny story, I’ve heard Andre Fili make this exact same complaint about people holding onto his oversized feet. Maybe a more common fighter predicament than anybody realizes?
Arnold Allen’s dad is the real star of UFC Vegas 117.
Somebody’s a big Petr Yan fan.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Young Jose Aldo was a ball of athleticism and violence.
Two different Jose Ochoa’s picked up victories on Saturday night.
Expect A-1 Combat Featherweight champ Shane Collins in a Contender Series fight sooner than later.
Random Land
Modern love!
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Midnight Music: New wave, 1978
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
