Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.
- No Ryan Garcia to the rescue as Jake Paul flounders for new opponent: I’m really doubting that Paul is going to find a worthwhile opponent — as high-profile as Davis, that is — to fight in 2025.
- Manager claims Dana White ‘waiting’ for UFC 322 to book Ilia Topuria, confirms Justin Gaethje may ‘never fight again’: UFC needs to hurry up and book Ilia Topuria against somebody. Letting big names sit on the shelf does not grow their star.
- UFC cuts Isaac Dulgarian after sketchy loss as accusations of fight fixing heat up: My favorite part of the betting fallout has been all the degenerates on X using this opportunity to excuse away every previous lost bet as a fix.
Insomnia
Valentina Shevchenko defends Joe Rogan from last week’s Ronda Rousey criticism:
Dominick Cruz is launching a new podcast, and he’s hanging out with former enemy Urijah Faber in the debut episode.
Khalil Rountree play sparring with one of the best Nak Muay in the world:
Featherweight banger alert! It’s hard not to favor Vallejos, but Chikadze will have a serious range advantage.
I would’ve loved to see one of these two try to enter the truck during this scramble, as sitting the corner like this naturally leads to that position. Sadly, I don’t think any Light Heavyweights know how to play single leg back control.
So far, we have at least two UFC fighters who have worn their shorts backwards.
Merab Dvalishvili and pals are having a great time in the hot tub.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Look at the angle on this vicious elbow:
I would like to cordially invite all GLORY champions to try their hand at MMA. The results are always fun!
Heavy uppercuts sneaking through the guard:
Random Land
Sherman is an icon.
Midnight Music: Indie rock, 2003
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
