Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.
- Highlights! Gable Steveson annihilates Billy Swanson in just 15 seconds, celebrates with coach Jon Jones | DBX 4: I have to admit I expected Steveson’s boxing form to look worse given his inexperience.
- Greatest scammer in UFC history? Fans accost Themba Gorimbo over charity disappearance: This feels like a “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” situation, but does Gorimbo still deserve some benefit of the doubt?
- Gable Steveson calls for UFC deal after first round DBX knockout: ‘I’d love to show a lot more’: I have almost no doubt that Steveson will be inside the Octagon within a year. As with all other top wrestlers crossing into MMA though, you have to wonder what happens when someone bops him on the nose while he’s a little tired?
Insomnia
Are Valter Walker and fellow pro fighter Zion Clark actually beefing right
now? Is this a bit for Halloween? Why are people bringing up Karate Combat when Walker is signed to the UFC? So many questions, so few answers.
Happy Halloween!!!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Quite simply, this has to be one of the greatest knockouts in the history of the sport.
There was a good mix of wild brawling and actually slick boxing at the Dirty Boxing event last night.
Paul Daley tried to send that man to the moon with this left hand.
Random Land
A favorite hobby from my early childhood.
Midnight Music: A suggestion from Mom (that I definitely posted at some point in the last two years, but it fits the day, so …)
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
