Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Monday, Sept. 1, 2025.
- CJI 2, Day 2: Live results, video highlights | Craig Jones vs. Chael Sonnen: Did you watch both days of CJI action? If so, did you enjoy the show?
- Highlights! Craig Jones sleeps Chael Sonnen twice with slick buggy chokes in seconds | CJI 2: Caught between a rock and a hard place after Gable Steveson’s last-second withdrawal, Craig opted to win in the funniest way possible.
- Musumeci wants ‘boring’ CJI 2 format changed; Gordon Ryan slams biased, ‘failed event’: For all his success, Gordon Ryan has to be one of the most negative people on the planet.
Insomnia
Kimbo Slice Jr aka “Baby Slice” holds a 3-3 (1) record in professional MMA. This will be his first bare knuckle boxing match, and it feels appropriate for the son of a backyard fighting legend.
Holly Holm
stepping up to wrestle at 43 years of age and putting on a great account of herself is awesome. It’s hard to deny her as one of the greatest female combat sports athletes ever!
Sam Alvey and Karate Combat doesn’t just deserve to be on this list, it should be the main feature!
Combat sports are a rough gig and will leave you with some physical oddities.
I love the respect, but it’s more than time for Luke Rockhold to retire from anything that involves punches. Go grapple!
“Your mom is in Bellator” feels like the conclusion to “Yo Momma” jokes. How can it be topped? Absurd.
The glory days of the Strikeforce Lightweight division were a tremendous time to be a fight fan.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Running along the side of the fence then suddenly stopping with a spin — textbook Emmanuel Newton!
Overhand inside the left hook, a tale as old as time.
Composed but unrelenting offense from de Vries, who really tied together his kicks and punches in interesting ways here.
Random Land
It’s a sign.
Midnight Music: Alternative, 2002
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
