Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.
- Islam Makhachev believes lightweight cut had him performing at 60% of full potential: Between injuries and weight cuts, everybody is fighting at 60% of the skill they have in the gym.
- Roster cuts! Two UFC 321 fighters released, including victorious Heavyweight: It’s far from fair, but UFC releasing Hamdy Abdelwahab and not Chris Barnett would be objectively hilarious.
- Bo Nickal reacts to UFC 322 main card placement: ‘Maybe it’s rage bait’: Does UFC do any kind of market research as to which fighters make fans more likely to buy PPV events? Or is it entirely vibes based? Feels like the latter.
Insomnia
Islam Makhachev weighs in on Ilia Topuria’s next title defense, and he’s firmly on the side of Arman Tsarukyan over Paddy Pimblett. Oh, and sorry Michael Chandler …
Khalil Rountree emptying the tank with his Muay Thai trainer:
This compilation of unintentional eye pokes sure goes on for a long time.
A slick transition from one half of this weekend’s main event, David Onama.
Jean Silva has officially sent two different fighters down to Bantamweight. I don’t care if “Lord” isn’t undefeated in the UFC anymore, that’s still a dangerous Featherweight.
Naoya Inoue getting his rounds in:
Matuesz Rebecki has fought some of the absolute toughest “unknowns” in the UFC Lightweight division and given them all tough fights.
Alex Pereira’s clinch work has really come a long way from that time he basically took himself down in the first Israel Adesanya fight.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
“Aloud” has to be bait …
Much like Quillan Salkilld over the weekend, this is a great example of simply blasting a high kick from the open stance.
A lot of great combos and some nice ducking off the jab:
Random Land
Check your emails carefully, this is a sneaky one.
Midnight Music: Hip-hop, 1996
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
