Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
- Report: Ilia Topuria suffered orbital fractures in both eyes in UFC White House loss, will not return in 2026: Maybe the doctor had the right idea trying to stop a half-blind Topuria from continuing into round four?
- Tom Aspinall reacts to ‘illegal elbows’ from Ciryl Gane at UFC White House, agrees to Paris rematch in September: Aspinall’s reaction to those elbows doesn’t hold a candle to the recent words from “Poatan” himself.
- Video: ‘First-ever man vs. woman cage fight’ goes down in Japan, ends badly: Shoutout to user Mklip2001 for reminding me of the 500-pound man vs. Bantamweight woman battle from a few years back.
Insomnia
I understand that superstar boxer vs. MMA fighter crossovers are big business, but wouldn’t it be great if we never talked about them again?
Name a better walkout than “The Highlight” with the live band?
Jason Jackson is officially a free agent, and it sure sounds like a UFC signing may be in his near future.
Gane is enjoying the fruits of another interim championship reign.
I 100% believe that Josh Hokit did not try to finish the armbar. A Day One wrestler would have better breaking mechanics!
All recent reports indicate that Floyd Mayweather is NOT doing well lately.
The best and worst part about fighting is that one single shot can drastically alter entire fight. There’s no blank slate reset ever!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Manel Kape was more of an athletic freak than technical fighter in his first battle versus Kyoji Horiguchi … but he he improved enough?
I think every PFL visit to Africa has produced at least one nasty jump knee KO.
Getting caught on one leg is bad news.
Random Land
A Swiss landscape.
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Midnight Music: Folk, 2001
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
