Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
- UFC snubs Kid Rock, picks Grammy-winning artist to play UFC White House Freedom Fest concert: I’m going to take this opportunity to express my personal opinion that Kid Rock has produced some of the worst music of all time. Truly unlistenable.
- Newly-crowned UFC champion Carlos Ulberg admits he ‘lost the belt’ after wild Miami afterparty: Is drinking and presumably dancing with a torn ACL a bad move?
- ONE Championship sues top star over ‘multiple’ contract breaches: And here I thought the whole point of One Championship was to transfer investor funds directly to Rodtang?
Insomnia
Kayla Harrison’s comeback to Ronda Rousey’s epic rant is a little more concise.
Good show of respect between Randy Brown and Kevin Holland just a couple days after they beat the crap out of each other.
I fully believe that Ilia Topuria keeps it as simple as described
here, but his execution and patience are perfect.
Mateusz Gamrot vs. Paddy Pimblett feels like one of the more winnable high-level Lightweight bookings for “The Baddy.” Think UFC books it?
It’s so easy to book fun Bantamweight matchups. Throw two darts at the 135-pound roster, and the result will be a banger nine times out of 10.
Let me know in the comments if anyone is planning to watch the next TUF. It’s been a long while for me …
Considering many fight fans are surely using the Paramount app, these feel like strong numbers.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Slick scramble straight into the strangle:
Perreira was doing some interesting setups with his movement and stance-shifting before the lovely backfist off a missed kick. Good mix of chaos and tactics!
Can’t drop your hands while chasing the finish.
Random Land
The internet used to only be clips like this.
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Midnight Music: Folk rock, 1971
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
