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Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
- Conor McGregor still haunted by catastrophic leg break ahead of UFC 329? ‘It can affect your head’: I can only imagine this would be a really difficult injury to overcome. Even a standard knee or shoulder injury is hard to trust fully while getting back into live training.
- UFC Vegas 116 adds last-minute bout to try and save forgettable Apex card: Francis Marshall is better than his 3-3 UFC record, so I’m expecting a fun fight here.
- UFC Vegas 118 fight card adds Bryce Mitchell vs. Victor Henry ‘Sin City’ showdown: Thus far, Henry has been pretty tough to hold down in his UFC career, so this should be a really interesting test for Bantamweight “Thug Nasty.”
Insomnia
Three years after their breakup, Brian Ortega opens up about his toxic relationship with UFC Flyweight Tracy Cortez. I look forward to the response …
Matt Frevola is not sad to see Shem Rock depart the UFC roster.
Bantamweight banger alert! I favor McGhee here, but Wiklacz is quite the opportunist.
34-year-old veteran on a losing streak teasing a drop in weight — what’s the worst that could happen?!?
Times have changed quite a bit since the great Flyweight purge of 2018.
Oleksandr Usyk still having fun in the gym after however many decades of boxing.
Tanner Boser reacts to his return knockout loss at UFC Winnipeg. At least it was a fun scrap!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
This promotion allows jumping stomps but not submissions — fascinating!
Heavyweight MMA peaked over 20 years ago. Look how fast some of these exchanges were …
At 45 years of age, Saenchai is still shocking fast and mobile with his high kicks.
Random Land
Anybody else watching The Pitt?
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Midnight Music: RIP Prince, gone 10 years today.
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
