Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.
- Conor McGregor done negotiating with Dana White, ‘won’t come back’ to UFC without Ari Emanuel ‘chat’: Somebody check the live betting odds on Conor McGregor ever fighting again.
- Busted! UFC 325 fight canceled last-second after ‘DC’ towel trick goes horribly wrong | Video: This is so much more embarrassing than just missing weight. I can’t hate the attempt, but what a truly horrid outcome.
- UFC 325 preview, main card predictions | Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2: Your favorite fight at UFC 325?
Insomnia
The UFC and/or Venum seem to be under the impression that the American colors are black, white, and blue. Checking Ancestry.com results to verify what an MMA fighter can wear in the cage? Very, very strange stuff. This feels like a bizarre extension of UFC flag politics.
Rafael Fiziev is ready for battle!
What’s everyone’s prediction for the UFC 325? This is the rematch in a nutshell, Volkanovski being way better but Lopes being so dangerous.
Follow combat sports long enough, and you get to enjoy hearing some of the most absurd numbers imaginable. Power Slap and One Championship also LOVE talking about unverifiable impressions.
Not actively fighting whenever in the same room is as healthy as the Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier relationship will ever be.
Didn’t we learn to keep Rampage away from women like two decades ago?
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Driving forward into the triangle is not great defense.
There’s a wee bit of Alex Pereira in that stance and left hook.
Kicking the front thing, back thigh, either calf — this is total leg destruction.
Random Land
Geronimo!!!
Midnight Music: Alt. rock, 1996
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
