Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Monday, April 20, 2026.
- Urijah Faber reacts to getting speared into RAF crowd, promotion condemns Arman’s ‘dirty’ attack: I think it’s become relative consensus that Arman Tsarukyan is an immensely talented doofus.
- Paddy Pimblett has high hopes for rematch against ‘dirty bastard’ Justin Gaethje: Paddy Pimblett is hoping he can catch an even older and more staph-infected version of Gaethje, then he’ll really have a chance!
- Who is Gable Steveson fighting? Dana White skipping Top 15 for not so ‘crazy’ debut — ‘UFC jitters are real’: Unless Steveson is getting paid CRAZY money, there’s no need to rush him to the top.
Insomnia
The video won’t embed because it’s flagged as NSFW (and is kind of gross), but Rose Namajunas is unhappy with getting eye poked by Natalia Silva. Her full quote from Instagram: “So you wanna be a fighter? Three months and now Im healthy finally. Thumb and eye are all fixed up. Im a bit out of shape but I’m cleared to train now. I really hope eye pokes will be taken more
seriously in the future. I propose instant purse deduction even for an accident. An accident that could seriously affect a fighters health long term. Anyways I’m just grateful that it was not more serious”
I am fairly certain I’ve heard Chris Weidman tell this tale before and have posted it previously but if The Chris is resharing a classic, why not?
Curtis Blaydes is a funny and genuine guy in addition to being damn tough.
The Demian Maia half guard sweep to single leg takedown transition was truly beautiful to watch.
Iwo Baraniewski could probably do with a more moderate step up in competition before facing Bogdan Guskov, but I like the guts!
… on that note, the 205-pound division is in absolute shambles!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
That’s a well-timed counter hook!
Takeya Mizugaki’s translated reaction to his Aljo loss: “I thought I got stopped out of nowhere without even remembering tapping out myself, but when I watched the footage later, I was tapping like crazy and it cracked me up.”
Starting to lose consciousness is a funny thing!
Mateus really closed distance well with a level change before actually firing the right.
Random Land
Beware the formidable steel coil.
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Midnight Music: Punk, 1991
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
