Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Thursday, March 12, 2026.
- UFC cuts five fighters in latest roster purge, including pair of Octagon veterans: A second Erik Silva has been cut. Time is a flat circle.
- 15-year UFC veteran who beat Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira set to retire at UFC 327 in Miami: Cub Swanson is one of the best action fighters of the last 15 years, and Nate Landwehr will prove a fitting final dance partner.
- Dan Hooker admits ‘arrangement’ with alleged mistress, reveals $100k NDA demand: I think Hooker’s first post was preferable to this one.
Insomnia
Demetrious Johnson wasted no time in shutting down rumors of a comeback versus Muhammad Mokaev. It could’ve been fun a few years ago, but we’re talking about different generations!
Cain Velasquez thanks all his supports for the love after his release from prison.
Mokaev deserves his props for taking on a much bigger, similarly elite wrestler in Arman Tsarukyan.
Speaking of Brazil Hype, more bizarre highlights emerged from that event than any card I can think of in the last decade.
K-1 has a deal with Calvin Klein in Japan, and J-Kick fans are freaking out online. Click through for full thread …
Khamzat’s training partner Baisangur Susurkaev will look to remain unbeaten at UFC 328.
Michael Bisping was one of the best of his era at using the fence to return to his feet, generally a really hard guy to hold down.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Caught standing tall in the pocket:
Lovely use of the right overhand and left liver shot double threat, and grabbing the double-collar tie to land a free knee or two is never a bad idea along the fence either.
You cannot let your opponent load up a punch and then land it three times in a row. It’s not going to end well!
Random Land
A historically brutal game of soccer.
Midnight Music: Synth pop, 1981
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
