Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Monday, March 31.
- RIP to the great Richard Norton: In addition to all of his acting and fight choreography credits, did you know Norton was a sixth-degree black belt in BJJ?
- Nobody knows what to make of the Smashing Machine: Honestly, the confusing reception and strange vibe sounds more intriguing than a typical bio-pic. I trust the Safdie brothers to create something interesting.
- Bruce Buffer is getting a little older, making mistakes more often: Anyone who read the article knows it’s no hit piece, but that didn’t stop Facebook from getting very upset!
Insomnia
Andrew Tate f—king sucks at fighting, wouldn’t last three rounds with Jake Paul.
Quinton Jackson has a problem with being a vegan MMA fighter, which somehow ended up with poor Alex Caceres getting dunked on.
It’s a crazy world when your son look up to a fighter because of a vegan diet. Nothing against Bruce Leroy.. but i wanted my son to be a champ pic.twitter.com/WkXKOjYOvP
— Rampage Jackson (@Rampage4real) March 30, 2025
Maybe it’s a personal thing from growing up in South Jersey near Philadelphia and knowing many like him, but I find Joe Pyfer consistently irritating.
Loopy Godinez weighs in on her poopy moment at UFC Mexico City (note: she still fought and won while sick).
It’s rare a fighter has two viral moments within fight. Loopy Godinez reveals what happened during her close call in between rounds at UFC Mexico City
“I was pretty much sick when I go into the fight… And then my stomach wasn’t feeling great when I started hydrating… Then… pic.twitter.com/I0DQsn2Z3T
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 31, 2025
File this one under easier said than done …
Cory Sandhagen Reveals His Perfect Plan to Stop Merab Dvalishvili! ♂️
“Stand in the middle of the cage. When Merab backs you up, circle yourself back to the middle of the cage again. Don’t run from him, and hit him when he comes in. Make your movement a lot smaller because it… pic.twitter.com/pApbn3ak50
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) March 31, 2025
Will you be tuning in for the GLORY 99 Heavyweight tournament this weekend?
Zack Znyder, Turki Alalshikh and Dana White = the dream team?
Someone asked me a few weeks ago who would be a great rock climbing MMA fighter, and I answered Merab Dvalishvili. I stand by my pick!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Deiveson Figueiredo has unreasonable punching power. A backfist KO at Flyweight?!? That’s a 205-pound and above technique.
Rousimar Palhares moment.
Fight Circus’ Blobtang is undefeated in our hearts.
Random Land
Minimalism.
Midnight Music: Alternative, 2005
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
This story originally appeared on MMA Mania
