Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
- Israel Adesanya may be walking away from UFC competition: “Stylebender” has secured his legacy as the second greatest Middleweight in UFC history, and he brought a kickboxer’s schedule to MMA in a way that is greatly appreciated.
- Sean O’Malley tells the haters not to watch UFC 316: “Suga” may not deserve a second chance against “The Machine,” but I’ll certainly watch him try to score revenge.
- A24 is attempting to remake Bloodsport: Remember the Road House remake? I certainly do not …
Insomnia
Petr Yan calls out Umar Nurmagomedov for an Abu Dhabi or Azerbaijan battle. Is there a better non-title fight available at 135-pounds?
Alex Pereira hasn’t forgotten the first part of his rags-to-riches story.
Michal Oleksiejczuk is a hilarious fighter in that he’s a good enough boxer to beat up Light Heavyweights, but he’s also never bothered to improve his grappling defense in any meaningful way.
Better to laugh than cry.
Losing a fight via stomach issues and diarrhea is the kind of defeat that could derail a career, but Jean Silva rebounded better than ever.
Jean Silva tells a story about losing a fight due to diarrhea. He even was forced to take a s–t cageside right before stepping into the octagon:
“So, there was a fight a long time ago and the event was an open-air venue and I just needed to get out there to fight, and as… pic.twitter.com/ff8KrtlKCh
— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) April 8, 2025
Cory Sandhagen’s OnlyFans account is leading him to unexpected places.
Cory Sandhagen says Deiveson Figueiredo is the top subscriber to his Onlyfans
“He makes me do all kinds of crazy s**t for him like sing stupid karaoke songs. He likes when I insult him all the time, I don’t know I guess some guys get off on that” pic.twitter.com/P8EpSzUdMv
— FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) April 7, 2025
The odds for Jean Silva vs. Bryce Mitchell are downright silly. I’m on the “Lord” hype train but still …
Movsar Evloev seems like one of the fittest fighters on the roster.
Is getting trampled by a horse an acceptable reason to withdraw from a fight?
KRAZY DWCS STORY
Per #LFA203‘s broadcast, Uran Satybaldiev had to pull-out of his #DWCS opportunity in 2024 because of an injury he sustained playing Kok Boru.
What is Kok Boru ? It’s the national sport of Kyrgyzstan. It’s basically polo, played on horseback, but with a… pic.twitter.com/mDFmPqIL9M
— The Matchmaker (@MMA__Matchmaker) March 7, 2025
Slips, rips, and KO clips
The knee is the battering ram of the human body.
Jaw jacked.
Open stance high kick crashes through the guard:
Random Land
Why are logos so boring nowadays? I’m reminded of the Silicon Valley episode about every logo being a basic lowercase letter.
Midnight Music: Mom pick #2
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
This story originally appeared on MMA Mania
