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Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Thursday, Feb. 6, 2026.
- Usman Nurmagomedov pans Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett: ‘Looked like two drunk guys fighting’: I agree with Nurmagomedov’s assessment and would love to see him in the mix with Top 10 UFC fighters.
- Ilia Topuria ready to return? ‘El Matador’ declares ‘The champ is back!’: Ilia Topuria actually fighting twice this year would heal the sport.
- Dana White testifies on fighter negotiations: ‘I don’t really do that any more’: Dana White has seemed checked out of the sport for a while now, and now his testimony under oath confirms as much.
Insomnia
I wonder how much UFC offered Rico Verhoeven! The UFC number was never likely to match whatever Turki Alalshikh is willing to pay, but it would still be nice to know.
I say this as kindly as possible, but Raffael Cerqueira is one of the least good fighters I’ve ever seen in the Octagon outside of the Heavyweight division (Jose Medina is the absolute worst).
How does this work? Wouldn’t you be able feel a giant mouthguard in a pack of cards?
Terence Crawford hasn’t laughed at a single joke in his entire life.
Lerone Murphy vs. Movsar Evloev not being a guaranteed title eliminator is crazy. I’m high on the Jean Silva hype train but give one of those men their shot already …
Feint a kick to switch Southpaw, marching step back into orthodox, then fire the right hand — think about how much harder it was for Rafael Fiziev to land his straight punches than Mauricio Ruffy. A beautiful combo, but it illustrates why Fiziev had such a hard time getting to his opponent’s chin.
Arnold Allen nearly didn’t make it to UFC 324.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Naked calf kicks work as often as not.
… They arguably work even better when thrown behind the high guard of boxing gloves.
Only one punch of this combination landed, but it counted!
Random Land
A clip so good it made the actual news for no real reason.
Midnight Music: Hip-hop, 2007
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
Category: General Sports
