Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start things off by looking back at the three biggest stories from earlier today:
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UFC 317’s prefight press conference went down Thursday night in “Sin City.” This included a long-awaited staredown between headliners Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira.
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A fighter was electrocuted during his post-fight celebration and then decided to go for a swim. There’s really nothing else more to say. This is a MUST WATCH.
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Newly minted UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall wants to fight twice in the second half of 2025. If Ciryl Gane is presumably his first title defense then who would Aspinall fight second?
Insomnia
Here’s Charles Oliveira will another worrisome weight cut ahead of UFC 317. Keep in mind this footage was before Thursday’s pre-fight press conference.
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Even UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski reacted to Oliveira’s early weight cut.
“You shouldn’t be doing that [this early]… If he’s cutting weight now and then he has to do a press conference later tonight… I mean, that’s a long time to be sort of dehydrated. You should be rehydrating.”
Joe Rogan going in on unqualified MMA judges.
Who’s getting your vote?
Do you agree with Izzy on this one?
This wasn’t awkward at all.
How pumped are you for Alex Pereira’s return to the Octagon?
How good is this nickname?
Sean Strickland being Sean Strickland.
This doesn’t sound good.
Tom Aspinall is just pure class.
Max Holloway giving his official breakdown of UFC 317’s main event.
Here’s Anthony Joshua getting some work in with a random stranger in Barcelona.
Will Ryan Span get back in the UFC win column?
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Here’s every single one of Oliveira’s UFC finishes.
Random Land
This is wild.
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