Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.
Tom Aspinall has received The Rock’s co-sign for WWE Superstardom. Think it ever happens somewhere down the line, and if so, what would Aspinall’s angle be?
Tenshin Nasukawa will officially get his chance to capture boxing gold this November in Tokyo.
Tai Tuivasa, the ideal analogue for Islam Makhachev.
This is a great answer to the “beating opponent at their own game” prompt. A couple others that come to mind for me that I haven’t seen mentioned yet are GSP vs. Koscheck 1 and Jake Shields vs. Demian Maia.
Megan Olivi — alongside husband Joseph Benavidez and new baby Vito — tossing out the first pitch at the Padres game!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Per legend, the great Joe Louis was in a hurry to win this fight so he could get back to his wife of less than a dozen hours and celebrate their wedding night. A little extra venom in those right hands …
You can very easily walk away from a bare knuckle boxing match with an entirely new appearance.
Throwing incredibly powerful straight shots in the middle of absolute chaos — that’s Jiri Prochazka.
Happy Fat Bear Week to those who celebrate!
Midnight Music: Hip-hop, 1999
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.