{"id":195393,"date":"2025-10-07T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195393\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:59:35","slug":"best-of-the-best-mmamanias-weekly-ufc-mma-roundup-highlights-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195393\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Best: MMAmania\u2019s Weekly UFC\/MMA Roundup & Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to \u201cThis Week in MMAmania.com<\/a>,\u201d Maniacs!<\/p>\n

As you know, MMAmania.com<\/a> churns out a ridiculous amount of stories weekly. And if you don\u2019t refresh this site constantly, you might just miss an amazing story<\/a>. Or, if you don\u2019t go read the comments section on each story, you might miss a wisecrack that will leave you LOL\u2019ing.<\/p>\n

But, don\u2019t trip \u2014 we\u2019ve got you covered. This weekly article will recap the best of MMAmania.com<\/a>, reviewing the most-read stories, comments, social media posts, etc.<\/p>\n

So, sit back and take a gander at the madness of the week that was …<\/p>\n

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Last week, the story that got the most eyeballs<\/a> was Wanderlei Silva getting knocked unconscious after he was disqualified in his boxing match.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 04: Alex Pereira of Brazil (R) defeates Magomed Ankalaev by TKO in the first round during a light heavyweight title bout in UFC 320: Ankalaev vs Pereira 2 at T-Mobile Arena on October 04, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n

Alex Pereira revealed that if he fought at 100 percent, he\u2019d kill someone<\/a> (because he supposedly fought at 40 percent last time) \u2014 well, MMAMania user Roynelsonsjockstrap brought up a great callback<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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UFC legend Frankie Edgar got pulled from his BKFC debut this weekend<\/a> (Thank you, combat sports Gods).<\/p>\n

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 18: Dan Hooker of New Zealand prepares to face Mateusz Gamrot of Poland in a lightweight fight during the UFC 305 event at RAC Arena on August 18, 2024 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

Fighter \u2018Comment of the Week\u2019 \u2014 He said what?!?!?!<\/p>\n

UFC Lightweight Dan Hooker revealed he\u2019s going to assault<\/a> Arman Tsarukyan if he gets within arm\u2019s reach of him and doesn\u2019t care if the fight gets canceled.<\/p>\n

What should be Pereira\u2019s next move?<\/a><\/p>\n

Whoever said Merab Dvalisvili is a bad striker? (Me).<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 04: Merab Dvalishvili of Georgia (L) lands a punch against Cory Sandhagen of the United States during a bantamweight title bout in UFC 320: Ankalaev vs Pereira 2 at T-Mobile Arena on October 04, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n

Unseen \u2018Knockout of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Former UFC fighter Jared Vanderaa got knocked out this weekend at Unified 64.<\/p>\n

Best \u2018Prediction of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Take a bow, MooseAlmighty and NeverBeenKicked \u2014 you nailed your picks.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 04: Merab Dvalishvili of Georgia poses for a portrait after his victory during the UFC 320 event at T-Mobile Arena on October 04, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mike Roach\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

Random \u2018Stat of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Dvalishvili landed 20 takedowns against Cory Sandhagen \u2014 the most in a UFC championship fight.<\/p>\n

Fight Announcement of the Week:<\/p>\n

Ian Garry gets to finally take on a former champion in his next outing as he collides with Belal Muhammad at UFC Qatar.<\/p>\n

This Past Week in MMA History:<\/p>\n

UFC on Fuel TV: Struve vs. Miocic<\/a> – Sept. 29, 2012<\/p>\n

Stipe Miocic suffered his first professional loss in his first UFC main event when he got knocked out by Stefan Struve.<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson<\/a> – Oct. 1, 2016<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been nine years since UFC has been to Portland, which is a bummer. However, Brandon Moreno made his UFC debut on that card and submitted Louis Smolka.<\/p>\n

UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson<\/a> – Oct. 3, 2015<\/p>\n

Daniel Cormier scored his first UFC Light Heavyweight title defense against Alexander Gustafsson, winning via split decision.<\/p>\n

On the same card, Islam Makhachev suffered the only loss of his career, getting knocked out in less than two minutes.<\/p>\n

Remember to follow MMAmania.com<\/a> on socials, too:<\/p>\n

To checkout UFC\u2019s upcoming schedule of events click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to \u201cThis Week in MMAmania.com,\u201d Maniacs! As you know, MMAmania.com churns out a ridiculous amount of stories…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,14855],"class_list":{"0":"post-195393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-news","15":"tag-videos"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}