Welcome to Midnight Mania!<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.<\/p>\n
Does Khamzat Chimaev genuinely love his local dictator Ramzan Kadryov or simply fear for the lives of his Chechen friends and families? It feels very likely that we\u2019ll never know for sure.<\/p>\n
Jose Aldo has the greatest takedown defense of all time, and whoever\u2019s No. 2 isn\u2019t even particularly close to his crown.<\/p>\n
Shoot for the moon \u2026 I guess!<\/p>\n
If Khalil Rountree\u2019s boxing form was as crisp as his kicking, he would be unstoppable.<\/p>\n
Just a day later, Strickland\u2019s wedding celebration has already been outdone!<\/p>\n
Jiri Prochazka maxing out a week after cutting weight is bizarre even by his standards, nobody is strong at the very end of their fight camp. Also: MMA fighters are not real powerlifters and their coaches don\u2019t care about depth, so leave \u201cBJP\u201d alone.<\/p>\n
Slips, rips, and KO clips<\/p>\n
Once more, if you missed this week\u2019s Contender Series, go back and watch this fight!<\/p>\n
Firing punches as soon as the kicking leg returns to the floor is a great way to catch opponents off-guard.<\/p>\n
A fairly tight, fast right hook:<\/p>\n
I\u2019m just sitting here, quietly muttering, \u201cPlease don\u2019t be AI\u201d to myself as I select tonight\u2019s Randomness. AI is RAMPANT in cute animal videos, but \u2026 I think it\u2019s real?<\/p>\n
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Midnight Mania! Let\u2019s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,43768,785,85,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-202101","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-midnight-mania","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202101","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=202101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}