{"id":289794,"date":"2025-11-17T06:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289794\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T06:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:08:16","slug":"best-of-the-best-mmamania-coms-ufc-mma-week-in-review-ufc-322-weigh-ins-steal-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289794\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Best: MMAmania.com\u2019s UFC\/MMA week in review \u2013 UFC 322 weigh-ins steal the show"},"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

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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 \u2026<\/p>\n

\"\"Article of the Week<\/p>\n

Last week, the story that got the most eyeballs<\/a> was actually a two-parter \u2014 Beneil Dariush missing weight<\/a> for his fight against Benoit Saint Denis and Islam Makhachev\u2019s Welterweight debut look<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"MMAmania.com<\/a> \u2018Comment(s) of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Since dominating Joaquin Buckley earlier this year<\/a>, former Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has been yelling from the top floor of every building that he should be fighting for the title next \u2014 and he doubled and tripled down this week.<\/p>\n

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Our lovely readers let him have it.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"Tweet(s) of the Week:<\/p>\n

For context, Joe Rogan and Jon Anik were looking at the Dillon Danis brawl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Former champ Leon Edwards said his fight with Prates was a must-win<\/a>, which was absolutely true, but he also said Prates was a perfect matchup for him (it wasn\u2019t<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Best \u2018Feed\u2019 Post<\/p>\n

A brand new MMAMania.com Feed tournament is starting, featuring Heavyweights \u2014 check it out!<\/a><\/p>\n

Picture of the Week<\/p>\n

Hell yeah \u2014 Michael Morales using a Miles Morales mask.<\/p>\n

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

What a debut!<\/p>\n

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

Take a bow, Igl00Man, you nailed BSD vs. Dariush \u2026 did you think it was going to be 16 seconds too?<\/p>\n

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

Two rematches took place last night at UFC 322 (Blanchfield vs. Cortez 2 & Sabatini vs. Mariscal 2) \u2014 both of the rematches were from fights that were outside of the UFC.<\/p>\n

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The losers from the first fights exacted their revenge in the rematch.<\/p>\n

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

No notable UFC fights were announced this week, but a banging OKTAGON card was.<\/p>\n

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

UFC Denver<\/a> \u2013 Nov. 10, 2018<\/p>\n

The 25th anniversary took place in Denver, and one of the best knockouts of all time happened in the main event.<\/p>\n

In the co-main event, Donald Cerrone tapped Mike Perry in the first round.<\/p>\n

UFC Norfolk \u2013 Nov. 11, 2017<\/p>\n

Speaking of nasty knockouts, Matt Brown\u2019s hellbow of Diego Sanchez is brutal.<\/p>\n

UFC 295<\/a> \u2013 Nov. 11, 2023<\/p>\n

One of the better Madison Square Garden cards went down two years ago with five finishes on the PPV main card.<\/p>\n

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In the main event, Alex Pereira became Light Heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

In the co-main event, Tom Apsinall became the interim Heavyweight champion<\/p>\n

UFC 1 \u2013 Nov. 12, 1993<\/p>\n

Where it all began \u2026.<\/p>\n

UFC 281 \u2013 Nov. 12, 2022<\/p>\n

In the main event of UFC 281, Alex Pereira knocked out Israel Adesanya to become the Middleweight champion.<\/p>\n

Also on the UFC 281 main card, Chris Gutierrez retired Frankie Edgar.
Pain.<\/p>\n

UFC 205 \u2013 Nov. 12, 2016<\/p>\n

Finally, the first UFC card to take place inside Madison Square Garden went down in 2016 \u2026 and Conor McGregor was the star of the show.<\/p>\n

Watch the entire main card below:<\/p>\n

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

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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":289795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[11159,64,63,152484,786,785,85,787,9211],"class_list":{"0":"post-289794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-alex-pereira","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-beneil-dariush","12":"tag-fighting","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc","16":"tag-welterweight-champion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289794","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=289794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}