{"id":348526,"date":"2025-12-15T00:49:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T00:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348526\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T00:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T00:49:19","slug":"best-of-the-best-mmamanias-weekly-ufc-mma-roundup-highlights-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348526\/","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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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 13: Jamahal Hill prepares to fight in the UFC light heavyweight championship fight during the UFC 300 event at T-Mobile Arena on April 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Zuffa LLC via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Last week, the story that got the most eyeballs<\/a> was Jamahal Hill reacting to his totally random altercation<\/a> with Joanna Jedrzejczyk \u2026 and revealing he tried to spit game a few years ago.<\/p>\n

Going back to the Hill-Jedrzejczyk drama, our lovely readers let Hill have it.<\/p>\n

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Kick rocks, ESPN+ \u2026 you will not be missed.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 04: (R-L) Merab Dvalishvili of Georgia talks to his coach John Wood in the UFC bantamweight championship fight during the UFC 320 event at T-Mobile Arena on October 04, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

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

Merab Dvalishvili\u2019s coach, John Wood, believed the former champion was up three rounds<\/a> on Petr Yan during their UFC 323 title fight \u2014 \u201cI thought we were winning and controlling, and I thought we were pressing and doing what we needed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

This picture was taken mid-slam.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 13: Joanderson Brito of Brazil slams Isaac Thomson of Australia in a featherweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on December 13, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

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

Slam knockout!status\/2000025943407296875?s=20<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 15: (R-L) Benoit Saint Denis of France knocks out Beneil Dariush of Iran in a lightweight fight during the UFC 322 event at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

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

Take a bow, BennyHillDariush, you absolutely nailed it this week by predicting a Bobby Green win.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 13: Brandon Royval prepares to face Manel Kape of Angola in a flyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on December 13, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

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

Brandon Royval has had 12 fights in the UFC, and all 12 fights have been against ranked fighters.<\/p>\n

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

Brandon Moreno may have just been stopped against Tatsuro Taira<\/a> at UFC 323, but he\u2019s already back and will headline UFC Mexico in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

In the main event of UFC 231, Max Holloway beat the life out of Brian Ortega to defend his Featherweight title. Holloway was also teaching Ortega to block punches mid-fight.<\/p>\n

UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz – Dec. 8, 2012<\/p>\n

Nate Diaz has only fought once for the UFC Lightweight title, but it went horribly wrong as Benson Henderson completely and utterly dominated him from bell to bell.<\/p>\n

UFC Albany<\/a> – Dec. 9, 2016<\/p>\n

UFC fan favorite Derrick Lewis headlined his first UFC card in 2016 against Shamil Abdurakhimov and came out victorious by stopping the Russian in the fourth round.<\/p>\n

UFC Fresno – Dec. 9, 2017<\/p>\n

UFC Fresno in 2017 was headlined by Cub Swanson vs. Brian Ortega, but the most notable moment on the card came from the featured fight as Marlon Moraes slumped Aljamain Sterling with a brutal knee.<\/p>\n

Jon Jones defended his title for the second time against Lyoto Machida and delivered one of the coldest submissions in UFC history.<\/p>\n

On the same card, Frank Mir snapped Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n

Charles Oliveira racked up his first Lightweight title defense against Dustin Poirier at UFC 269, submitting him in the third round.<\/p>\n

In the co-main event, Julianna Pena scored one of the biggest upsets in UFC history by defeating Amanda Nunes to become the Bantamweight champion.<\/p>\n

Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo put on the fight of the year at UFC 256, and it was awesome.<\/p>\n

It took Conor McGregor just 13 seconds to dispatch Jose Aldo and win the Featherweight title.<\/p>\n

B.J. Penn defended his title for the third and final time at UFC 107 when he demolished Diego Sanchez.<\/p>\n

Finally, at UFC 245, Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington went to war for five rounds, but it was Usman who came out victorious via TKO.<\/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":348527,"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-348526","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\/348526","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=348526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}