{"id":549978,"date":"2026-03-19T06:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/549978\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:21:14","slug":"new-jersey-promotion-books-first-mma-world-title-fight-between-two-trans-athletes-to-name-first-ever-femme-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/549978\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey promotion books \u2018first MMA world title fight between two trans athletes\u2019 to name first-ever \u2018Femme Champion\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to Midnight Mania!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let\u2019s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Wednesday, March 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">History will be made on June 20 with the first-ever \u201cFemme World Championship\u201d fight. Hopefully, this doesn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2013\/4\/8\/4202990\/matt-mitrione-suspended-by-zuffa-following-verbal-tirade-fallon-fox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">generate quite as much chaos<\/a> as Fallon Fox\u2019s career did back in the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Am I alone in thinking Bruno Silva pretty clearly beat Charles Johnson last weekend?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Alex Pereira is going to give Glover Teixeira arthritis if he keeps pummeling mitts like this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s rare to see the moment your life changes captured on film (and reposted weekly by One Championship).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now why would Devin Haney want to learn how to wrestle?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Has Lerone Murphy walked out to \u201cMany Men\u201d yet? He oughta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Whenever talking about a fighter\u2019s weight, the important numbers to be discussed are out of camp, in camp, entering fight week, and on fight night. When they get conflated, everyone gets confused \u2014 shoutout to Aljo for his clarity!<\/p>\n<p>Slips, rips, and KO clips<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Every four-ounce Muay Thai clip makes it abundantly clear that UFC should be investing in that sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I love the knockout, I love the jeans, I love the sandbags.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Lovely 1-2 from the open engagement where the entire purpose of the first punch was to gain the angle and line up the rear straight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">LinkedIn might be the strangest corner of the internet nowadays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Midnight Music: I was informed today that referee Keith Peterson used to be a hardcore vocalist, so obviously that\u2019s the pick tonight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Midnight Mania! 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