{"id":585327,"date":"2026-04-04T16:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585327\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T16:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:31:25","slug":"video-conor-mcgregor-returns-to-action-in-surprise-exhibition-boxing-match-rocks-opponent-repeatedly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585327\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Conor McGregor returns to action in surprise exhibition boxing match, rocks opponent repeatedly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Midnight Mania!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, April 3, 2026.<\/p>\n

Conor McGregor is back in the ring! Exhibition or not, this is a step in the right direction for the Irish star.<\/p>\n

Francis Ngannou may be turning 40 this year, but I don\u2019t think anyone is lining up to eat those punches.<\/p>\n

I feel like this trash talk would work better if employed by somebody who has not lost to Tyson Fury three times.<\/p>\n

Absurdly fun Featherweight violence heading to Perth:<\/p>\n

I hope RIZIN continues to grow and be a viable alternative to the UFC for top talent.<\/p>\n

Luke Rockhold spent his whole career grinding with the best wrestlers in the sport, a trend which apparently hasn\u2019t stopped in retirement.<\/p>\n

Slips, rips, and KO clips<\/p>\n

This looks to be a classic case of a fighter punching himself out while chasing the finish \u2014 Byrne\u2019s punches appear to have lost major steam.<\/p>\n

Brutal close range work both in the clinch and on the exit:<\/p>\n

Ex-UFC Middleweight Nick Maximov is known for his wrestling, but his hands have come a long way! The 28-year-old hasn\u2019t tasted defeat in his last seven fights since being released from the UFC.<\/p>\n

Incredible work from the Sherpas.<\/p>\n

Get involved with Mania community in The Feed!<\/p>\n

\"Jesse<\/a>\"MMA<\/p>\n

Best Fighter Nickname?<\/p>\n

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BKB fighter Ollie “The Death” Sentance is my current fave.<\/p>\n

I see a lot of threads on the message boards about worst fighter nickname, which seems easy because so many of them are terrible, like Nikita “Al Capone” Krylov. <\/p>\n

What’s your favorite?<\/p>\n

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Midnight Music: Hip-hop, 1989<\/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":585328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,40762,43768,85,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-585327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-midnight-mania","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585327","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=585327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}