{"id":763325,"date":"2026-06-27T08:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T08:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/763325\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T08:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T08:16:22","slug":"next-title-shot-justin-gaethje-confirms-hell-attend-conor-mcgregor-vs-max-holloway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/763325\/","title":{"rendered":"Next title shot? Justin Gaethje confirms he\u2019ll attend Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway"},"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, June 26, 2026.<\/p>\n

The year is 2026 and Conor McGregor is likely one win away from a Lightweight title shot.<\/p>\n

Georges St. Pierre\u2019s $220k investment into his own training and recovery surely paid dividends in the long run.<\/p>\n

Classy response from Carlston Harris after his UFC release.<\/p>\n

Geoff Neal looks to avoid his fifth loss in six UFC fights — the pressure is on!<\/p>\n

Given Rafael dos Anjos\u2019 prowess in pressuring with both strikes and takedowns, his ideas about how to train mixing the arts are likely sound!<\/p>\n

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

Manuel Torres is a switch-hitter who prefers open stance engagements. In southpaw vs. Ortho and vice versa exchanges, it\u2019s generally easier to fire with power right away, which helps explain the quick finishes.<\/p>\n

After years of watching Sambo clips, I learned today that headbutts are legal?<\/p>\n

Ian Escuza is a 7-0 finisher from Peru, and I really like what I see from this clip. No free kicks!<\/p>\n

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

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

What’s the most you’ve ever won\/lost gambling?<\/p>\n

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Best for me would probably one of the Money Pool prizes (can’t remember exact amount, a few hundred bucks or so) and worse would probably be like $140 on blackjack. My stomach starts to hurt when my chips disappear …<\/p>\n

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Midnight Music: Psych rock, 1966<\/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":763326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,43768,785,85,1396],"class_list":["post-763325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-midnight-mania","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763325","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=763325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}