{"id":904540,"date":"2026-09-25T04:12:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T04:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/904540\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T04:12:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T04:12:30","slug":"ufc-castaway-muhammad-mokaev-levels-above-surging-champion-joshua-van-make-that-fight-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/904540\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC castaway Muhammad Mokaev \u2018levels above\u2019 surging champion Joshua Van: \u2018Make that fight happen\u2019"},"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 Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Mokaev vs. Joshua Van would be an awesome style clash, but Mokaev remains persona non grata with UFC brass, so \u2026 maybe in five more years?<\/p>\n

As a new Sean Sharaf fan, I respectfully hope he gets his s\u2014t together and gains some financial sense.<\/p>\n

John Dodson and Demetrious Johnson really don\u2019t look similar \u2026<\/p>\n

In case you thought 44-year-old Cain Velasquez was no longer an absolute TANK!<\/p>\n

Standard \u201cCalifornia Dad\u201d behavior.<\/p>\n

Ryan Bader vs. Phil Davis probably isn\u2019t the first rivalry that comes to mind for fight fans, but there\u2019s a lot of history there.<\/p>\n

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

Sumo\u2019s lack of weight classes is both awesome and a little baffling.<\/p>\n

A downside of the Southpaw stance is that the liver is closer to an Orthodox opponent.<\/p>\n

Between the Suloev Stretch and Scottish twister, non-RNC offense from back mount has become more common.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t understand what\u2019s happening exactly, but it\u2019s vibrant!<\/p>\n

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

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

Midnight Music: Indie pop, 2013<\/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":904541,"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-904540","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\/904540","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=904540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}