Welcome to “This Week in MMAmania.com,” Maniacs!
As you know, MMAmania.com churns out a ridiculous amount of stories weekly. And if you don’t refresh this site constantly, you might just miss an amazing story. Or, if you don’t go read the comments section on each story, you might miss a wisecrack that will leave you LOL’ing.
But, don’t trip — we’ve got you covered. This weekly article will recap the best of MMAmania.com, reviewing the most-read stories, comments, social media posts, etc.
So, sit back and take a gander at the madness of the week that was …
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Article of the Week
Last week, the story that attracted the most eyeballs here at MMAmania.com was Daniel Cormier revealing that Brock Lesnar has been banned from UFC and WWE. And it wasn’t even close.
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MMAmania.com ‘Comment(s) of the Week’
Next month, former UFC fighters Darren Till and Luke Rockhold will box at Misfits Boxing 22: “Ring of Thrones” and to build to this completely random fight, there was a press conference held and … it turned out to be a clown show:
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Colby Covington even caught a hilarious stray in the comments section:
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On the same card as Till vs. Rockhold, Tony Ferguson boxes “Salt Papi” … and “El Cucuy” is tired of people hating on him for not retiring:
MMA Mania ‘Tweet of the Week’
Who knew Ion Cutelaba could paint? Checkout his awesome artwork here!
‘Fan-Tweet of the Week’
Said Nurmagomedov might not be part of Khabib’s clan, but most don’t know that:
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Fighter ‘Comment of the Week’
Khalil Rountree buried UFC’s Light Heavyweight champion on Joe Rogan’s podcast and made some pretty good points, actually:
Picture of the Week
Mohammad Yahya got absolutely massacred at UFC Abu Dhabi (watch highlights):
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Unseen ‘Knockout of the Week’
Noah Bey is making a good transition to mixed martial arts (MMA):
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Best ‘Prediction of the Week’
Good job, Maniacs, take a bow!
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Random ‘Stat of the Week’
Underdogs came to win at UFC Abu Dhabi as the betting favorites went 5-7 on the card.
Fight Announcement of the Week
Who cares about the two title fights that headline UFC 320, Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree are scrapping!
This Past Week in MMA History:
UFC 149
July 21, 2012
UFC London
July 22, 2023
After one year away from action, Tom Aspinall returned and ran through Marcin Tybura:
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith
July 22, 2018
In 2018, Anthony Smith ripped through Shogun Rua in less than two minutes. 🙁
UFC London
July 23, 2022
Nikita Krylov ended Alexander Gustafsson’s UFC career with a 67-second knockout:
UFC Fight Island 3
July 26, 2020
Speaking of, Aspinall made his UFC debut in 2020, smoking Jake Collier in just 45 seconds:
On the same card, Khamzat Chimaev scored his second UFC win in 10 days by stopping Rhys McKee:
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