{"id":30378,"date":"2025-07-28T22:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/30378\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T22:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:21:19","slug":"best-of-the-best-mmamania-coms-ufc-mma-week-in-review-brock-is-blacklisted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/30378\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Best: MMAmania.com\u2019s UFC\/MMA week in review – Brock is blacklisted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to \u201cThis Week in MMAmania.com<\/a>,\u201d Maniacs!<\/p>\n

As you know, MMAmania.com<\/a> churns out a ridiculous amount of stories weekly. And if you don\u2019t refresh this site constantly, you might just miss an amazing story<\/a>. Or, if you don\u2019t go read the comments section on each story, you might miss a wisecrack that will leave you LOL\u2019ing.<\/p>\n

But, don\u2019t trip \u2014 we\u2019ve got you covered. This weekly article will recap the best of MMAmania.com<\/a>, reviewing the most-read stories, comments, social media posts, etc.<\/p>\n

So, sit back and take a gander at the madness of the week that was …<\/p>\n

\"WWE<\/p>\n

Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Article of the Week<\/p>\n

Last week, the story that attracted the most eyeballs<\/a> here at MMAmania.com<\/a> was Daniel Cormier revealing that Brock Lesnar has been banned<\/a> from UFC and WWE. And it wasn\u2019t even close.<\/p>\n

\"Ring<\/p>\n

Photo by James Fearn\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

MMAmania.com<\/a> \u2018Comment(s) of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Next month, former UFC fighters Darren Till and Luke Rockhold will box at Misfits Boxing 22: \u201cRing of Thrones\u201d<\/a> and to build to this completely random fight, there was a press conference held and … it turned out to be a clown show:<\/p>\n

\"UFC<\/p>\n

Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC<\/p>\n

Colby Covington even caught a hilarious stray in the comments section:<\/p>\n

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\"Ring<\/p>\n

Photo by James Fearn\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

On the same card as Till vs. Rockhold, Tony Ferguson boxes \u201cSalt Papi\u201d … and \u201cEl Cucuy\u201d is tired of people hating on him for not retiring<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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MMA Mania \u2018Tweet of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Who knew Ion Cutelaba could paint? Checkout his awesome artwork here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\u2018Fan-Tweet of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Said Nurmagomedov might not be part of Khabib\u2019s clan, but most don\u2019t know that:<\/p>\n

\"UFC<\/p>\n

Photo by Ed Mulholland\/Zuffa LLC<\/p>\n

Fighter \u2018Comment of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Khalil Rountree buried UFC\u2019s Light Heavyweight champion<\/a> on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast and made some pretty good points, actually:<\/p>\n

Picture of the Week<\/p>\n

Mohammad Yahya got absolutely massacred at UFC Abu Dhabi<\/a> (watch highlights<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\"UFC<\/p>\n

Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC<\/p>\n

Unseen \u2018Knockout of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Noah Bey is making a good transition to mixed martial arts (MMA):<\/p>\n

\"UFC<\/p>\n

Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC<\/p>\n

Best \u2018Prediction of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Good job, Maniacs, take a bow<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"UFC<\/p>\n

Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Random \u2018Stat of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

Underdogs came to win at UFC Abu Dhabi as the betting favorites<\/a> went 5-7 on the card.<\/p>\n

Fight Announcement of the Week<\/p>\n

Who cares about the two title fights that headline UFC 320<\/a>, Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree are scrapping<\/a>!<\/p>\n

This Past Week in MMA History:
\nUFC 149<\/a>
\nJuly 21, 2012<\/p>\n

R.I.P Ryan Jimmo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UFC London<\/a>
\nJuly 22, 2023<\/p>\n

After one year away from action, Tom Aspinall returned and ran through Marcin Tybura:<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith<\/a>
\nJuly 22, 2018<\/p>\n

In 2018, Anthony Smith ripped through Shogun Rua in less than two minutes. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

UFC London<\/a>
\nJuly 23, 2022<\/p>\n

Nikita Krylov ended Alexander Gustafsson\u2019s UFC career with a 67-second knockout:<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Island 3<\/a>
\nJuly 26, 2020<\/p>\n

Speaking of, Aspinall made his UFC debut in 2020, smoking Jake Collier in just 45 seconds:<\/p>\n

On the same card, Khamzat Chimaev scored his second UFC win in 10 days<\/a> by stopping Rhys McKee:<\/p>\n

See you guys next week! And be sure to peep those comments sections. Who knows, you might just be highlighted among the \u201cBest of the Best\u201d around these parts.<\/p>\n

Remember to follow MMAmania.com<\/a> on socials, too:<\/p>\n

To checkout UFC\u2019s upcoming schedule of events click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to \u201cThis Week in MMAmania.com,\u201d Maniacs! As you know, MMAmania.com churns out a ridiculous amount of stories…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[2606,23694,23293,49,48,2185,641,700,2000,4084,701,638,2184,2177,208,694,82,1462,640,702,3194,2813],"class_list":["post-30378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-best","tag-blacklisted","tag-brock","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-com","tag-fighting","tag-front-page","tag-in","tag-is","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-mmamania","tag-of","tag-review","tag-s","tag-sports","tag-the","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news","tag-videos","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}