{"id":378910,"date":"2025-12-31T07:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/378910\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T07:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:18:11","slug":"khabib-takes-a-stand-against-controversial-ufc-cuts-this-is-not-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/378910\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib takes a stand against controversial UFC cuts: \u2018This is not fair\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to Midnight Mania!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let\u2019s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To Khabib\u2019s point, there are a lot of great Russian fighters who will never compete in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A great prompt! Some examples that come to mind include Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit, Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans, and Francis Ngannou vs. Derrick Lewis, but I\u2019d love to hear others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ilia Topuria\u2019s son takes out Merab and celebrates in classic \u201cEl Matador\u201d fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">UFC Bantamweight Cody Gibson is starting his own gym!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Relevant: Petr Yan grew up in Siberia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Chase DeMoor \u2014 hands down the worst influencer boxer I\u2019ve ever seen and somehow undefeated Misfits Heavyweight champion \u2014 is calling out Sean Strickland. Easy money if UFC were to allow it \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Slips, rips, and KO clips<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Counter left hand to flying stomp might be my favorite sequence ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is an egregious example of waiting way too long to fight hands\/address the choke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Both men tried to throw on the break, but Ayiboli was a bit quicker and had momentum on his side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Current favorite sports tradition:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Midnight Music: New wave, 1979<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Midnight Mania! 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