{"id":448424,"date":"2026-02-02T03:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T03:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/448424\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T03:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T03:42:19","slug":"best-of-the-best-mmamanias-weekly-ufc-mma-roundup-highlights-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/448424\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Best: MMAmania\u2019s Weekly UFC\/MMA Roundup & Highlights"},"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

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 24: Paddy Pimblett of England reacts to the end of a round in the UFC lightweight interim championship bout during the UFC 324 event at T-Mobile Arena on January 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

Last week, the story that garnered the most eyeballs<\/a> was UFC CEO Dana White\u2019s picture of Paddy Pimblett\u2019s mangled face following UFC 324.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 24: Josh Hokit reacts to his win in a heavyweight bout during the UFC 324 event at T-Mobile Arena on January 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

UFC Heavyweight prospect Josh Hokit scored a big win at UFC 324 and then cut a promo that Dana White \u201cdidn\u2019t love<\/a>\u201d \u2026 neither did our lovely readers.<\/p>\n

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This week, it was revealed that Ilia Topuira will be selling his Spanish mansion \u2014 and Arman Tsarukyan wants it, which is fantastic mind games.<\/p>\n

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Boy oh boy, the Heavyweight division sucks.<\/p>\n

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Fighter \u2018Comment of the Week\u2019 \u2014 He said what?!?!?!<\/p>\n

If you missed it, a goofy regional fighter squandered his chances<\/a> of ever getting into the UFC by insulting Dana White after his win.<\/p>\n

There might not be a better picture in 2026. Poor, Jarrell Miller.<\/a><\/p>\n

Unseen \u2018Finish of the Week\u2019<\/p>\n

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

Take a bow, MooseAlmighty\u2014 you called Quillan Salkilld to win under 1.5<\/p>\n

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

Alexander Volkanovski tied Jose Aldo with the most Featherweight title wins in UFC history.<\/p>\n

Best \u2018Feed\u2019 Post of the Week:<\/p>\n

Who doesn\u2019t love a good MMA picture thread<\/a>? Shoutout jaywolf1 for starting it.<\/p>\n

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

Beloved fighter Cub Swanson returns to action in Miami \u2026 in what will probably be his retirement fight.<\/p>\n

This Past Week in MMA History:<\/p>\n

UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson 1<\/a> – Jan. 26, 2013<\/p>\n

Demetrious Johnson scored the first defense of his legendary Flyweight title reign by defeating John Dodson via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

On the same card, Anthony Pettis stopped Donald Cerrone with a brutal body kick.<\/p>\n

UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Pena<\/a> – Jan. 28, 2017<\/p>\n

In Valentina Shevchenko\u2019s second straight main event, she tapped Julianna Pena in Denver.<\/p>\n

On the same card, Jorge Masvidal knocked out Donald Cerrone.<\/p>\n

Also on the card, Francis Ngannou knocked out Andrei Arlovski.<\/p>\n

UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader<\/a> – Jan. 30, 2016<\/p>\n

In a title eliminator, Anthony Johnson stopped Ryan Bader in under two minutes.<\/p>\n

UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz<\/a> – Jan. 31, 2015<\/p>\n

Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz collided in the main event of UFC 183 \u2014 and while the fight was ultra silly, it was the aftermath of it that sent shockwaves through the MMA landscape as Diaz got suspended for five years after testing positive for weed (it got knocked down to 18 months)<\/p>\n

UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2<\/a> – Jan. 31, 2009<\/p>\n

UFC history went down at UFC 94, as it was the first time two current titleholders faced off in the promotion. Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre collided with UFC Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn (in a rematch) and ended up winning via TKO due to a corner stoppage.<\/p>\n

In the co-main event, Lyoto Machida slept Thiago Silva to earn a Light Heavyweight title shot.<\/p>\n

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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":432418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,702,3194],"class_list":["post-448424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448424","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=448424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}