{"id":752515,"date":"2026-07-09T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/752515\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:21:11","slug":"conor-mcgregor-finally-addresses-civil-rape-case-ahead-of-ufc-329-i-am-an-innocent-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/752515\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor finally addresses civil rape case ahead of UFC 329: \u2018I am an innocent man\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 Wednesday, July 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

Does anyone believe Conor McGregor\u2019s born-again beliefs? It seems like part of the classic media playbook when accused\/liable of sexual assault. At least the elephant in the room has finally been addressed in some form?<\/p>\n

I must admit that I enjoy the Russian attitude towards random brawls at press conferences and after fights. Too much \u201cOh the humanity!\u201d when it happens here \u2026<\/p>\n

Vinicius Oliveira vs. Steve Garcia? Yeah, sign me up.<\/p>\n

Shem Rock will try to rebound in PFL after his winless UFC run.<\/p>\n

Rodtang will be returning to action this fall, but for what promotion?<\/p>\n

Sounds like there\u2019s a bit of bad blood between King Green and Terrance McKinney?<\/p>\n

Chris Curtis never takes easy fights, but I worry for him here.<\/p>\n

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

Gray Maynard didn\u2019t have a long peak, but he was clearly good enough to be a UFC champion at his best.<\/p>\n

Koe was showing that spin from both stances and still surprised his opponent.<\/p>\n

Win or lose, Jordan Wright can be counted upon for a quick finish.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s hype for Dune 3?!?<\/p>\n

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

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

Midnight Music: Rock, 1975<\/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":752516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[50994,322706,99,322239,10080],"class_list":["post-752515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-midnight-mania","tag-sports","tag-ufc-329","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}