Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, May 2, 2025.
Ryan Garcia vs. Rolly Romero start time, full card info: Ryan Garcia may be an absolutely massive favorite here, but people still want to tune in and see how he looks after a tumultuous year (or two).
Khabib Nurmagomedov meets with Hunter Campbell to talk Islam Makhachev’s future: Khabib has been consistently anti-Ilia Topuria title shot, but that appears to be set in stone. I wonder what was discussed?
CSAD catches Douglas Silve de Andrade, who escapes lengthy suspension via tainted supplement: I’m genuinely shocked that Silva de Andrade failed for a diuretic rather than some kind of testosterone or growth hormone. The man is JACKED!
Insomnia
Given their respective skill sets, there’s a non-zero chance that Torrez Finney has genuinely taken down Robelis Despaigne.
I’m fine with UFC cracking down on simultaneous double champ bookings, but yeah, the Jon Jones situation has gotten out of hand.
Daniel Cormier questions MMA double standards as Islam faces stripping talks after 4 defenses, while Jon Jones stays champion with just 1 defense
“You know what’s annoying to me is Islam Makhachev has said, ‘I don’t really want to fight Ilia Topuria because he’s a 45er and… pic.twitter.com/pCfiBiyO2w
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) May 2, 2025
The eventual Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev press conference is going to be outstanding.
Chingiz Allazov would be a huge get for Karate Combat.
Being a 6’4” Middleweight has its costs. Reinier de Ridder looked MISERABLE on the scale this morning!
Quick show of hands: who’s dropping 10 figures on PFL?
Donn Davis of the @PFLMMA did an interview with @sportcal and stated that the PFL is worth $1 Billion USD
Plus the PFL will be launching in new markets in 2025 2026 & 2027
PFL Africa: July 2025
PFL Australia & Latin America; 2026
PFL East Asia & India : 2027…
— Jason Hagholm (@JHagholm1) May 2, 2025
It cannot be a good omen when Figgy is working his head movement but still eating a lot of these sliders.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
You gotta at least try to slam if in the buggy choke …
The John Lineker special: using a wide right body hook to set up the left hook upstairs follow up.
Elbows and body shots along the fence are great shot selection.
Random Land
Two for the price of one.
Midnight Music: Indie, 2015
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
