Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
Sorry, Cyborg! Five-division boxing world champion, Claressa Shields, retires from MMA – ‘It was too hard’: Honestly, respect to Shields for fighting in PFL three separate times, it’s not an easy transition to make. Plus, she can still box Cyborg before all is said and done!
Sorry, Tom Aspinall, Jon Jones reveals he’s ‘done’ fighting in new leaked video: Trolling or truly retired? Tom Aspinall’s career is being wasted while we figure it out.
Islam Makhachev may be faced with his ‘worst nightmare’ at welterweight — and it’s not UFC champ Jack Della Maddalena: I still don’t think Joaquin Buckley is receiving his due as a genuine title threat.
Insomnia
Brock Lesnar’s daughter, Mya Lesnar, is crushing the collegiate shot put game!
Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev is going to be absolutely massive when it rolls arounds.
Jean Silva has a lot to say about Ilia Topuria’s habits and flaws. Any eventual Lightweight throw down between the two isn’t impossible …
Jean Silva says Ilia Topuria has many flaws and predictable patterns. He’s confident he can mimic him perfectly to help Charles Oliveira.
✅ “Topuria has powerful hips, but when he throws a heavy hook, it often causes him to turn so much that he gives up his back. This… pic.twitter.com/Q0H36mx1ud
— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) May 20, 2025
Merab Dvalishvili’s win over Umar Nurmagomedov is likely to age very well.
Merab Dvalishvili’s coach reveals he nearly pulled him from Umar Nurmagomedov fight:
“Merab was half-dead. … He had an open wound, he had a staph infection, he was on all kinds of antibiotics.”
( @DamonMartin) pic.twitter.com/hFl27QXFmN
— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) May 19, 2025
Gilbert Burns reacts to a difficult weekend at UFC Vegas 106.
All honor, praise and glory are to you my dear Lord Jesus! Especially this one, I worked extremely hard, dedicated so much, but I do believe that wasn’t in vain, % it did inspire and motivated a lot people, especially the ones involved in it. The result sucks but I’m thankful… pic.twitter.com/VVsH2oArWv
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) May 18, 2025
Brendan Schaub getting into some hot water at his local little league game:
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Uppercuts and overhands in close quarters claim another victim.
Eddie Wineland was such a fun fighter in his prime, and his right hand was nasty until the very end. A genuinely great sprawl-and-brawler!
Eddie Wineland finishes Mizugaki.What I love about this finish is that when Mizugaki tries to wrestle after getting drooped, Wineland grabs double unders and pushes him basically forcing him to stand up, maybe something guys without great ground and pound could take notes on. pic.twitter.com/K1NafevUp1
— Feño (@fenoxsky) May 20, 2025
A perfectly executed slip into the left hand counter:
Random Land
Sportswriting in the days of old.
Midnight Music: Alt. rock, 1994
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
