Welcome, Maniacs! “This Week in MMAmania.com” is BACK.
As you know, MMAmania.com churns out a ridiculous amount of stories weekly. And if you don’t refresh this site constantly, you might just miss an amazing story. Or, if you don’t go read the comments section on each story, you might miss a wisecrack that will leave you LOL’ing.
But, don’t trip — we’ve got you covered. This weekly article will recap the best of MMAmania.com, reviewing the most-read stories, comments, social media posts, etc.
So, sit back and take a gander at the madness of the week that was …
Article of the Week
Last week, the story that attracted the most eyeballs was Chael Sonnen’s report of Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane for the interim championship being the current plan and “Bones” will be out for six months.
For what it’s worth, he also said Jones would fight Aspinall a few days prior.
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC
MMAmania.com ‘Comment(s) of the Week:’
Anthony Smith got retired in devastating fashion at UFC Kansas City and after the fight he flipped off someone in crowd who was talking trash (watch highlights).
Well, MMAmania.com user, Rolling Papers, gave “Lionheart” a recommendation:
Was he reading Mania’s comments?
“Fatty Paddy” returned after he demolished Michael Chandler at UFC 314 (watch highlights), and he might have found himself a fight on UFC 317:
I had not heard a Hongman Choi reference in like 15 years until Saturday, thanks to well, MMAmania.com user, Hitchslap:
MMA Mania ‘Tweet of the Week:’
Randy Brown’s knockout of Nicolas Dalby was nasty (watch highlights):
MMA Mania ‘Fan-Tweet of the Week:’
Carlos Prates was apparently stressed backstage at UFC Kansas City:
Fighter ‘Comment of the Week:’
“I don’t speak cuckanese” … I’ll just leave it at that.
Picture of the Week:
I’m glad Smith has given me a meme to use whenever a troll talks crap to me:
Unseen ‘Knockout of the Week:’
Eleven-second flying knee knockout!
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC
Random ‘Stat of the Week:’
Matt Schnell and Jimmy Flick — who fought this past weekend at UFC Kansas City (it was a very fun fight) — both retired after fighting Cody Durden.
Best ‘Prediction of the Week:’
MMAmania.com user, LoneCowboy, predicted Smith to get smoked … and he sure did:
Fight Announcement of the Week:
Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley is going to headline UFC Atlanta:
This Past Week in MMA History:
UFC 70
April 21, 2007
At UFC 70, Gabriel Gonzaga Cro Copped, Mirko Cro Cop:
UFC 197
April 23, 2016
Yair Rodriguez knocked out Andre Fili with a flying switch kick to score his first UFC finish:
UFC 261
April 24, 2021
The first fight card back in front of fans during COVID was an extra special night because of the vicious knockouts.
Kamaru Usman slept Jorge Masvidal in their rematch:
Rose Namajunas knocked out Zhang Weili to become a two-time Strawweight champion:
See you guys next week! And be sure to peep those comments sections. Who knows, you might just be highlighted among the “Best of the Best” around these parts.
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