Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, April 11.
- Jean Silva misses weight on his first attempt, succeeds in second try: Part of having massive power for a division usually involves cutting a good bit of weight, and it’s really helpful that Silva didn’t miss here and put an asterisk next to one of the card’s best match ups.
- Conor McGregor chirps at Paddy Pimblett vs. Michael Chandler: I’m expecting (read: counting on) multiple drunk McGregor tweets during UFC 314.
- Chandler vs. Pimblett odds and prediction: I really went back and forth on my final prediction here, but I find it hard to believe Pimblett can avoid getting hurt at the rate Chandler throws heat. “Baddy” should probably win just by virtue of youth but still …
Insomnia
Stella Hemetsberger vs. Vanessa Romanowski ends in controversy! It’s impossible to say from the outside if a fight is fixed or not, but I don’t believe for an instant that fighters are this good at acting. Freak accidents are more common than fight-fixing in my opinion, and she definitely got her jaw jacked by that left hook first, so a delayed reaction is possible as well.
Rising STAR Stella Hemetsberger KOs Vanessa Romanowski in the very first round!
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Robert Valentin is here to fight or f—k! Trash talk from fighters whose first language is not English is the BEST!
Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya sparring! These two could have fought when both were at the height of their powers …
A pair of combat sports LEGENDS hanging out!
Merab Dvalishvili showed up to the UFC 316 press conference dressed to impress.
Alexander Volkanovski looked pretty dry at today’s weigh-ins.
Ilia Topuria has my new favorite reaction to Bryce Mitchell’s weirdness.
Demian Maia, master of his craft.
Wrestling fundamentals work on anyone!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
The sound of these punches is ridiculous.
Damkovsky jammed his opponent’s first approach with the side kick then let him walk into a heavy punch — textbook!
Random Land
This is a high agency individual.
Midnight Music: Mom pick #4
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
