Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, May 23, 2025.
- Jon Jones makes statement on Nate Diaz brawl in Thailand: ‘Play-fighting with Nate was not the best idea’: There needs to be a table chart to consult and reference regarding all of Nate Diaz’s various beyond-the-cage altercations. Surely, we’re well into the double digits by now?
- Jon Jones just turned Tom Aspinall into heavyweight Michael Chandler — ‘Shut your mouth and do as you’re told’: The obvious difference being, of course, that Chandler chose to wait around for Conor McGregor, whereas Aspinall is being sidelined and screwed by his employers.
- Dana White bailed out Cain Velasquez (literally) after UFC vet shot up truck carrying alleged child molester: A genuinely respectable move from Uncle Dana!
Insomnia
Cory Sandhagen’s social media reinvention is an absolute success, because some small part of me thinks he isn’t joking about selling scrotum pictures on his OnlyFans … who wants to pony up a few dollars and check for the rest of us?
Quinton Jackson should’ve studied tape on The Three Stooges in order to defeat Jon Jones.
Rampage Jackson says he came into the Jon Jones fight with an eye injury… because he was literally training for eye pokes. ️
“I came into that fight with an eye poke injury because we were training for that shit. I fought a guy who’s known for eye poking. I was practicing… pic.twitter.com/fkfvneXl7U
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) May 23, 2025
Speaking of “Bones,” do we think he knows Hasbulla isn’t a child yet?
I feel like Anthony Hernandez deserves more of a step up here, but this is still a good match up. That said, who is Caio Borralho going to fight?!?
Who here would attend a lecture from professor Renato Moicano?
Inspired by Jiri, Moicano is going to take some time after his next fight to conclude his Masters Degree.
These are the main courses. pic.twitter.com/ovP5edTaYv
— Show Me the Money Podcast (@showmethepod) May 23, 2025
Some progress in Dan Hooker’s hand recovery:
Merab Dvalishvili’s “Suga” Sean impersonator is back!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Some brilliant slow-motion Sumo footage.
Peruvian neckties are so difficult to finish, slick work here!
Yuki Yoza didn’t score a finish in his One debut this morning, but he did kick the legs off his opponent.
Random Land
The visual is as incredible as the concept of 140 million miles.
Midnight Music: Indie, 2014
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
