Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
- Video: Michael Chandler stuns UFC fans with staggering 40-pound weight gain after White House whooping: I can’t imagine cutting this much weight feels great at 40 years of age. One last hurrah versus Jim Miller or something and call it a career?
- Video: Sean Strickland wrestles, chokes out fan on Florida beach: Strickland engages with the fans more than most … just in a unique manner.
- Merab Dvalishvili blames eye pokes for Ilia Topuria’s bone-crushing loss to Justin Gaethje: ‘Ilia was fighting blind’: Justin Gaethje has an undeniable history of eye pokes. More on that in a minute …
Insomnia
Good luck to all the family and friends trying to get a refund here.
Like Chuck Liddell before him, Gaethje is not afraid to use his thumbs.
Big John McCarthy has been around forever and so naturally has lowlights of his own … but does he remain the gold standard?
Cody Durden is still mad at Ode Osbourne over his UFC 329 pullout.
Imagine watching prime Cain Velasquez vs. up-and-coming Daniel Cormier absolutely throwing down at AKA — PPV quality sparring.
The story of the Foreman grill is the stuff of legend.
Prevent hair-pulling with this one simple trick.
If Leon Edwards continues to fight, someone on the level of Daniel Rodriguez feels like a reasonable (but not insulting) step back in competition.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Copying the McGregor back tat is certainly a choice, but this is a lovely switching lead hook.
I can genuinely say I’ve never seen an arm triangle finished from this position.
You gotta hook the leg, brother. Or let go.
Random Land
High-level skateboarding at the X Games:
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Midnight Music: Alternative, 1990
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
