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You may be forgiven if you think Conor McGregor’s supposed desire to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov in Russia is for publicity, that it’s not genuine. But according to coach Owen Roddy, he’s really about it. Via Sports Joe:
“Conor’s a mad thing. He’s very funny. He turned around to me and he’s like, ’There’s talk of me fighting Khabib. I might do it in Russia’.”
”And he’s like, ’You know what we’ll do? We’ll do it like Rocky, we’ll go to Siberia. We’ll train in the snow and I’ll get one of those yokes that you put on your shoulders to get the lats’.”
This sounds like a joke, but Roddy says McGregor was serious.
“He was serious. He was like, ’Let’s go!’
”I says, ’I’m not going to Siberia!’
”But that’s it. He could go. Conor does mad things, and that’s what we love him for. There’s not many people would do that but Conor’s like,’I’ll go to Russia and fight you in your back garden just to prove who I am’.”
Of course, McGregor was most recently in the public eye for throwing a dolly at a bus window to try to get at Khabib, an attack that injured two fighters and got McGregor arrested.
A legal update on McGregor’s situation:
Here is McGregor’s Notice of Removal, which is an automatic removal to Fed Court so long as it satisfies requirements. It does based on diversity of jurisdiction and that Plaintiff claims damages in excess of $75K https://t.co/1b39D6XhCm https://t.co/rnjEBjKPea
— MMA Payout (@MMAPayout) April 27, 2018
Insomnia
Dana White honors a modern day hero James Shaw Jr., the guy who stopped the Waffle House shooting
I missed this from yesterday’s CamSoda event. He doesn’t go by Krazy Horse any more, just Charles “Felony” Bennett.
Krazy Horse warming up for his fight tomorrow, which will be streamed on a porn site… pic.twitter.com/WSheL4Uhsu
— Rob Brown (@RobBrownMMA) April 26, 2018
Brian Kelleher:
A special Friday episode of the poop shoot : pic.twitter.com/mKWESfupbb
— Brian Kelleher (@brianboom135) April 27, 2018
Covington should be scared after spoiling another movie, Infinity Wars.
Garry Tonon’s got jokes.
Actor, WWE wrestler and one-time MMA fighter Dave Bautista can dance a little.
In case you forgot how weird a fighter Dominick Cruz is
Elbow KO
Ouch
Simon says
The NJSACB has rejected the appeal by Dvalishvili’s team on the Simon technical submission from #UFCAC. pic.twitter.com/1wyvOKkqIM
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) April 27, 2018
A reminder of what Jacare is capable of.
Lando Vannata gets some cool pics
So true
The UFC is not about to match Kajan Johnson up with soft matchups. He draws Islam Makhachev of the Dagestani knuckle-game cartel.
Always good to see another Pearson back in the cage.
My next bout it’s official. Going to test my skills on July 28 in Calgary Canada stay tuned… @UFC_CA @UFCTonight @UFCONFOX @ufc @danawhite @seanshelby #TEAMBULL #ROUFUSPORT pic.twitter.com/Cl809xofP4
— John Wayne Makdessi (@JohnMakdessi) April 27, 2018
Knife throwing is martial arts, and the forward roll makes it mixed.
None of the Maniacs would ever do this.
The Bricklayer
The Sweet Life of Sage and Cody
Tony Ferguson’s Knee Update
TJ Dillashaw on the bag
Junior Dos Santos training his wrassling
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This article about Japanese rent-a-relative actors was an amazing, surreal read.
And this is just a cool picture
Octopii are cool
You’re in for a long life, kid.
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