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Welcome to Midnight Mania!
It’s already confirmed that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will present either Nate Diaz or Jorge Masvidal with the BMF title following their main event battle at UFC 244, but the legendary pro wrestler is taking it another step forward. Johnson took to Instagram to hype up the fight, cutting a promo like only a pro can.
Johnson captioned the post:
Biggest & BADDEST @ufc fight of year this SATURDAY. @gamebredfighter VS @natediaz209 for the BMF Title. Nothing but respect for these two OG’s who are gonna light up and electrify Madison Square Garden, as only bad MF’s can.Looking forward to wrapping the title around the winner.Gonna be a wild, fun and historic night.You do not wanna miss this fight.#UFC244 #IfYaSmell #BMF #DiazMasvidal
Insomnia (Halloween Edition!)
Happy Halloween everyone!
Rose Namajunas’ picture is technically from a movie, but I’m going to count it.
Slips, rips, and PFL clips
This is a gorgeous combination, Yusupov really sprung into that uppercut with surprising quickness. Magalhaes was caught completely off-guard!
One of Russia’s top young light heavies is headed to the semis, as Rashid Yusupov (12-2) faceplants Vinny Magalhães with a beautiful low kick, uppercut, and cross combo! With this first-round finish, the former M-1 champ owns six pro knockouts. #PFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/zugU7BSZqY
— Kyle Johnson (@VonPreux) October 31, 2019
Staying against the fence for too long eventually ends in disaster.
Ref Cam! #PFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/462NRZTxqh
— #PFLPlayoffs (@ProFightLeague) October 31, 2019
Two finishes in one night!
Emiliano Sordi (21-8) takes his trilogy with Bozigit Ataev and makes the LHW finals, latching onto the Dagestani’s back in a scramble and applying a first-round RNC! Argentina’s “He-Man” has won four straight and stopped each of his triumphs, 16 in round one. #PFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/0fDzTMAXf5
— Kyle Johnson (@VonPreux) November 1, 2019
Random Land
Unpopular fighter opinion: I’d much rather cut weight through Thanksgiving or Christmas than Halloween. I love all candy so much.
Here’s a map of each state’s favorite Halloween candy by Google search.
Some notes:
Colorado, Wyoming and Illinois know what’s up.
Florida, Texas, Nevada, Hawaii, Rhode Island and NY = basic af
Montana and Vermont still living in the ’50s
Keep doing you, South Dakota pic.twitter.com/6vQdTpl7Gc— Jesse Scheckner (@JesseScheckner) October 31, 2019
Midnight Music: Let’s end on an appropriate note!
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.