Midnight Mania! Fight Island Timeline Updated To July

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Almost all of the COVID-19 related changes to sports are not fun. Yeah, it’s neat…

UFC 247: Jones v Reyes

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Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight!

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Almost all of the COVID-19 related changes to sports are not fun. Yeah, it’s neat to watch fights without crowd audio from some dark room in Jacksonville, but the situation is hardly an satisfying replacement for fans that would love to be in the room with all the action. UFC is hardly alone in this situation, as even NFL and other larger sports are considering the prospective losses of empty arenas.

Fight Island is the exception.

Since Dana White first spoke the idea in existence, fans have been excited. From Bodog Fight events to Enter The Dragon, there’s a long and gripping history between martial arts and beaches. Fortunately, the timeline is clarifying for when Fight Island will see its first bloodshed according to Ariel Helwani.

There’s also a bunch of fun fights coming, which is equally welcome news.

An Octagon on the beach alongside some fighter hotels sounds like a really exciting solution to livening up otherwise empty events. Hell, it could even remain operational passed reopening if it lives up to the hype!

Insomnia

Carlos Diego Ferreira calls for a match up with Paul Felder, which sounds like quality Lightweight action!

Marvin Vettori vs. Karl Roberson has been re-booked, but will both men make it to the cage?

The Keith Peterson Twitter account was confirmed fake by Jon Anik online, but that doesn’t mean it cannot drop fire memes.

One Championship strap-hanger Rodtang Jimungnon … or the Thai Gallagher?

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Same meme format, but this one made me sad.

Yeah, I don’t buy that there are 30 Light/Featherweights better than Edson Barboza. That man is still dangerous!

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Some nice stance-shifting violence from Maslov:

Dear readers … you have no idea how badly I wish I could include emojis in articles. The potential for comedy is so there, but sadly MMAmania’s back end does not allow it.

Corey Sandhagen has some killer kickboxing setups.

Random Land

Allow me to use this post from top Heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes to segue into the FACTS that Avatar: The Last Airbender is an all-time great cartoon and now on Netflix.

Midnight Music: I quite like Sharon Van Etten and Josh Homme, as well as Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. So yeah, I approve of this cover!

Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.