Midnight Mania! DC at Stipe Weight for UFC 226 Superfight

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Heavyweight Daniel Cormier is back, and back with a vengeance. With no need to lean on a towel to make 205 lbs., DC has packed on the…

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

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Heavyweight Daniel Cormier is back, and back with a vengeance. With no need to lean on a towel to make 205 lbs., DC has packed on the weight. He is up to 245 lbs- Stipe weighed in at 246 in his last fight at UFC 220- the heaviest Cormier has weighed since his Strikeforce days. (He was 238 for his fight with Josh Barnett).

This probably isn’t a problem. Cormier always performed very well at heavyweight; the man once called “Black Fedor” hit harder, tossed the biggest guys on their heads with ease, and enjoyed a speed advantage over all of his opponents. Nevertheless, the betting public don’t like his odds against the greatest heavyweight champion the UFC has seen.

Cormier, though, is confident.

He also has sweet kicks.

His striking looks on point, which it will need to be against Stipe.

What say you? Does Cormier have a chance to win his superfight this Saturday?


Insomnia

You can learn things about striking just by watching Israel Adesanya’s open workout.

Brian Ortega is Mr. Steal-Your-Girl. It absolutely sucks we won’t get to see him fight Max Holloway this weekend.

This painting of Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega is really good.

Mike Bisping working out with Arnold Schwarzenegger

Happy Fourth of July from the one real Captain America

Anthony Pettis is winning at life no matter what happens Saturday

Happy 4th of July!!! #onweight #readytoperform #teampettis

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Is Brian Ortega the chosen one, or does he just have the hair?

A British MMA promotion is introducing open scoring and fighters like Robert Whiteford and Angela Hill are in favor.

This 2011 prediction about the growth of MMA seems eerily prescient now.

Michelle Waterson has been doing some cool photoshoots lately

Why raise a kid, when you can raise a warrior? @bspencerphoto @makeitjacque

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Rory Macdonald has more emotion on his face in this picture than I’ve ever seen from him.

Happy 2nd Birthday to our baby girl Maia Rose

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Groovy Lando Vannata proving that Conor McGregor’s ‘movement coach’ Ido Portal doesn’t have the market cornered on modern dance for combat sports


Random Land

The internet can be a very cool place sometimes- this little kid is a spiderman fan so one of the Spiderman creators sent him a whole pile of comics in the hospital.

Yes please

I like this picture

Happy 4th July

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