Midnight Mania! ‘King’ Of The Jungle?

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Ryan Garcia isn’t pretending to be crazy anymore, but that doesn’t mean the monkeying around is through.

“King” shocked social media with a bizarre video (watch above) of the boxing star serenading an orangutang! Garcia can be seen rapping along to his own recent release — a song titled “Blessed, Highly Favored” — while the orangutan hangs out and eats grapes in the driver’s seat of a car (presumably Garcia’s?).

Reactions amongst fans were mixed. Quite a few fans admitted to finding the stunt funny, while many noted that the orangutan appeared unimpressed by his performance. He received several comparisons to other celebrities and their unusual animal pals, like Mike Tyson and his tiger.

Oddly enough, Garcia also ran into a UFC fighter while hanging out with orangutan. Lightweight talent Jared Gordon posted his own clip, showing both he and Garcia holding hands with the primate before shaking hands with each other.

In the ring, Garcia is just a couple weeks removed from handing Devin Haney the first loss of his professional career (watch it) and making an insane amount of money in the process. Unfortunately, Garcia also failed a drug test for multiple substances immediately after the victory. To his credit, however, Garcia has already been cleared on one substance, but he still has to prove his innocence in regards to Ostarine usage.

Insomnia

Oleksandr Usyk shows off his battle wounds after 12 rounds of battle with Tyson Fury.

Jared Gooden explains why he was unable to fight last weekend at UFC Vegas 91.

An important anniversary for the PRIDE fans among us.

How long until Dricus Du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya is announced?

Aljamain Sterling vs. Movsar Evloev feels like the fight to make at 145 pounds.

Lerone Murphy is down to fight Josh Emmett or Calvin Kattar after defeating Edson Barboza.

Freestyle wrestling at its absolute finest! Saitiev won Olympic gold three times and World Championships an additional six times.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Douglas swarmed him with power shots and Ghareeb couldn’t back him off.

Andre Fialho has taken quite a few bad knockout losses in the last couple years.

Sat him down twice with aggressive elbows:

Random Land

King Charles III’s royal portrait made headlines for the wrong reasons recently, but I found this analysis of the painting itself quite interesting.

Midnight Music: Jangle pop, 1984

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