Midnight Mania! Mayweather tells McGregor, “Stop blowing smoke up everyone’s ass and sign the paper”

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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tonight we’ve got Mayweather calling McGregor’s bluff, the weirdest UFC 209 video you will ever see, Mayhem Miller throwing a TV into his pool, Dennis Bermudez and Tonya Evinger doing the mystery jelly bean challenge, some awesome knockouts, podcasts, and much more.

Insomnia

At this point I’ve wasted a ridiculous amount of time on a fight that is still entirely speculative. Floyd Mayweather isn’t at all sure it will happen, either. But he’s done playing games with Conor McGregor. If McGregor is his own boss, as he claims, he should just sign the bout agreement.

It’s a brilliant bit of reverse psychology because so much of McGregor’s persona revolves around him being the one who calls the shots. Of course, the situation is more complicated than that. McGregor’s payday from a Mayweather fight would be exponentially more than he could make in any one UFC fight, but his long-term future still likely lies with the worlds largest MMA promotion. Playing hardball with the brass on a one-time check is a gamble, and working with them to co-promote is sticky, not least because the UFC are incredibly tight-fisted compared with the world of boxing.

Bobs and Weaves

The bizarre video guy is back again. I don’t really have words for this, but somehow I find it entertaining regardless.

The People Main event @TonyFergusonXT VS @TeamKhabib VS @TheNotoriousMMA @TWooodley VS @WonderboyMMA @Firas_Zahabi @mma_gifs_ #ufc pic.twitter.com/7RN6ojHQMX

— mojahed fudailat (@MojahedFudailat) March 7, 2017

Jason “Mayhem” Miller isn’t happy with his TV. Maybe it has something to do with the 1984-esque Smart TV debacle in the news lately. Yeah, almost definitely that.

Someone sent @mayhemmiller a new TV … I don’t think he liked it though pic.twitter.com/5oqvCgzNzC

— Jim Edwards (@MMA_Jim) March 8, 2017

Apparently Cormier isn’t happy with this poster. Grabaka Hitman is right: it clearly takes advantage of subconscious left-wing Trump-era anxiety over Russia. Not only that, but Iranian-born Mousasi pitted against the All-American Chris Weidman is a clear appeal to right-wing fears. Way to play all sides, UFC promo team.

Rumble is the Red Menace (Russia) looming over DC (Washington). I see what you did there UFC. pic.twitter.com/B5YWydQasC

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) March 8, 2017

MMA fighters Dennis Bermudez, Tonya Evinger, and Colton Smith take the mystery jelly bean challenge:

Rashad Evans may not have won his debut at middleweight, but he isn’t going anywhere.

I lost a close fight. There are alot of things I could’ve done better but I didn’t (plain and simple). The cards will fall where they may (fate). But no matter what, I am very thankful for @dankellyjudo for bringing it. Many of you will talk trash and thats cool because I will find my “groove”. But at the end of the day I am very grateful for life giving me what I needed even when it’s not what I wanted! That’s the point to this long ass caption. Life always gives us what we need the hard part for us is accepting it.. Life gives us what we need always.. F* expectation!! #blessed#life#UFC 209

A post shared by Suga Rashad Evans (@sugarashadevans) on Mar 5, 2017 at 3:24am PST

Still how I feel about this:

#MoneyFight #Stoolgate #UFC #MMA #AsRealAsItGets #JustBleed #BJJ #JiuJitsu #Boxing #Wrestling #MuayThai #Sambo #Judo #TaeKwonDo #Karate Artist: Unknown. By way of: @barbieblondmma

A post shared by As Shopped As It Gets (@as_shopped_as_it_gets_) on Mar 8, 2017 at 6:44pm PST

Slips, Rips and KO Clips

From Champions.co, comes this absolutely insane spinning flying knockout in a Taekwondo vs. Muay Thai match:

I haven’t watched Eddie Alvarez fight Kawajiri, but maybe I need to boot up Fight Pass and watch the whole thing now:

Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier at UFC 211 on 5/13. The violence potential is off the charts. Let us not speak of it again until 5/12. pic.twitter.com/MQ6Td63ZAs

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) March 7, 2017

Nasty submission:

Combat wrestling > combat jiu jitsu pic.twitter.com/lQNjIMFjz1

— MEGATON (@BasedDongeezus) March 6, 2017

I love this weird knockout:

UFC signed Deiveson Alcântara, the JF pimp-slap KO guy. Faces Marco Beltrán on June 3rd. pic.twitter.com/iIh4pG2fNn

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) March 7, 2017

Rear hand counters are so beautiful.

Former GLORY LW & FW champ Robin van Roosmalen returns to MMA this weekend at FFC 28. pic.twitter.com/1GPbAEW7A9

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) March 6, 2017

Nothing like just ducking under a punch. Shades of Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey here.

Bellew offers to touch gloves with Haye but Haye rejected it so Bellew ended up sending Haye for a pint. #HayeBellew pic.twitter.com/tc7lRIMo9t

— Strictly Boxing Fans (@BoxingBritain1) March 5, 2017

Quick Hits

Ronda Rousey spent today, the “Day without a Woman”, in silent protest against Donald Trump
Tony Ferguson is furious, and rightfully so, after the UFC paid him less than half his show money for showing up at UFC 209. There was just no winning for Ferguson in this one, after the UFC offered to cut his pay to fight Michael Johnson on the card.
Mackenzie Dern vows not to repeat Ronda Rousey’s mistakes.
Michael Bisping almost came to blows with BJJ expert Eddie Bravo.

Podcasts and Video

Heavy Hands:

MMA Ratings:

Karim Zidan joins Press Row with Jordan Breen.

The Belfort-Gastelum breakdown with Flyin Brian J:

Stay woke, Maniacs!