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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tonight, we’ve got Mike Perry talking about killing people, Al Iaquinta going HAM on fighter pay, Jimmie Rivera claiming TJ Dillashaw had no power when they sparred, Fabio Maldonado leaking massive amounts of blood, knockouts, head butts, and much more.
Going Platinum
— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) April 23, 2017
Mike Perry is a … well, he’s Mike Perry. The face-tattooed welterweight scored this brutal knockout of Jake Ellenberger last Saturday at UFC Fight Night 108. Afterward, he was asked if there was any concern for his opponent after putting him to sleep with a violent standing elbow. Perry immediately began talking about the possibility of killing a man inside the Octagon.
Listen to Mike Perry describe his brutal KO of Jake Ellenberger and the possibility of killing someone inside the octagon. pic.twitter.com/eNymyvtp0Y
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) April 24, 2017
“I don’t think I’m the guy that’s gonna be the first dude to kill somebody in the UFC. I think that I have clean knockouts, and with a clean knockout people go to sleep, but then they wake up, and he’ll heal up, he’ll be fine, you know what I mean? People do this. We get hit every day. I’ve seen bad knockouts before. If that were to happen, I always pray for my protection, their protection, but … I pray for victory, too, man. That’s how I win. That’s how I do it.”
It’s difficult to comment on Perry’s attitude here. Presumably, he’s expressing concern for Ellenberger’s safety, but no one asked him about killing anyone. This is clearly something he’s thought about … and accepted. In the end, it comes out a little bit like Ivan Drago.
Bobs and Weaves
I posted this a few Midnight Manias ago, but Jimmie Rivera commented in an interview with Connor Ruebusch on this footage of himself and T.J. Dillashaw sparring, which is about four years old. He said Dillashaw has no power.
Fabio Maldonado has been in a VERY BLOODY accident that seems to have taken place in his household. The Instagram caption translates roughly, “I had an accident and I will go through a surgery rushed here in Sorocaba, I lost a lot of blood but God willing I will be well.”
Scene of the crime:
Pre-op meat shot:
Looks like he is okay, though:
Yoel Romero correcting the media on Twitter!
I already turned 40 https://t.co/xoH7ALcHgm
— Peoples Champ (@YoelRomeroMMA) April 24, 2017
“Raging” Al Iaquinta living up to his nickname on “The MMA Hour,” following up on his “fuck you” tweets to UFC. He makes valid points:
Ragin’ Al Iaquinta on #TheMMAHour “And [Dana White] gonna say ‘the best part is the ride home’? Kidding me? Go f*** yourself.” pic.twitter.com/cdy93adTqI
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) April 24, 2017
JDS busting out the air guitar!
Just FYI — watching Junior dos Santos play air guitar to Metallica is the best thing you’ll see today. #UFC211 pic.twitter.com/PCNO59Zvyh
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) April 24, 2017
That’s not that much money, Dillon.
— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) April 24, 2017
This desire is so pure, so right.
I miss fucking punching people in the face.
I’ll never stop missing that.— Julie Kedzie (@julesk_fighter) April 24, 2017
Tom Breese out with injury.
How is this allowed??
DEEP JEWELS 16: 12-year-old MoMo set to make MMA debut against 24-year-old Momoko Yamazaki https://t.co/z6CWFJroZX pic.twitter.com/D8wJdvkumu
— Women’s MMA Rankings (@WMMARankings) April 23, 2017
Good to see Melvin is finally getting it together.
Over the weekend, Melvin Guillard got into it with bareknuckle boxer Jimmy Sweeney and pulled a butter knife on him in a restaurant
— Tom Taylor (@TomTayMMA) April 23, 2017
He apparently participated in a bareknuckle event, which must be how he found himself in the same room as Sweeney.
Melvin Guillard vs Breeze #BKB pic.twitter.com/zIRT2USmvR
— Fancy Combat (@FancyCombat) April 22, 2017
Slips, Rips, and KO Clips
I missed this live:
Sparring can get very hard in these gyms.
TAM’s Austin Meese (Garbrandt’s Cousin) DROPS Tattoo Face Bully Julian Wallace Very Hard Sparring https://t.co/5sn7M8nz7w
— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) April 24, 2017
This fighting style is called “Pachycephalosaurus:”
@Grabaka_Hitman @YouTube Viacheslav Datsik thinking about a comeback !https://t.co/69zHNMx9YH
— Eric VT (@shocbomb23) April 24, 2017
Alejandro Martinez TKOs. Paulo Bananada in 2R HL pic.twitter.com/Fy830b6gYP
— Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) April 23, 2017
Someone else hit a Von Preux??
Hideto Okada chokes out Takahiro Ichijo #Shooto pic.twitter.com/72E7D1wUBM
— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) April 23, 2017
AT THE BUZZER!! (4:47) R3. INCREDIBLE!! finish from Kitakata!!#pancrase286 #mma pic.twitter.com/MnoQh9wcF3
— McDuckMMA (@McDuckMMA) April 23, 2017
Waiting for this to happen in MMA pic.twitter.com/l4vz9GWZjj
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 23, 2017
This was smooth.
That was the calmest two piece I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/wb5GpMfOKo
— Thirty Sec Fights (@ThirtySecFights) April 24, 2017
Podcasts and Video
“The MMA Hour,” lasting 4:34:20
Jack Slack offers alternate commentary for Perry vs. Ellenberger:
UFC Fight Night 108 post-fight show with MMAmania.com’s Flyin’ Brian J:
The Co-Main Event podcast:
On this CME @benfowlkesMMA & I talk Swanson-Lobov, Iaquinta-Sanchez & fact-check a listener mail Q live on the air. https://t.co/Uy1ZsBYZzG
— Chad Dundas (@chaddundas) April 24, 2017
The Severe MMA Podcast:
EPISODE 114!!
The lads talk Cub vs. Artem, Iaquinta, Moreno, DC vs. Jones, @SpikeTVUK, @MMAWorldSeries & more https://t.co/s4jysI3Bs0 pic.twitter.com/i6rTPkZkF9
— SevereMMA Podcast (@SevereMMAPod) April 24, 2017
Quick Hits
- GSP is looking beefed up for his bout with Robert Whitaker
- Tyron Woodley got caught in the middle of the Rock-Vin Diesel feud
- Robert Whittaker is content to wait for a middleweight title shot, saying youth is on his side
- Chris Weidman claims he dominated Mousasi and wants an immediate rematch
Random Land
on my way to steal ur girl pic.twitter.com/ORK1X7wuqn
— Danny Charnley (@DanKCharnley) April 25, 2017
Stay woke, Maniacs!