Midnight Mania: Raging Dana Defends Precious Bones, Attacks No-Nothing Media

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Those unprofessional media scumbags are at it again!

Per the latest official UFC rankings — which are voted upon by UFC selected members of MMA media — Heavyweight champion Jon Jones is currently the third best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. He sits behind fellow champions Islam Makhachev and Alex Pereira in that order.

Pound-for-pound rankings will always be an endless source of debate, but the logic here is fairly simple: Makhachev and Pereira are actively winning fights and putting on high-level performances. Jones, conversely, has been away so long that there’s an interim champion racking up title defenses. He’s won just once in the last four years, so he loses points based on activity despite being nearly unbeaten as a professional throughout his entire remarkable career.

UFC CEO Dana White disagrees. Strongly. During his recent interview with Kevin Iole, White talked extensively about the Heavyweight title picture, asserting that interim champion Tom Aspinall deserves nothing and can wait as long as Jones vs. Stipe Miocic requires. While discussing Jones, White brought up the recent pound-for-pound snub and positively unloaded on the whole situation.

It’s a rant for the ages.

“Jon Jones is ranked number three pound-for-pound in the world,” a smoldering White began. “The most fucking ridiculous, embarrassing, stupid, no-nothing-about-f—king-fighting ranking of all f—king time. Jon Jones is the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world, period, end of story. To have anybody above Jon Jones right now just goes to show that you know absolutely f—king nothing. It’s undebatable!

“Anyone who even tries to debate this with me, you’re just hating on Jon Jones, and you don’t like him as a person. These are f—king facts. It’s not like me and Jon Jones have this unbelievable relationship. What I am saying about Jon Jones is undebatable: the baddest dude to ever walk the face of the Earth in combat sports.”

Jones is expected to return to action in November opposite Stipe Miocic. If he’s victorious in impressive fashion, another win might be enough to elevate him back up to the top spot on the pound-for-pound list.

If not, expect to hear about it.

Insomnia

A bit of showmanship from Thailand.

Belal Muhammad gets a shoutout from fellow UFC veteran CM Punk!

Megan Olivi is moving up in the world of NFL broadcasting.

Francis Ngannou on the silver screen! Or at least, the Netflix equivalent.

Canelo Alvarez breaks down Shakur Stevenson vs. Gervonta Davis and offers his prediction.

Speaking of Canelo, Conor McGregor is not impressed with his drawing potential … despite Alvarez making way more money per bout.

Okay, maybe Deiveson Figueiredo did NOT become the first man to drop Marlon Vera.

Dricus Du Plessis politely putting a fan on the floor with a body shot:

Slick head movement is so satisfying.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

ROLLING THUNDER!

A phone booth KO off the initial flurry:

Fatigued, stuck on the fence, eating knees is a bad way to be.

Random Land

An impressive collection of critters.

Midnight Music: Indie, 2013

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