Welcome to “This Week in MMAmania.com,” Maniacs!
As you know, MMAmania.com churns out a ridiculous amount of stories weekly. And if you don’t refresh this site constantly, you might just miss an amazing story. Or, if you don’t go read the comments section on each story, you might miss a wisecrack that will leave you LOL’ing.
But, don’t trip — we’ve got you covered. This weekly article will recap the best of MMAmania.com, reviewing the most-read stories, comments, social media posts, etc.
So, sit back and take a gander at the madness of the week that was …
Article of the Week
Last week, the story that got the most eyeballs was Terence Crawford being forced to surrender his WBA super Welterweight boxing title just a couple of weeks after defeating Canelo Alvarez.
Last week, our readers torched Kelvin Gastelum for missing the weight for the 500th time this last week, and legendary coach, Ray Longo, blamed the UFC — well, Heavyweight Justin Tafa was going to miss weight for the second time but ended up pulling out with health-related issues … well, he got the Gastelum treatment too.
Tweet of the Week:
Ticket sales were not the best for UFC Perth … even though it’s now the highest-selling event in Australian Fight Night history.
Fighter ‘Comment of the Week’ — He said what?!?!?!
UFC Perth headliner Dominick Reyes was so confident in his training that he proclaimed that he would have beaten the 2020 version of himself that beat but didn’t beat Jon Jones.
Well … he got slept in the first round (watch highlights).
Best ‘Feed’ Post
Shoutout to The_Citadel for pointing out UFC Featherweight Nathaniel Wood is kind of getting screwed in his next matchup with an unranked, relative UFC newcomer.
Check out the post here.
Picture of the Week
Neil Magny got the comeback win at UFC Perth (watch highlights), but also looked like he was auditioning for WWE.
Unseen ‘Knockout of the Week’
Spinning back kick!
Best ‘Prediction of the Week’
Shoutout gadgetsCA for calling Jimmy Crute via first-round submission.
Random ‘Stat of the Week’
Oscar winner Rodlofo Bellato is now 1-1-1-1 inside the Octagon.
Fight Announcement of the Week:
Adrian Yanez is back! And he should get back in the win column when he faces 1-2 Cristian Quinonez inside the Apex on Nov. 8.
This Past Week in MMA History:
UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort – Sept. 22, 2012
Jon Jones defended his Light Heavyweight title for the fourth time at UFC 152, submitting Vitor Belfort in the fourth round — bad to get through some adversity.
On the same card, Cub Swanson knocked out Charles Oliveira.
UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami – Sept. 23, 2017
It’s been eight years since UFC has been to Japan, which is a damn shame. Ovince Saint Preux put Yushin Okami to sleep in the final headliner.
UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn 2 – Sept. 23, 2006
In the highly anticipated rematch between Matt Hughes vs. BJ Penn, Hughes stopped Penn in the third round to defend his Welterweight title.
UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg – Sept. 24, 2016
Cris Cyborg headlined her first UFC fight card in her native Brazil and beat down Lina Lansberg.
UFC 266 – Sept. 24, 2016
UFC 266 went down in Las Vegas, Nevada, and had one of the craziest championship rounds in recent memory when Brian Ortega almost caught Alexander Volkanovski with two submissions.
On the same card, Nick Diaz fought his final UFC fight against Robbie Lawler, and Merab Dvalishvili survived a crazy first round to come back and finish Marlon Moraes.
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