Best of the Best: MMAmania.com’s UFC/MMA week in review – DDP prepping for Frenchie (not Khamzat)

Welcome, Maniacs! “This Week in MMAmania.com” is BACK.

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 …

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Article of the Week

Last week, the story that attracted the most eyeballs here at MMAmania.com was Dricus Du Plessis looking into the future, suggesting (more like trolling?) that he’s going to fight Nassourdine Imavov next and not Khamzat Chimaev. You know, because of Chimaev’s sad history.

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MMAmania.com ‘Comment(s) of the Week:’

Ilia Topuria has been calling out Islam Makhachev for running away from him; however, MMAmania.com user, Motivated_BJ, pointed out that Topuria ran away from a division with clear contenders:

UFC Vegas 106 had its co-main event taken away because of a case of herpes … but how on Earth did UFC’s medical team (or the commission) not catch it the day before?!?!?:

Topuria versus Charles Oliveira is going to headline UFC 317 next month, but the guy who defeated “Do Bronx” last year keeps getting passed over … poor guy:

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MMA Mania ‘Tweet of the Week:’

What makes a UFC legend?

‘Fan-Tweet of the Week:’

If you know, you know …

Fighter ‘Comment of the Week:’

“Never thought herpes would take me out” is not something you normally hear … ever.

It wasn’t Jared Gordon’s fist.)

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Unseen ‘Knockout of the Week:’

Cartwheel kick!

Random ‘Stat of the Week:’

Elise Reed continued her win/loss streak at UFC Vegas 106:

Best ‘Prediction of the Week:’

MMAmania.com user, Lonecowboy, predicted Gabe Green to beat Matheus Camilo, which he did:

S ACTUALLY HAPPENING!!!

This Past Week in MMA History:

UFC 224

May 12, 2018

Seven years ago, Amanda Nunes beat the breaks off of Raquel Pennington, even causing Pennington to want to quit mid-fight:

At the same event, Lyoto Machida retired Vitor Belfort with a brutal front kick to the face:

UFC 198

May 14, 2016

Stipe Miocic became UFC Heavyweight champion, knocking out Fabricio Werdum in his home country:

UFC 262

May 15, 2016

After years of overcoming ups-and-downs, big losses and weight misses, Charles Oliveira became the eleventh Lightweight champion when he knocked out Michael Chandler:

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