Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Monday, July 7, 2025.
- Machine! UFC contender Movsar Evloev does 1500 pushups in an hour during training: 25 pushups a minute seems reasonable for a super athlete like Evloev, though I am curious just how strict his form is. There’s a difference between MMA pushups on a mat and actual push ups in S&C!
- Tom Aspinall issues grim warning for ‘horrendous’ UFC fans snapping photos of his kids — ‘There might be hands flying’: Being a creepy weirdo around UFC fighters is ill-advised.
- UFC at the White House: Conor McGregor NOT the betting favorite to compete in Trump’s main event: When Conor McGregor’s fighting future is hilariously uncertain, these odds feel generous.
earned a major paycheck in a legendary war and got some top-notch ink to mark the occasion. Good for him!
After Earning Double Bonus at UFC, Nikolas Motta Immortalizes Moment with Gladiator-Themed Chest Tattoo by Italo Nanais
Fresh off one of the most intense and memorable performances of his UFC career, Brazilian lightweight Nikolas Motta has chosen to commemorate the moment in… pic.twitter.com/76r2NpP5TQ
— Marcel Dorff (@BigMarcel24) July 7, 2025
Randy Brown with an insightful and in-depth analysis of Jack Della Maddalena, his strategy in their fight, and what went wrong.
✊ Randy Brown reflects on how Jack Della Maddalena surprised him with composure and distance management despite Brown’s 78” reach:
“When I first fought JDM, he cracked me early. The plan was to come out fast—don’t hit him hard, just touch him, get in his head. I was even… pic.twitter.com/x1UOYn9NxB
— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) July 7, 2025
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— Georges St-Pierre (@GeorgesStPierre) July 7, 2025
Accurate meme?
Junior Tafa is actually in good shape ahead of his Light Heavyweight debut! Think it helps the Aussie slugger this weekend in Nashville?
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— Tokkerū (@ATokkers5) July 5, 2025
