Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, May 15, 2026.
- ‘Pre-diabetic’ Gina Carano reveals 100-pound weight loss to achieve Ronda Rousey fight — ‘I had trouble walking’: Honestly, the before and after pictures here are truly remarkable. Win or lose, Carano has accomplished something really impressive.
- Rousey vs. Carano early weigh ins results, LIVE video updates: A weigh-in post being this popular? MVP MMA’s Netflix debut is big business.
- Dana White likely to announce Conor McGregor’s UFC return on Sat., steal spotlight from Rousey vs Carano: Sounds like the exact move one would expect from the UFC.
Insomnia
Jake Paul has reached levels of yapping usually reserved for small dogs and babbling infants.
Two different drug testing complaints from UFC fighters:
Jared Gordon reacts to diving head first into a Jim Miller guillotine — it’s easier to make mistakes like this after getting cracked a few times.
If UFC 6 wanted to be realistic, Jiri Prochazka would take psychological damage any time you pressed the block button.
Do my eyes deceive me or are those abs?!? Nate Diaz looks to be in his best physical shape in years.
I have been part of dozens of weight cuts and never seen a tub look anywhere near this gnarly …
Larry Wheels doesn’t seem like an egomaniac a la Bradley Martyn, but it’s still fun to watch martial arts skill overcome size and strength.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Something about the low kick and slip inside right hand KO here reminds me of Vicente Luque.
Nice little right hand fake to load the left:
I’m going to try to remember the Aschenbrenner name — quick hands and a slick submission!
Random Land
The caption is a lie, but I’m still amused by tortoises beefing.
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Midnight Music: Alternative, 1995
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.