Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, March 24, 2026.

1. Jon Anik admits ‘it hasn’t been a great few weeks’ for UFC, Paramount+ as even loyal fans begin to revolt: Three months into the year and there hasn’t been a single title fight between the true champion and deserving top contender.
2. UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski is annoyed he’s not fighting No. 1-ranked contenders – ‘What are we doing here?’: Luckily, Volkanovski is doing his part to buck that trend. Handing Evloev his first loss would be huge for Volk’s legacy!
3. Barring ‘something disastrous,’ Conor McGregor will make UFC return July 11 at International Fight Week: McGregor may be the one person in great position to capitalize on the UFC’s desperation for big events.

Insomnia

I wonder where Nate Diaz ranks in terms of all-time highest paid MMA fighters. Surely high up amongst actual great champions!

Movsar Evloev’s kicks were the only part of his game I thought looked particularly good at UFC London.

Speaking of Evloev, Aljamain Sterling has been tweeting nonstop about him over the last few days, and Evloev fired back a bit. I’d watch a rematch someday!

Georges St. Pierre is certainly deserving of a biopic, but I wonder what the focus/story of the documentary will be? From the outside, “GSP” was just great from the start and avenged all his defeats in fairly short order. Will they talk about his feuding with the UFC towards the end of his career? Could get juicy.

Christian Leroy Duncan can look incredible one minute and hapless the next — a true Middleweight.

There is really no benefit to shaking hands/touching gloves when the fight starts.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

MMA in the late 90s and early 2000s was a truly special thing.

Everybody wants to fight with their hands down until the head kicks start coming.

This referee is very obviously a big Mortal Kombat fan. FINISH HIM!

Random Land

Incidental clash of heads, no point taken.

Midnight Music: Soul, 1968

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