Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Let’s start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, May 30, 2025.

1. Kayla Harrison team responds to growing steroid accusations ahead of UFC 316 title fight — ‘She’s a freak among freaks’: If I were in charge of UFC’s drug testing, Kayla Harrison would be at the top of my list for frequent tests.
2. Forrest Griffin tells tale of Stephan Bonnar head kick KO during street fight: ‘He’s nuts’: RIP to the great “American Psycho.”
3. Jake Paul undercuts UFC 317, offers cheaper PPV price for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight on June 28: I don’t care if it’s cheaper than the UFC PPV, paying 60 bucks for a Jake Paul is just cause for institutionalization.

Insomnia

A striker employing the dreaded Oil Check technique? Unprecedented. Diabolical. Stinky.

Sean Strickland calling some streamer a “Chinaman” and then pulling a pistol is completely on brand.

This is the first enjoyable bit of Nina Drama content. Gotta tuck that chin and hide behind the shoulder homie …

This is a good fight, but why can’t Stephen Thompson occasionally get booked versus a pure striker every once in a while?

Phil Davis has started his own class action lawsuit against the UFC, coming at them from an entirely different angle than the Cung Le case.

Is Dakota Ditcheva the best striker in women’s MMA right now? She’s building quite the case!

I’m expecting a lot of body work from Sean O’Malley in the rematch, and I’m curious to see how Merab adjusts as well.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

It’s not usually the guy with his back to the fence throwing the flying knee.

This is an Anderson Silva-quality front kick KO:

I don’t believe I’ve ever seen an axe kick actually hurt somebody in MMA before!

Random Land

This breaking news is very 2011 MMAmania coded.

Midnight Music: Classic rock, 1977

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

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