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Midnight Mania! Champ Vs. Champ

June 10, 2025 Frank Doyle MMA

UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O’Malley 2
Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC

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Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Let’s start things off by looking back at the three biggest stories from earlier today:

  1. Photos of Kayla Harrison’s grueling weight cut were released and they’re downright terrifying. Maybe UFC should think about booking Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes at 145 pounds first to give the new champion a much-needed break.
  2. Lightweight veteran Justin Gaethje is willing to retire if UFC doesn’t grant him a title shot. It’s likely that Gaethje is next in line to fight the winner of Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira, but Paddy Pimblett is red-hot and more than capable of stealing his shot.
  3. Manel Kape has been forced to withdraw from his matchup with Brandon Royval at UFC 317 and will be replaced by Joshua Van. If Van is able to pull off a quick-turnaround victory over Royval after a TKO win this past weekend at UFC 316 then he could put himself in line to challenge for the title by year’s end.

Insomnia

Merab Dvalishvili vs. Alexandre Pantoja, anyone?

Is it finally time for Sean O’Malley vs. Henry Cejudo?

Here’s another view of the broken railing at UFC 316:

These photos of Kayla Harrison are insane.

I don’t think Joaquin Buckley knows who he’s talking about.

Do you agree that Patchy Mix had one of the worst UFC debuts ever?

These odds don’t seem right, do they?

It appears Kevin Holland — who also scored a finish at UFC 316 — has his next fight booked as well.

Here’s the great Jon Jones giving a lesson on safe sparring:

Is this the best reaction time from a UFC fighter that you’ve seen?

Even some of the best fighters in the world are impressed by Merab Dvalishvili’s current dominance.

Kayla Harrison had the best morning possible.

Sounds like Yair Rodriguez is turning down an invitation to fight Diego Lopes, suggesting they scrap in the streets instead.

Merab and Daniel Cormier making plans for a 20-person feast.

Kamaru Usman looks ready for his main event clash against Joaquin Buckley this weekend at UFC Atlanta.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Let’s review some of the action from this past weekend below:

Random Land

This is horrifying…

Sleep well, Maniacs! More MMA madness will be on the way.

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