Andrew RichardsonWed, November 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM UTC·4 min readWelcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025.
Video: Jon Jones flees the scene after Khamzat scores takedown in streets of Russia: What was “Bones” doing in Chechnya? Find out below …
Video: ‘Russian Popeye’ who tried MMA gets ‘alien’ face injections, will probably die: I love weirdo MMA sideshow characters, keeps our sport from feeling to corporate.
Video: Russian ‘Popeye’ tries MMA, gets destroyed by random old guy: … one week without a UFC event, and Russian Popeye is basically our top story? Combat sports media is a baffling game.
Insomnia
Hasbulla has the strangest life of all time. That’s a 23-year-old man who gets treated like a toddler by everyone throwing shots at a 9 year old famous for making a funny face. Truly a wild timeline!
Behind all the silliness, Craig Jones (this is his Reddit account) has a lot of respect for Khabib and company.
Speaking of Khabib: there’s a general concept in defensive wrestling in MMA that if the aggressor cannot connect his hands, there’s no takedown. Separating the hands and controlling two-on-one is a popular strategy for that reason, but “The Eagle” had an answer.
KSW is going to start punishing weight misses by taking points. All in favor?
Waldo Cortes-Acosta is trying to steal “Fighter of the Year” and make bank in the process.
Jon Jones opting to go to Chechnya and hang out with Ramzan Kadryov is certainly a choice. Likely a good one for his bank account if I were to speculate …
RIP Vanes Martirosyan.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
A story in two parts.
Ran himself right into the knee with his clinch pressure and posture:
Textbook swanging-and-banging!
Random Land
Be careful this Turkey Season.
Midnight Music: Alt. Metal, 1996
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
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