Welcome to Midnight Mania!
UFC 296 already incorporates a pair of title fights, however it might have simply gotten much more stacked. Scheduled for Dec. 16, 2023 inside T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada, the ultimate pay-per-view (PPV) occasion of the yr can also be the focused house of a pivotal Light-weight conflict between Beneil Dariush and Arman Tsarukyan. The bout stays unsigned, however Dariush confirmed with CBS Sports activities’ Luke Thomas that he accepted the competition, and his administration his mentioned the bout is occurring as nicely.
Tsarukyan has been calling for the combat for some time as nicely, so the coast appears to be like clear for one more good Light-weight match up.
Dariush at present stands because the No. 4-ranked Light-weight contender, however his super win streak fell aside earlier this yr by the hands of former champion Charles Oliveira. Previous to that loss, Dariush beat up the likes of Tony Ferguson and Mateusz Gamrot to construct an eight-fight win streak and break into the Prime 5, so it’s far too early to rely him out of the title combine simply but.
As for Tsarukyan, the 26-year-old expertise is ranked at No. 8 on the earth. Winner of seven of his final eight, Tsarukyan’s solely loss in the previous couple of years got here within the type of a controversial determination to highly-ranked Mateusz Gamrot. He very a lot appears to be like the a part of a future champion, and he has in-cage historical past with present kingpin Islam Makhachev already.
One man will depart the cage ranked within the Prime 5, closing in on a title shot. Who will get it completed?
Insomnia
Is Bruce Buffer being a playable character the issue that may push you over the sting in shopping for the newest UFC online game?
Ray Cooper, a profession Welterweight that excels at knocking folks out late, versus Derek Brunson, profession Middleweight who’s a top-notch wrestler, is a relatively intriguing if surprising match up.
Marcus McGhee has impressed in his quick UFC profession, and Gaston Bolanos is a world-class kickboxer. Needs to be enjoyable!
Chimaev is speaking trash to Costa’s girlfriend, which is lame 100% of the time.
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— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) October 6, 2023
Is Mike Perry essentially the most quotable man in fight sports activities proper now?
On this occasion, I do imagine Georges St. Pierre was impressed by his efficiency.
Matt Brown lets it rip:
Luke Rockhold is again to the modeling world.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
This actually is a online game combo. Stunning energy photographs between stances!
Roy Jones Jr. may double up with same-side punches like few others.
A really cool angle on this elbow knockdown:
Random Land
Gotta commit!
Midnight Music: New wave, 1982
Sleep nicely Maniacs! Extra martial arts insanity is at all times on the best way.
