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Welcome to Midnight Mania!

UFC 300 is scheduled for April 13, so we’re still about four months away from the marquee event that’s been guaranteed to blow the MMA community’s collective socks off. Though imminent announcements are promised, there are still just three fights officially booked for the card:

• Jiri Prochazka vs. Aleksandar Rakic
• Aljamain Sterling vs. Calvin Kattar
• Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage

Until now, however, it hasn’t been clear just where in the bout order these bouts would fall. UFC CEO Dana White promised a star-studded fight card from the very first “Prelim” bout, muddying the waters on which bouts will air on pay-per-view (PPV) versus the ESPN+ app. According to the ESPN website, we now know one of the five (or perhaps six?) bouts that will take place on the main card: Prochazka vs. Rakic.

Sorry Aljo.

Nickal’s last two UFC bouts have been on the main card of PPV events, so this will be his first preliminary appearance. “Funkmaster” getting dismissed to the undercard is at least a touch surprising, considering he’s a recently dethroned former champion with multiple defenses to his name. Hopefully, this is just a continued sign of a spectacle in the making, rather than more disrespect to the former Bantamweight king.

Stay tuned for the latest UFC 300 news.

Insomnia

WELL, so much for Nate Diaz vs. Dustin Poirier at UFC 300. Maybe next year!

Mike Malott is coming for violence against Neil Magny at UFC 297.

The Miyao brothers achieved major success in the jiu-jitsu world at the cost of having knees that work like a normal human being.

Congratulations to Khalil Rountree, who closed out an excellent 2023 in style!

Talk crap to Gervonta Davis online and suffer the consequences …

Johnny Walker has to be one of the heaviest athletes in the Light Heavyweight division.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Well, this is one way to demonstrate to the referee that the strangle was very effective.

Enjoy this highlight!

Taking shots to try to lock up an armbar is a gamble that pays off occasionally.

Random Land

If you finding yourself in a disaster scenario, be sure to hold the camera still.

Midnight Music: Indie folk, 2008

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

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Known just as much for his epic binge-eating as he is for his skills inside the Octagon, lightweight standout Paddy Pimblett appears to have once again fallen off the wagon after pledging to keep himself firmly under 200 pounds between fights.

Pimblett was largely absent from 2023 after undergoing ankle surgery early in the year. During his time away, the Liverpudlian aimed to take control of a “bad eating disorder” that regularly saw him consume 8,000 calories per day and balloon up to 200+ pounds immediately following his fights.

“After a fight, I’ve got a bad eating disorder,” Pimblett told SLOTHBOXX. “At the minute, I’m not too bad because obviously I had surgery. I went to America and got fat again, then came back and had surgery. And after the surgery, my weight has just gradually come down. Now I’m just walking around at about (185 pounds) and not really watching what I’m eating. I’m just hobbling around at that weight, which is nice. I’ve plateaued around this weight. Hopefully I’ll never go above (200 pounds) again.”

However, recent images of the Liverpudlian on Instagram have fans genuinely concerned for the scouser’s skyrocketing waistline and overall health once again.

Holy f*ck bro how are you huge already?

Dude had a six-pack last week.

I don’t understand how this is humanly possible.

Bro this dude gains weight faster then anyone I have ever seen, freak of nature

Dude will die young for sure with these eating habits. Jesus almighty. This can’t be real.

How the hell do you gain that much weight in 15 days?

The blow up after fights needs to be studied cos that is crazy

Wtf dude how in the hell! You where just shredded

What in the Jonah hill is going on here

Holy sh*t. Is it water retention/bloating?

Pimblett is currently undefeated under the UFC banner, scoring five straight W’s since making his promotional debut in 2021. ‘The Baddy’ was hoping to lock in at least one more fight before his wife gives birth to twins later this year, but thus far, no official announcements have been made.

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With the rumored championship fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic still up in the air, those in and around the title picture are being forced to wait in limbo.

One man unwilling to sit on the sidelines is the surging Tom Aspinall. The interim heavyweight champion has been desperate to get his hands on Jones in hopes of unifying the titles, but it looks like he’s now settling for a potentially different opponent.

In a post on social media, Aspinall announced his intention to return to the octagon. Having done his homework on those in his weight class, the Brit has put his name into the hat to face the winner of Curtis Blaydes’ upcoming bout against Jailton Almeida.

Winner of blaydes almeida sounds good https://t.co/Je8R6YtfRI

— Tom Aspinall (@AspinallMMA) December 31, 2023

Jailton Almeida is riding a 15-fight winning run and hopes to put on another dominant display when he next steps into the cage at UFC 299 on February 9.

Aspinall was handed his first and only loss under the UFC banner when he came up against Curtis Blaydes in 2022. The freak injury caused the powerhouse to suffer a torn MCL, torn meniscus, and ACL damage just 15 seconds into the bout.

Recent rumors pitted the 30-year-old against the kickboxing ace Alex Pereira. The two were rumored to be matched up for a fight at UFC 300, but that never came to fruition. For the first time since the reports first surfaced, Aspinall has opened up to fans on why the super-fight will not go ahead.

He wants to defend his 205 title. Which I understand https://t.co/EOGvo3abIS

— Tom Aspinall (@AspinallMMA) December 31, 2023

Related: Tom Aspinall believes Jon Jones will avoid him and retire before unifying UFC heavyweight titles

Tom Aspinall has long mentioned Jon Jones as his one dream fight inside the octagon. ‘Bones’ is regarded by many as the greatest of all time and has built a resume in the sport that backs up those claims.

While Jones is still his preferred matchup, Aspinall has revealed another name he would have loved to fight. In response to a fan on social media, the Salford native insisted that a former heavyweight champion is also a dream opponent of his.

Dream fight https://t.co/i83j9oVlqX

— Tom Aspinall (@AspinallMMA) December 31, 2023

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Alexandre Pantoja defended the UFC flyweight championship with a unanimous decision victory over Brandon Royval at UFC 296, but the performance came with a scare.

Looking in from the outside, it appeared as if Pantoja gassed out a little in the championship rounds but still managed to threaten his challenger with a rear-naked choke in the fourth frame. Pantoja, however, revealed on MMA Fighting’s Trocação Franca podcast that he almost passed out during that submission attempt.

“I almost blacked out trying to put him out,” Pantoja said. “Coming back from the third to fourth round, [coach Marcos] ‘Parrumpinha’ came to me and said, ‘We lost that round.’ I’m like, ‘What? No way we lost it, master’. ‘Parrumpinha’ is the best coach in the world today, in my opinion, and he said that to give me sense of urgency because we’re fighting an American in the United States and he knows everything counts. He gives me this sense of urgency, we need the next round to solidify.”

Pantoja said he stood off the stool before the one-minute break ended, laser-focused on giving his best in the next round, and that’s when things went south for him.

“I started with everything and when I took his back, I started to feel ill,” Pantoja said. “I was aware that I was going out, man. That’s never happen in my life before. I’m still processing what happened. But I started to see the world spinning, brother, like if I was drunk, you lay on bed and everything starts to spin. I’m like, ‘Damn, I’m going out here.’ I’m on his back and no way I could allow him to get out of there because I’d be in real trouble.”

Pantoja was able to work on a neck crank despite the scare and try to choke out Royval, who showed incredible guts to escape the finishing moved used by Pantoja to tap him out the first time they met inside the octagon in 2021.

“It’s like a movie going on inside your head, ‘It’s time, I’ll catch him,’” Pantoja said. “I use all the energy I have, man. It was on. It wasn’t under the chin, it was more of a neck crank, but that still hurts. Hats off to Brandon Royval, he was willing to go the extra mile in the fight. He escaped [the choke], I still have his back for a while, but he doesn’t stop for a minute and reverses position and ends on top. I had no energy to get back up so I kind of give him the position and stay under. I go for a leg lock to threaten him a bit and stop his attacks.”

Pantoja went back to the stool before the fifth round and informed American Top Team coaches “Parrumpinha” and Luciano “Macarrão” of the situation.

“I’m very careful with what I say on the stool because everybody’s listening,” Pantoja said. “I was a bit upset that it didn’t air on the broadcast. I told my coaches — I have to give them feedback, they have to know what’s going on with me — that I’m dizzy, I’m very dizzy. It’s funny because my striking coach ‘Macarrão’ said, ‘Get up, Pantoja, get up,’ and hugs me, and starts jumping with me in the octagon. I wish I had that footage. I’m like, ‘Let me go, ‘Macarrão’! What are you doing? He’ll see that I’m not OK.’ [Laughs.] It was a funny situation.”

The Brazilian flyweight said it took a moment for him to recover in the fifth round, but was healthy enough to still go on for five more minutes and win the decision. Pantoja said he has rewatched the bout four times, scoring it 50-45 in his favor, and now hopes to defend his title in Brazilian soil in 2024, likely against the winner of Brandon Moreno vs. Amir Albazi.

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