Midnight Mania! No Baddy Title Shot Because ‘Everybody Beats Chandler’

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

Islam Makhachev weighs in on Ilia Topuria’s next title defense, and he’s firmly on the side of Arman Tsarukyan over Paddy Pimblett. Oh, and sorry Michael Chandler …

Khalil Rountree emptying the tank with his Muay Thai trainer:

This compilation of unintentional eye pokes sure goes on for a long time.

A slick transition from one half of this weekend’s main event, David Onama.

Jean Silva has officially sent two different fighters down to Bantamweight. I don’t care if “Lord” isn’t undefeated in the UFC anymore, that’s still a dangerous Featherweight.

Naoya Inoue getting his rounds in:

Matuesz Rebecki has fought some of the absolute toughest “unknowns” in the UFC Lightweight division and given them all tough fights.

Alex Pereira’s clinch work has really come a long way from that time he basically took himself down in the first Israel Adesanya fight.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

“Aloud” has to be bait …

Much like Quillan Salkilld over the weekend, this is a great example of simply blasting a high kick from the open stance.

A lot of great combos and some nice ducking off the jab:

Check your emails carefully, this is a sneaky one.

Midnight Music: Hip-hop, 1996

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