Midnight Mania: Failing Fox? First-Ever Trans MMA Championship Bout Booked For June
Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
Insomnia
History will be made on June 20 with the first-ever “Femme World Championship” fight. Hopefully, this doesn’t generate quite as much chaos as Fallon Fox’s career did back in the day.
Am I alone in thinking Bruno Silva pretty clearly beat Charles Johnson last weekend?
Alex Pereira is going to give Glover Teixeira arthritis if he keeps pummeling mitts like this.
It’s rare to see the moment your life changes captured on film (and reposted weekly by One Championship).
The kick that pretty much ended my Muaythai career. Managed 2 more fight camps after this but in constant agony…also worth a mention seeing as ONE post this about 500x a week on their page this is the actual kick that did the damage. You can see everything shift in my knee here. pic.twitter.com/HV2I88ZE7W
— liam harrison (@LiamBadco) March 18, 2026
Now why would Devin Haney want to learn how to wrestle?
I want Daniel Cormier to teach me to wrestle…
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) March 18, 2026
Has Lerone Murphy walked out to “Many Men” yet? He oughta.
Lerone Murphy says the bullet he was shot with is still in his tongue 😳🔫
“The doctor couldn’t take it out he said it was like finding a needle in a haystack it would have caused more damage to take it out than to leave it in. [It’s still in my tongue]”
(Via @ufc ) pic.twitter.com/YNUy1M8te8
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) March 18, 2026
Whenever talking about a fighter’s weight, the important numbers to be discussed are out of camp, in camp, entering fight week, and on fight night. When they get conflated, everyone gets confused — shoutout to Aljo for his clarity!
172-175 out of camp. In camp I stabilize around 165-168 lbs. Fight week I try to be about 158-160 lbs. Fight night I get back up to 165 lbs. https://t.co/x50nWR6HkD
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) March 18, 2026
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Every four-ounce Muay Thai clip makes it abundantly clear that UFC should be investing in that sport.
I love the knockout, I love the jeans, I love the sandbags.
Lovely 1-2 from the open engagement where the entire purpose of the first punch was to gain the angle and line up the rear straight.
𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱.
Omiel Brown defeats Samuel Silva to become the NEW Cage Warriors Lightweight Champion.
A phenomenal performance that included several knockdowns, Brown closed the show in Round 3.pic.twitter.com/XU5HrpGGr9
— Violent Money TV (@ViolentMoneyTV) March 14, 2026
Random Land
LinkedIn might be the strangest corner of the internet nowadays.
Midnight Music: I was informed today that referee Keith Peterson used to be a hardcore vocalist, so obviously that’s the pick tonight.
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Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.