Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, Feb. 27, 2026.
- UFC Winnipeg’s newly announced all-action fight already cancelled by fighter retirement: It is quite funny how often announcing unsigned fights backfires for the UFC, and yet it never changes.
- Shara Bullet vs. Jorge Masvidal booking bewilders fans ahead of March 11 event in Brazil: A matchup that boldly asks the question, “Who is this for?!?”
- Ilia Topuria explains why Arman Tsarukyan will be an ‘easy’ knockout: ‘He will panic’: Similar to Anthony Hernandez a week ago, it does feel like Tsarukyan would kind of fall apart if unable to find the early takedown.
Insomnia
I don’t always enjoy Arman Tsarukyan’s rich kid antics, but I don’t blame him for trying to bribe his way out of a wrestling match weight cut. That’s not his true sport!
Wrestling a bear is the fastest way to build aura in combat sports.
Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira is a historically young title fight, but not the youngest. Wanderlei and Tito were quite old looking even in their early 20s …
I didn’t necessarily expect Robert Valentin to get another shot, but I’ll happily tune in.
Drew Brees was quite the gunslinger on the gridiron … not so much on pads. But respect all the same!
Colby Covington will still be using “CEO of EPO” in 2035. How much juice does he think that line has left?
This rage bait definitely worked on me, a confirmed old head.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
An ultra slick leg lock entanglement set up by an empty half guard:
This is a really odd KO! It seems like the question mark kick (generally not that powerful of a shot) landed with just the foot, yet it crumbled his opponent. Maybe a broken face bone?
A strange stoppage in just about every sense.
Random Land
I’ve never seen a series of waterfalls quite like this.
Midnight Music: Country, 1975
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
