Midnight Mania! Merab Manhandles Larry Wheels In Seconds

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, May 22, 2026.

1. Kyle Daukaus on getting hand-picked for UFC White House: ‘Bo Nickal was looking for an easier fight’: I hope Daukaus is able to push the pace and give Nickal at least a bit of trouble.
2. ‘Disconnect’ between UFC and retired Colby Covington extends beyond White House snub — ‘There’s a lot of unhappiness’: Now that Covington is getting paid to wrestle, his UFC retirement makes perfect sense.
3. Tom Aspinall offers update on return to fighting following ‘recent scan’: Aspinall’s return to training has been delayed even further. Between the knee injury, Jones saga, and now his eye problems, Aspinall’s career has faced some absurd delays.

Insomnia

Larry Wheels has clearly trained a bit of wrestling since the clips a week ago, which bought him about 20 seconds of competence versus Merab before his gas tank failed.

Ten out of ten, no notes, “El Cucuy” forever!

Is this Christian Leroy Duncan’s ticket into the Top 10 or will Jared Cannonier turn away another rising talent?

One wonders if Sean Strickland is a good enough ice skater to jab and circle to his left on ice.

There’s absolutely no chance you know what Arnold Allen is replying to here … click through and find out if you dare.

Ilia Topuria and Alex Pereira are boys now, united in distaste for Josh Hokit.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

A small fake low is sometimes all it takes for the overhand to land perfectly.

I watched this fight live and must have blocked the Dark Souls roll from my memory.

This fight lasted less than 30 seconds, and Guersone ate about seven left hooks in the span.

Random Land

Jump rope skills!

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Midnight Music: Indie rock, 2004

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