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Midnight Mania! UFC Unveils Special New USA Belt For White House Card

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May 7, 2026 - 04:42

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Midnight Mania! UFC Unveils Special New USA Belt For White House Card

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Top prospect Ethyn Ewing collides with another undefeated fighter at UFC Vegas 119: Ewing gets his shot at the rankings, but the opportunity comes against another young and skilled new face in the Top 15. I don’t hate it?
Video: Khamzat Chimaev leaks never-before-seen Sean Strickland training footage ahead of UFC 328 showdown: Did this clip sway anybody’s prediction?
Video: Watch healthy Ben Askren run hill sprints less than a year after double lung transplant: ‘I GET to do this’: You have to love the attitude from “Funky Ben” here after a miraculous recovery.

Insomnia

… can I get a U-S-A in the comments?!?

Thoughts on the new UFC belt unveiled for the White House event? 👀 pic.twitter.com/QdLswCAGCa— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) May 6, 2026

Alex Pereira, Ilia Topuria, Ciryl Gane, and Justin Gaethje all at the White House with President Trump 👀

Via @WhiteHouse pic.twitter.com/9KURMhJuGw— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) May 6, 2026

We’re being a little loose with the definition of “squatting” here, but that’s definitely a lot of weight!

Squatting 3x the heavyweight limit 😅#NgannouLins pic.twitter.com/hORQP58iJB— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) May 5, 2026

One would hope the UFC’s winningest Lightweight ever 18-year promotional veteran Jim Miller wouldn’t have to worry too much about medical bills, but that’s the fighting and healthcare industries in a nutshell.

#UFC328's Jim Miller discusses the challenges of having no full health care through UFC as his son beat a rare form of cancer.

"I've been paying health insurance for my family for a while now, and we pay a fortune."

(via @MikeBohn) pic.twitter.com/hUvx3PBIX7— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) May 6, 2026

Cover your eyes! UFC veteran Alexander Gustafsson — who ended his career on a four-fight losing streak — is rumored to be making a return at 39 years of age in OKTAGON.

Former UFC Swedish fighter Alexander Gustafsson’s name has surfaced for a potential OKTAGON event in Sweden 🇸🇪

OKTAGON co-founder Ondrej Novotny confirmed they had initial talks with Gustafsson’s manager, but nothing concrete yet.

Fans are already matchmaking him vs. current… pic.twitter.com/8CWy8oZAGy— COMBAT SPORTS TODAY (@CSTodayNews) May 4, 2026

This might be the most unintentionally hilarious clip in MMA history. Editing perfection!

DDP vs Khamzat striking sekanslarıpic.twitter.com/YCPTT6HJaK— Yotta (@y0ttaaa) May 4, 2026

Carlos Prates is living his best life after a masterclass win over Jack Della Maddalena.

Carlos Prates is currently crushing entire bottles of Jack Daniels and singing his heart out celebrating his 3rd round TKO win over Jack Della Maddalena this past weekend at UFC Perth pic.twitter.com/DXQ0UfiUsw— FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) May 5, 2026

There’s only one Justin Gaethje …

Justin Gaethje really just said he used to bust a nut in the shower right before his fights #UFC

“I was planning on dying. If I’m gonna die tonight, I might as well get it in one more time" pic.twitter.com/lh7Fdxtqh7— The Combat Sport Poll Guy (@PollGuyUFC) May 5, 2026

Slips, rips, and KO clips

ICYMI: The referee let a fighter pay for his antics in Korea.

One of the nastiest cases of “f*ck around and find out” just went down in Korean MMA

Straight out of a movie 😳 pic.twitter.com/tGeUbziHAp— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) May 2, 2026

Blue shorts missed so badly he ended up at a nearly perpendicular angle to his opponent before eating this right hand.

Yoon Ho-young gets Team Korea Omega into semi finals of the #BLACKCUP #BLACKCOMBAT Godfather Black was hyped for this one! pic.twitter.com/jcZn5DbnOP— Half Dead Frank (@Halfdeadfrank69) May 2, 2026

Folding the arm behind the back has gained popularity in jiu-jitsu in recent years … but not like this!

What the hell. Rafael Alves submits Anthony Njokuani with a chicken wing/hammer lock in 31 seconds. Not even sure of the correct name, but that was crazy#GamebredFC pic.twitter.com/rfxt5U1TJY— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) May 2, 2026

Random Land

This weekend was the end of an era, twice over. I know somebody reading this has a great Spirit Airlines story?

pic.twitter.com/Wz3ilRHD2z— Spirit Airlines (@SpiritAirlines) May 2, 2026

I regret to inform you that Ask Jeeves is dead. The site closed yesterday. Web 1.0 lost another founder.

Ask Jeeves: 3 June 1996 – 1 May 2026. Send no memes. pic.twitter.com/mlwEOiJkTE— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) May 2, 2026

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