Midnight Mania! Who’s Mike Tyson’s Favorite UFC Fighter?

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Midnight Mania! Who’s Mike Tyson’s Favorite UFC Fighter?

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If you ask a bunch of MMA fighters for a favorite icon or inspiration, a common answer is likely to be Mike Tyson. However, in an interview with Elie Seckbach of EsNews, the question was flipped on “Iron Mike,” and he was asked if he had a favorite UFC fighter. Tyson replied with former Bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt, “Because he’s with Tyson Ranch,” which is Tyson’s marijuana company. In addition, Tyson believes that Garbrandt “should go for it” in regards to boxing former champion Adrien Broner.

Garbrandt has also appeared on Tyson’s podcast, another likely reason for the fandom.

The legendary boxer is also pretty friendly with Dana White, who he say is the man to “clean boxing up.” Meanwhile, Garbrandt is currently recovering from an injured hand and aiming to return to the cage in March 2020.

Insomnia

Paul Felder with the fun callout of Dan Hooker, a smart match up that I’d like to see. It’s disappointing that Hooker managed to dominate Iaquinta, thus destroying the potentially great headline of “Raging Al Beats Hooker!”

Three nights in a row featuring a Gilbert Burns related post — asking to fight all the time is working! Main event or not, this card could use Burns to help bulk it up a bit.

An awesome lock room reaction to Israel Adesanya’s title win.

Shots fired! And here I thought the two were basically the same person.


Dana White gets a lot of the heat, but Joe Silva was largely in charge of fighter negotiations for many years and was notoriously tough to deal with.

Bellator working with Rizin is perhaps the smartest moves they’ve made in recent years.

Since today’s section happened to have more Twitter writing than usual, let’s end it with Jon Haggerty just destroying some pads.

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Revenge..

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Slips, rips, and KO clips

A submission finish with a fun back story! This type of incident is more common than one would expect — maybe not the forged documents, but lying about identities is not uncommon in unsanctioned fighting.

Throwback Douglas Lima violence is always welcome.

There’s something to be said for trying something until it works!

Random Land

If only those driving on the freeway could merge with such efficiency:

Midnight Music: An excellent piece of ‘60s soul! Despite its slow-burn nature, “When A Man Loves A Woman” hit No. 1 in 1966 and again when Michael Bolton covered the track in 1991. Percy Sledge’s version >>>

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

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