Welcome to Midnight Mania!Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.Colby Covington vs. Luke Rockhold main event booked for Jan. 10 in Sunrise: I’m actually very intrigued by this wrestling match. Covington is the far better wrestler on paper, but Rockhold is an amazing counter wrestler with a big size advantage. Good matchmaking!Fan favorite Tai Tuivasa returns against Brazilian knockout artist at UFC 325: I hope Tai Tuivasa can get his career back on track, because Heavyweight is more fun when he’s winning fights at least occasionally.Terence Crawford stripped of WBC title he won from Canelo Alvarez: Boxing orgs really seem to love stripping their best champions and biggest stars. InsomniaPaddy Pimblett isn’t the first fighter to take part in one of these charity matches, but it’s a class move.Paddy Pimblett did a charity exhibition match with a boxer who has Down syndrome ❤️He goes by “The Real GGG” pic.twitter.com/8bGVy1g5oX— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) December 4, 2025The return of Jacob Malkoun! The under-the-radar Aussie could easily be riding a six-fight win streak right now if you take a closer look at his recent fights.Jacob Malkoun will fight Torrez Finney at #UFC325 on January 31st. (first rep. @punishertorrez on Kevin Kuszmaul’s Pod.) #UFC#MMA#UFCParamount#UFConParamount#UFC2026pic.twitter.com/iiAMXFNgHO— Marcel Dorff 🇳🇱🇮🇩 (@BigMarcel24) December 3, 2025Bogdan Guskov talks about his difficult upbringing ahead of UFC 323:Bogdan Guskov says growing up without a father and surviving the streets made him unshakeable today”I had no father around. I was always in the streets. My mother was busy providing for the family, and that street life made me realize one thing: the tougher the environment, the… pic.twitter.com/TS9mwlQSix— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) December 3, 2025Given Henry Cejudo’s credentials and ego, this edit is probably pretty close to what was happening in the mind of “Triple C.”They did Cejudo dirty with this edit 😭 pic.twitter.com/hs51CprfKT— Elonov 🇦🇺 (@Elonov_MMA) December 3, 2025Little ground strikes go a long way in breaking opponents.Merab is always doing small things like this to sap your will to live pic.twitter.com/LzUzaXfOyQ— Miguel Class (@MigClass) December 3, 2025Sean Strickland did his best!NFL Player vs Sean Strickland pic.twitter.com/Em4FjFBdTz— MMA UNCENSORED (@MMAUNCENSORED1) December 3, 2025Joshua Van could earn a place in UFC history this weekend. Win or lose, he’s set up for a long and fruitful Flyweight career.Josh Van will be 8,823 Days Old on SaturdayIf he wins the belt, he will be the 2nd youngest UFC champion of all time 1. Jon Jones | 8,644 Days Old2. Jose Aldo | 8,838 Days Old* 3. Josh Barnett | 8,898 Days Old4. Carlos Newton | 9,026 Days Old5. Frank Shamrock | 9,144 Days… pic.twitter.com/xAndUz1L9P— Jacob (@JT_Lines) December 3, 2025Slips, rips, and KO clipsI love old fight clips. Bob Sapp was trying to reap the knee to escape bottom position 21 years ago? And it backfired brutally? Nothing has changed, not really. Also, “the guard” is the most appropriately named position in combat sports. Sapp suffered miserably as soon as Fujita got by his legs.Kazuyuki Fujita vs Bob SappK-1 Romanex 2004 pic.twitter.com/I9EH682Rlj— Cerebral Vigilante (@Delisketo) December 2, 2025More classic combat!43 years ago, Wilfredo Gómez defeated Lupe Pintor by TKO in round 14 of 15 to retain the WBC & Ring super bantamweight titles. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Round [R3] of the Year.pic.twitter.com/MYZumacXTx— ᴋᴀʏᴏ ✘ (@KOJournals) December 3, 2025A lot of MMA retirements end in face plants but not like this!Joe Taylor, in his retirement fight, absolutely FLATLINES Shealor Ladd in 35 seconds. Incredible way to hang up the gloves. #LFA223pic.twitter.com/MGSdKmG3uX— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 22, 2025Random LandBrevity is the soul of wit. pic.twitter.com/0efeLpWvQV— Arón (@NorwoodDefeat) December 3, 2025Midnight Music: We have arrived in the season of “Best of 2025” lists, so expect an uptick in recent releases as I look through all the tracks I missed on arrival (a percentage that grows each year as I become more and more out of touch with the youth).Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.