Welcome to Midnight Mania!Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.Battle of the Beasts: Sam Alvey defends Karate Combat title against scary knockout artist Robelis Despaigne on Dec. 5: On paper, Alvey should get smashed here. Fortunately, Alvey can’t read! In all seriousness, the resurgence of the “Smile’n” one has been quite impressive and surprising. Companies producing Conor McGregor’s Forged Irish Stout post $9 million in losses: How does everyone like Forged Irish Stout? I’ve yet to try it.Report: Ronda Rousey ‘in active negotiations’ for Katie Taylor super fight, ‘has drawn the interest of Netflix’: The only way this will be remotely interesting is if they swap MMA and boxing every other round. Regardless, I am doubtful.InsomniaI’m not particularly sold on this training clip being “real,” but Jaqueline Cavalcante says otherwise so … thoughts?Undefeated UFC women’s bantamweight Jaqueline Cavalcante accidentally KO’s her male sparring partner 😳💥 pic.twitter.com/LK0sFSObTd— FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) December 2, 2025Weight cutting is just bunches of fun.Merab shared his trick for enjoying pizza during fight week 💀😭 pic.twitter.com/gvFdjVzu4q— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) December 1, 2025Part of the reason Pantoja’s right body kick worked so well here is that Kai Asakura was withdrawing his lead leg every time, putting him in southpaw stance. Suddenly, Pantoja was just blasting right kicks into the open side, easy-peasy. Pantoja Punishing Asakura’s Linear Exits with Body Kicks pic.twitter.com/cL3NocWibR— Movement Martials (@MVMNTMartials) December 12, 2024Congratulations to Jiri!View this post on InstagramJiri with his ultrasound scan 👼🥷bro makes everything the hardest picture ever https://t.co/lcRzmJPzDWpic.twitter.com/2jssbqzim5— ACD MMA (@acdmma_) December 1, 2025Don’t forget to vote!It’s that time of year – 2025 Antisemite of the Year.Vote for your top 3 candidates by Friday December 12th!https://t.co/Z03ndvnbcwpic.twitter.com/NfhRabnyjF— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) November 30, 2025If Movsar Evloev is unavailable for whatever reason, then Lerone Murphy vs. Aljamain Sterling is a great backup plan.View this post on InstagramIf you missed the RAF 3 highlights … I’ve been in Chad Mendes’ signature cement mixer once or twice, and it’s awful. Impressive that Chandler resisted the spin!#RAF3 Results: Michael Chandler defeated Chad Mendes & Pat Downey defeated Joaquin Buckley 🏆💪 pic.twitter.com/ccjtEMtaZG— MMA UNCENSORED (@MMAUNCENSORED1) November 30, 2025Slips, rips, and KO clipsI think you gotta go uppercut if dealing with a helmeted opponent, otherwise you’re just asking for busted knuckles.FIGHT OF THE CENTURY!! OH MY GOODNESS, YANICK TURCOTTE AND TYREL BAUER 🤯 pic.twitter.com/yJ1FmdC3l2— Travis (@TravisC_19) November 30, 2025How often do you see this kind of power in an overhand right in women’s MMA?😱🥊 Mexico’s next female MMA star? 21-year-old 🇲🇽 Regina Tarin flatlined her opponent at #TNX1125 last night, moving to a perfect 7–0 as a pro.She’s finished 6 of 7 wins and previously stopped TUF 30 standout Kaytlin Neil. Competing at 125 & 135, she’s a young, dangerous… pic.twitter.com/thXoJgGHYr— Women’s MMA Rankings (@WMMARankings) December 1, 2025Reaching low for a high kick never ends well.Oh my god. BRUTAL head kick KO by Nathassya Souza in the Cyborg Fight co-main pic.twitter.com/CNRN4WIvRn— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 30, 2025Random LandA wild legal case in Korea (click through for full thread):1/ A Korean security guard has been acquitted on appeal after nearly 2 years of prosecution for eating a Choco Pie and custard cake worth less than $1 from an office fridge during night shift.39 colleagues testified they’d done same for decades without issue. pic.twitter.com/WHo3cCK9p2— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) November 27, 2025Midnight Music: Hip-hop, 1993Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.