Midnight Mania! Khamzat Open To Wrestling Nickal At RAF, Not Olympic Champions

DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 22: Arman Tsarukyan of Georgia poses for a photo with middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev after his victory against Dan Hooker of New Zealand in a lightweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at ABHA Arena on November 22, 2025 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Wednesday, April 29, 2026.

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1. UFC 329 odds: Conor McGregor opens as sizable betting underdog for rumored comeback rematch against Max Holloway: I have a really difficult time seeing McGregor’s path to victory versus Holloway at this stage of his career.
2. BKFC fighter found guilty of murder as UFC 328 nitwit Sean Strickland continues to brag about gun violence: Well, this is a really sad story all around, nothing good going on here.
3. Video: Point-fighting loudmouth Sean Strickland reveals ‘worst thing’ about fighting Khamzat at UFC 328 – ‘We die enemies’: I generally like my job very much, but one of the worst parts is that I’m obligated to listen to MMA fighters and media figures I would prefer to mute on social media.

Insomnia

Khamzat Chimaev vs. Bo Nickal would genuinely be one of the best possible matchups RAF could book. Maybe after the UFC White House card?

😂🏆 Khamzat doubts his chances against Olympic wrestlers like Snyder or Sadullaev, but says he would wrestle Bo Nickal:

"If I knew I could wrestle Snyder or Sadullaev, I'd go to the Olympics already."

🎥 @AdamZubayraevpic.twitter.com/ZiWJWmX9ow

— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) April 29, 2026

Takeru scored one of the best wins of his career with a tremendous knockout win over Rodtang in his retirement fight then didn’t get a working microphone? ONE is circling the drain.

Looks like the mic has gone out? Takeru is in the ring screaming his victory speech to the fans.

And everyone is hanging on his every word #ONESamurai1pic.twitter.com/v1ugxThXVu

— Nick Atkin (@nickatkinone) April 29, 2026

Muhammad Mokaev implies that Kyoji Horiguchi is out of UFC Baku, and he’s ready to step in.

Heard ufc looking opponent for manel kape in Baku
I ain’t young kid anymore when I fought him back 2 years ago
You’ll see much upgraded Mokaev

— Muhammad Mokaev (@muhammadmokaev) April 28, 2026

Aljamain Sterling admits Youssef Zalal nearly caught him with that third-round guillotine.

😳 Aljamain Sterling says Zalal's guillotine was so deep that he would've tapped in training as he was close to getting blacked out:

“It was tight. I mean, I could definitely feel my trachea—everything was kind of closing off. It was really hard to breathe. I was starting to… pic.twitter.com/K564jvLnkF

— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) April 28, 2026

I will 100% tune in for Arnold Allen vs. Melquizael Costa, which is a guaranteed banger. Watch both!

Arnold Allen is honest about headlining the UFC card on the same night as Netflix’s debut MMA event featuring Ronda Rousey x Gina Carano:

"The fact that it's me and [Melquizael Costa] headlining against them—I don't think the UFC are really trying to compete, right?

Not to put… pic.twitter.com/Js2eJDSqoR

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 28, 2026

Cage Warrior has produced some of the toughest, scrappiest lads in the sport.

Taylor Sullivan pulls out his tooth and throws it to his corner mid-fight #CW205pic.twitter.com/NOrDcPsRzx

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 25, 2026

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Right on the button:

Nasty left hook KO at Klan FC event in Ukraine pic.twitter.com/Oih0bDnCqq

— Matysek (@Matysek88) April 28, 2026

A Muay Thai referee would’ve saved Kabil the awkward tumble and slamming into the canvas.

A KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR CONTENDER KICKS OFF #GLORY107 🤯

Michael Samperi puts Said Kabil to SLEEP to begin the night. #GLORY107 | LIVE NOW | @kijk | RTM Stage, Rotterdam pic.twitter.com/oDZLcUKEvc

— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) April 25, 2026

Lovely pairing of the right hand-right kick double threat from the open stance:

Earlier today, Rakhman Esedullaev remained undefeated delivering a KO of the year contender at JCK against China's Aman Wuerliewu. 👊 pic.twitter.com/UR9YnH6o8M

— Violent Money TV (@ViolentMoneyTV) April 25, 2026

Random Land

Tip your local delivery man … 0r else.

A video is going viral in China of a delivery guy getting into a fight with 2 security guards

It has ignited a debate on how poorly trained many security guards are and people are questioning whether they can actually help people if there is a threat

🇨🇳 pic.twitter.com/5kfYNFeARe

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 17, 2025

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