Midnight Mania! Real Gs Don’t Fake Beef Like ‘Puppets’ Strickland Vs. Khamzat

1. UFC 328 results: Matches to make for ‘Khamzat vs. Strickland’ main card winners: Khamzat vs. Paulo Costa at 205 pounds is going to be so, so sick.
2. King Green passed over for UFC 328 $100k bonus, will get custom shorts instead: King Green asked for a raise and got a pizza party instead — many such cases.
3. Video: UFC posts pivotal fifth round from Strickland-Chimaev title fight, Khamzat demands immediate rematch: Khamzat’s “Kill Everyone” schtick stops working when he doesn’t want to cut weight anymore and just looked kind of mediocre. You can’t call for a rematch and stop being a Middleweight!

**Insomnia**

I don’t think anyone particularly liked how the Strickland vs. Khamzat “beef” played out, but Nate Diaz is especially indignant. Also, it’s still insane to think about how Diaz was actually supposed to fight Khamzat …

Nate Diaz called out Sean Strickland and Khamzat Chimaev for “faking” their beef 😬

“Hugging and showing love like some bitches. Fake f\*cking puppets. I’m f\*cking cool off that sh\*t. I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night if I was bullsh\*tting everybody.”

(via @MostVpromotions) pic.twitter.com/EDdH5jP432

— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) May 11, 2026 I’ll give Paddy Pimblett the benefit of the doubt here and assume he was just goofing around here, but … those defensive reactions don’t look great! Paddy Pimblett spars an influencer and makes him throw up 🤢

He did get caught a few times though 👀 pic.twitter.com/3p2dCUdLbi

— Combat Casuals (@Combat\_Casuals) May 10, 2026 The one smart thing Joaquin Buckley did in 15 minutes … Demetrious Johnson used the same technique to avoid Joseph Benavidez’s guillotine after getting rocked in their first fight! Joaquin Buckley escapes Sean Brady's mount via Kipping (not clickbait) pic.twitter.com/FkDd3OsB5O

— Alexander Volkara France (@VolkaraFrance) May 11, 2026 William Gomis’ wife is (allegedly) ride-or-die. A fan at UFC 328 claims he was assaulted by William Gomis wife and then kicked out of Prudential Center.

“I was rooting for Pat Sabatini….then I get kicked out and banned for life for it” pic.twitter.com/MIj11Nbczc

— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) May 11, 2026 Sean Strickland goes off on Ariel Helwani! And vice versa! Ariel Helwani WENT OFF on Sean Strickland for taking back his trash talk and apologizing 😳

“That is the biggest bunch of bullsh\*t I’ve ever heard. That is fraud. That is cowardly sh\*t. You cannot walk that back. You called Khamzat's mother a wh\*re! That tells me you’re not who…

**Slips, rips, and KO clips**

Ex-UFC Midldeweight Laureano Staropoli just scored one of the year’s best knockouts.

HOLY SHIT. Beautiful spinning wheel kick KO by Laureano Staropoli at FNC 30. Easily one of the best knockouts in FNC history. pic.twitter.com/uPOwVmIeMs

— caposa (@Grabaka\_Hitman) May 9, 2026 … and yet this random spin kick from the French amateur scene might be even better? 🇫🇷Samuel Gotti a gagné contre 🇫🇷Thomas Aguilar par KO au Round 1. #MMALeaguepic.twitter.com/NAMSPa4Wmj

— French MMA (@FrenchMma\_) May 10, 2026 Samperi landed some big lefts from Southpaw before switching Ortho for the left hook finish. Sneaky! Michael Samperi KO2 Said Kabil #GLORY107pic.twitter.com/fYEq5MulJK

— Neo Vale Tudo (@NeoValeTudo) April 25, 2026

**Random Land**

The sun is hard to comprehend if you really give it any consideration.

This is a photo of the solar chromosphere, captured using a 6" telescope I modified to safely handle the intense heat from focusing the sun's powerful radiation

By isolating the bandpass, vivid atmospheric structure starts to emerge

That structure on the limb is 4 Earths tall! pic.twitter.com/NyfuLYu10R

— Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) May 11, 2026 Get involved with Mania community in The Feed! Midnight Music: Folk, 2000 Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.