Welcome to “This Week in MMAmania.com,” Maniacs!
As you know, MMAmania.com churns out a ridiculous amount of stories weekly. And if you don’t refresh this site constantly, you might just miss an amazing story. Or, if you don’t go read the comments section on each story, you might miss a wisecrack that will leave you LOL’ing.
But, don’t trip — we’ve got you covered. This weekly article will recap the best of MMAmania.com, reviewing the most-read stories, comments, social media posts, etc.
So, sit back and take a gander at the madness of the week that was …
Article of the Week
Last week, the story that got the most eyeballs was UFC Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria revealing he didn’t want to hold up the division due to “personal problems.”
Speaking of Topuria, all signs pointed to him headlining UFC 324 until he wasn’t (check out who is here…if you don’t know).
Nevertheless, our lovely readers don’t love his inactivity.
Tweet(s) of the Week:
MMA fans were missing cage fighting this weekend.
Fighter ‘Comment of the Week’ — He said what?!?!?!
Fan-favorite Diego Lopes is doing a speed run to become hated fairly quickly, as he told everyone critical of him getting an undeserved title shot to stop crying.
Best ‘Feed’ Post
Shoutout to cavemanoncomputer for “The Importance of Self Promotion (or how to talk your way to a title shot)”— check it out.
Picture of the Week
SpongeBob made an appearance in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
Unseen ‘Knockout of the Week’
Best ‘Prediction of the Week’
I predicted I would eat three plates for Thanksgiving and only got through two.
Random ‘Stat or Fact of the Week’
The world’s oldest dog lived to 29.5 years old — He was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey.
Fight Announcement of the Week:
UFC 324 was FINALLY announced.
This Past Week in MMA History:
UFC Beijing – Nov. 24, 2016
Curtis Blaydes drew Francis Ngannou in his UFC debut back in 2016 (he lost) and then got his chance to rematch him in 2018 — he lost again.
On the same Beijing Fight Night, Alistair Overeem welcomed Sergei Pavlovich to the UFC and ended up stopping him in the first round.
UFC Shanghai – Nov. 25, 2017
Eight years ago, Kelvin Gastelum retired Michael Bisping, knocking him out in under three minutes.
UFC Melbourne – Nov. 27, 2016
One of the loudest crowd reactions in UFC history happened when Robert Whittaker knocked out Derek Brunson in Melbourne.
On the same card, Alexander Volkanovski made his UFC debut … at Lightweight.
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