{"id":316855,"date":"2025-08-04T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316855\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:03:10","slug":"midnight-mania-khabib-names-muhammad-ali-the-greatest-athlete-of-the-last-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316855\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Mania! Khabib names Muhammad Ali the greatest athlete of the last century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"KkIJRy\">Welcome to Midnight Mania!<\/p>\n<p id=\"T6Sn2z\">Let\u2019s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of SUNDAY, Aug. 3, 2025. Why Sunday? With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/7\/24\/24473296\/a-new-look-coming-for-mma-mania-in-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upcoming new look<\/a> and other <a href=\"http:\/\/MMAmania.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAmania.com<\/a> changes, the site will be undergoing some work tomorrow evening that will prohibit my usual publishing, so we\u2019re enjoying a bit of martial arts weirdness a day early.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8PcuVG\">Anyway, headlines:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"xcOb2I\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/8\/3\/24479860\/ufc-vegas-108-the-morning-after-next-generation-of-lightweight-stars-cant-shine-in-empty-apex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonuses! Duncan vs. Rebecki, Ribovics vs. Brener both earn \u2018Fight of the Night\u2019 awards | UFC Vegas 108<\/a>: For my full thoughts on this excellent pair of Lightweight scraps, check out my recap <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/8\/3\/24479860\/ufc-vegas-108-the-morning-after-next-generation-of-lightweight-stars-cant-shine-in-empty-apex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li id=\"5Vko1c\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/8\/3\/24479590\/official-post-fight-bonus-winners-ufc-vegas-108-espn-results-duncan-rebecki-ribovics-brener\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video: Logan Paul violently smashes country music star Jelly Roll through an announce table | SummerSlam 2025:<\/a> Jelly Roll is one of the few incredibly famous musicians who I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ve never heard a full song from.<\/li>\n<li id=\"M8LCYa\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/8\/3\/24479847\/video-logan-paul-violently-smashes-country-music-jelly-roll-through-announce-table-summerslam-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unblessed! Fighter suffers savage knockout seconds after imitating Max Holloway\u2019s infamous point down | Video<\/a>: Daring to be great doesn\u2019t always work out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Insomnia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"mqxPPN\">Khabib Nurmagomedov labels Muhammad Ali the greatest athlete of the last century. I\u2019d love to hear some other suggestions?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khabib calls Muhammad Ali the greatest athlete to walk the Earth in the last 100 years \u2014 not just for his accomplishments in the ring, but for the values he stood for, the lessons he taught, and the millions he inspired. A true role model for generations.    <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wU265JIQo6\">pic.twitter.com\/wU265JIQo6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedCorner_MMA\/status\/1952203512827527487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 4, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"DfrRnl\">These videos aren\u2019t that fun to watch when the UFC fighter doesn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/4\/22\/24413738\/sean-strickland-batters-social-media-star-nick-nayersina-brutal-gym-beatdown-video-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mercilessly beat the streamer<\/a> to bits.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QWzypn\">Kevin Vallejos only has eyes for Jean Silva, and I saw nothing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/8\/3\/24479768\/ufc-vegas-108-results-sooo-about-last-night-taira-vs-park-espn-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC Vegas 108<\/a> that made me think a rematch goes well for him just yet.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9d15bI\">Arman Tsarukyan has been hitting Ilia Topuria hard on social media lately. Should he get the next shot?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Islam has a great quote at the UFC PI, he will fight anybody, anytime, and anywhere &#8211; Hey Dana maybe now\u2019s a good time to put a quote in the bathroom for Ilia reminding him not to sit down while pissing &#8211; thanks boss   <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arman Tsarukyan UFC (@ArmanUfc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmanUfc\/status\/1951860219493089525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 3, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"wGHjqt\">These UFC impressions are absolutely top-tier.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ddNG2a\">Marcus McGhee going to war with Petr Yan for three rounds then immediately heading to the skatepark is extremely badass.<\/p>\n<p id=\"U0Drld\">Weird Middleweight match up. Why is Robert Bryczek being given a pretty decent opportunity after losing to Ihor Potieria in his sole UFC appearance?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slips, rips, and KO clips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"Rl3F88\">Collapsing over your own knee is never ideal.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FlcubL\">UFC veteran Damir Ismagulov with one of the cleanest spinning head kick KOs you\u2019ll ever see:<\/p>\n<p id=\"8S9RYi\">NO FREE KICKS!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Random Land<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"A4ppou\">Early Hollywood stories are insane.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Three extras were killed so I\u2019m not surprised the cinematographer quit in protest cause he knew people would be killed and maimed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fszc7QO0aB\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fszc7QO0aB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Margaret &#8220;Molly&#8221; Rasberry  \ufe0f\u200d  (@RasberryRazz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RasberryRazz\/status\/1951471965447004427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"CTu6sI\">Midnight Music: Glam rock, 1971<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"qzt426\">Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Midnight Mania! 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