Andrew Richardson is a professional fighter who trains at Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, Calif., providing MMAmania.com (and its readers) with expert technical fighter breakdowns, insight and analysis you can't get anywhere else.

Let's start the night off by taking look back over the three biggest stories of Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Dricus Du Plessis, undisputed king of the banter.

Jake Paul is never going to beat the "Fights old men" allegations.

Joel Alvarez is clearly too big for 155-pounds, but UFC would prefer he stay there anyway for some reason? It's not like Lightweight is starved for contenders.

Win or lose, Paul Craig is the owner of the funniest UFC career of the last decade. Tapping TWO future champions earns him the nod over Michael Johnson in my book!

Smooth like butter.

An interesting stat line that could be of use to the bettors among us.

The Tombstone Piledriver is officially a genuine wrestling maneuver.

A closed guard gilly jump like it's 2007!

I've seen jab knockdowns, but I've never seen a jab flatline!

Trading bare knuckle bombs!

Anyone who's done Turkish Get-Ups before knows how impressive this is.

Midnight Music: Folk, 1969

Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.