Midnight Mania! ‘Played’ Garcia Will NEVER Pay Tsarukyan

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DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 22: Arman Tsarukyan of Georgia reacts after a submission 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, May 27, 2026.

1. It’s over! Anderson Silva still refuses to speak to Dana White after being forced out of the UFC: Do you think the UFC should have kept Silva around after his Uriah Hall loss?
2. ‘Almost dying’ — Weight cutting ‘fraud’ had Khamzat ‘on the verge of death’ ahead of UFC 328: Khamzat’s struggle to make Middleweight is genuinely baffling. He is not too big for the division!
3. Dana White hounded over UFC fighter pay following Paramount mega-deal, won’t cough up $370K ‘to see if you belong’: It feels like there’s a middle ground between the 370k figure and the typical $10k and $10k starting contract.

Insomnia​

Good thing Arman Tsarukyan doesn’t need the money …

Ryan Garcia says there’s no way he’s paying Arman Tsarukyan the $40k since they didn’t tell him his friend was a fighter ️

“There’s no way I would ever pay him. I feel like I got played, you come try and take the money from me.”

Via (@Complex) pic.twitter.com/pIb7LyhhXi

— Source of Boxing (@Sourceofboxing) May 27, 2026

Islam Makhachev has a vision board?!?

now why is he making a moodboard who taught him that pic.twitter.com/x50tQtwiXg

— dee (@delIems8) May 26, 2026

Aside from strength and conditioning workouts and general rehab, boxing is the first feasible training that can be done after a knee operation.

Shavkat Rakhmonov overcoming his knee injury and getting back to work.

Via: darteam.Kazakhstan/IG pic.twitter.com/z3zecxwgKk

— FREAK.MMA (@FREAKMMA1) May 27, 2026

4-4 professional record vs. 0-3 in the UFC — Women’s Flyweight is on fire!

Juliana Miller will fight Ravena Oliveira at #UFCVegas120 on August 8th. (first rep. @leoguimaraesmma) #UFC#MMA#UFCParamount#UFConParamount#UFC2026pic.twitter.com/NsRt15kh7P

— Marcel Dorff (@BigMarcel24) May 27, 2026

Movsar Evloev vs. Alexander Volkanovski end of summer? Sign me up.

I am back, end of the summer, and new Inshallah.

— Movsar Evloev (@MovsarUFC) May 27, 2026

Ray J allegedly in the hospital after his Supah Hot Fire knockout loss (video here) … but a lot of folks online are wondering why he’s not hooked up to any machines?

Ray J got emotional as he went live from the hospital after getting knocked out by Supa Hot Fire and said his heart is in even WORSE condition than before

He also called out Adin Ross for not checking on him afterwards pic.twitter.com/F3IGXufxuV

— Killa (@KillaKreww) May 27, 2026

Slips, rips, and KO clips​

I didn’t even realize Jared Gooden was cut from the UFC after his Chidi Njokuani loss.

BORIS MBARGA ATANGANA VIENT DE DETRUIRE SON ADVERSAIRE EN 1 MINUTES !!

Il a mis Gooden K.O debout !! pic.twitter.com/EIaDC0bUy7

— RMC Sport Combat (@RMCSportCombat) May 23, 2026

“Standing up in base” or “technical stand up” is a Day One jiu-jitsu drill to avoid this exact scenario.

Mansur Soltamuradov (6-1) punts Ramazan Musaev (2-1) at #NFL4pic.twitter.com/njk77MIYiE

— prospectator (@FlightOFfists) May 23, 2026

Lovely bodywork and good pull counters!

Nigerian/Russian welterweight David “Django” Samuel improves to 5-0 with a beautiful boxing display before taking Abdelrahman Mohamed's neck in R1. This guy is a problem. #PFLPretoriapic.twitter.com/PhMScHeVgD

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 10, 2026

Random Land​

Masterful execution.

In Alberta news, some crazy ****** breaks a world record driving off our local waterfall. Shout out to Dusty Friesen and his boat named Dent. pic.twitter.com/GToRYSwmfT

— The Angel (@Angel_150913) May 27, 2026

This took years of planning and engineering pic.twitter.com/21Leq7XCoK

— Scotty Cameron (@twitscotty) May 27, 2026

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