Midnight Mania! Bella Mir ‘Most Likely’ Booked For Contender Series Debut
Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Thursday, July 9, 2026.
- Report: Conor McGregor continued using steroids after broken leg healed because ‘he liked how it made him feel’ | UFC 329: Remember when McGregor’s head swelled to a new weight class?
- Gable Steveson vs. Josh Hokit? UFC 329’s Steveson believes Hokit heading to 205: I definitely think Hokit’s longterm future is at Light Heavyweight, but I can’t blame him for trying to chase the biggest possible fights first.
- UFC 329’s best betting props, parlays and picks | McGregor vs. Holloway 2: My favorite underdog on the card is King Green, although the odds on Brandon Royval are very tempting as well.
Bella Mir has excellent wrestling and jiu-jitsu credentials — could her presence liven up the half-dead Bantamweight ranks?
Bella Mir confirms she’ll “most likely” compete on Dana White’s Contender Series this summer:
“I’m just excited to get it going. Hopefully I can get something [announced] soon, but there’s discussions going on.”
(🎥: @mikeHeck_JR) pic.twitter.com/7Ja2eHj2Mu
— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) July 10, 2026
Winner gets another shot at UFC gold? I favor Fiorot slightly but wouldn’t count out Grasso.
Manon Fiorot vs. Alexa Grasso – September 12th – #NocheUFChttps://t.co/6IL3mp4jgKpic.twitter.com/evLF0Bm1up
— Marcel Dorff 🇳🇱🇮🇩 (@BigMarcel24) July 9, 2026
Petr Yan working his core with the medicine ball:
Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Or should we put this guy in an asylum just to be safe?
i just came across the Conor McGregor lookalike’s IG page and i think this mf is fully convinced that he’s him
he’s changed his profile picture and has also gotten Conor McGregor’s tattoos wtf 😭 pic.twitter.com/5irFRDP0Hw
— ACD MMA (@acdmma_) July 8, 2026
Eric Nicksick is too classy to make a big thing out of the Ali Abdelaziz attack.
Eric Nicksick addresses rumors of Ali Abdelaziz attacking him recently at the Apex:
“Nothing [was thrown] that affected me… It’s all squashed. We have too much to lose, man. We have too many guys in common.
It’s the fight game… I just think there’s some things that are lost… pic.twitter.com/eAdQa5hmwW
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 8, 2026
A great athlete with real grit doesn’t need to do anything complicated to be a world-class fighter.
BSD fight week pic.twitter.com/oCO79iYOhC
— Jack Slack (@JackSlackMMA) July 6, 2026
This is a fun challenge … how about Dustin Pague?
Most random UFC fighter you can think of?
UFC ball knowledge test
— Blind Bear 🐻🕶️ (@BlindBearMedia) July 2, 2026
A single elbow can absolutely change a fight, which makes it extra frustrating that almost nobody throws ground and pound anymore.
Deni Rasuev improves his record to 3-1, winning against Shamsiddin Abdisalamov by R1 TKO #ACAYE66pic.twitter.com/42Lw2imaMY
— RedMMA (@RedSmokeLLM) July 9, 2026
Ducking low vs. standing tall …
Huge KO by Gabro Samsaini at GAME BREAKING BAD in Georgia pic.twitter.com/QsR8E2ucFS
— Matysek (@Matysek88) July 9, 2026
Absolutely textbook example of setting up the overhand right with the body jab.
PFFFFFFFFF. Khaibula Musalov just murdered a man. The former bare knuckle boxer improves to 4-0 in MMA with a sickening first round KO over Marco Antonio. #RCC25pic.twitter.com/6yzhPYutsO
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 4, 2026
“The Motherland Calls,” Europe’s tallest statue.
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