SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 23: Brian Ortega prepares to face Aljamain Sterling in a 153-pound catchweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Shanghai Indoor Stadium on August 23, 2025 in Shanghai, China. (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 Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Conor McGregor still haunted by catastrophic leg break ahead of UFC 329? ‘It can affect your head’: I can only imagine this would be a really difficult injury to overcome. Even a standard knee or shoulder injury is hard to trust fully while getting back into live training. UFC Vegas 116 adds last-minute bout to try and save forgettable Apex card: Francis Marshall is better than his 3-3 UFC record, so I’m expecting a fun fight here. UFC Vegas 118 fight card adds Bryce Mitchell vs. Victor Henry ‘Sin City’ showdown: Thus far, Henry has been pretty tough to hold down in his UFC career, so this should be a really interesting test for Bantamweight “Thug Nasty.” Insomnia Three years after their breakup, Brian Ortega opens up about his toxic relationship with UFC Flyweight Tracy Cortez. I look forward to the response … Brian Ortega opened up about his past relationship with Tracy Cortez: "Shortly into that, I was like 'damn, I f*cked up'. But because I already left the kids and family… it was the ego. I was never at peace. I was like bro, this girl is [crazy]… Now guys like Alex Pereira… pic.twitter.com/liNBnXJ8kq — Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) April 21, 2026 Matt Frevola is not sad to see Shem Rock depart the UFC roster. 🥧 pic.twitter.com/dHXUDfmOeJ — Matt “The Steamrolla”Frevola (@SteamRollaa) April 21, 2026 Bantamweight banger alert! I favor McGhee here, but Wiklacz is quite the opportunist. Marcus McGhee will fight Jakub Wikłacz at #UFCVegas118 on June 6th. (first rep. Krazy Kev) #UFC #MMA #UFCParamount #UFConParamount #UFC2026 pic.twitter.com/bRK2jgYIah — Marcel Dorff 🇳🇱🇮🇩 (@BigMarcel24) April 21, 2026 34-year-old veteran on a losing streak teasing a drop in weight — what’s the worst that could happen?!? Bantamweight? 🤔 — Dan Ige (@Dynamitedan808) April 18, 2026 Times have changed quite a bit since the great Flyweight purge of 2018. 🤔Dana White is asked if he prefers UFC heavyweights or flyweights 🗣️Dana: “I’m a flyweight guy” via @CBSMornings pic.twitter.com/5cWvbdjdQV — Dovy🔌 (@DovySimuMMA) April 17, 2026 Oleksandr Usyk still having fun in the gym after however many decades of boxing. View this post on Instagram Tanner Boser reacts to his return knockout loss at UFC Winnipeg. At least it was a fun scrap! Tanner Boser reacts to his knockout loss at #UFCWinnipeg pic.twitter.com/nz8ZCDXwcS — MMA Mania (@mmamania) April 19, 2026 Slips, rips, and KO clips This promotion allows jumping stomps but not submissions — fascinating! MMA fighter tried to do a jumping stomp on his opponents face 😬 pic.twitter.com/fCv277BdAw — MrTestoestrogen (@MrTestoestrogen) April 21, 2026 Heavyweight MMA peaked over 20 years ago. Look how fast some of these exchanges were … Fedor Emelianenko x Mirko Cro Cop. Two of mma’s greatest icons collide in front of 47,000 fans at Saitama Super Arena in one of the biggest fights in mma history. (8.28.2005) 🌟 pic.twitter.com/BLEF8BDFrp — Vintage MMA ☠️ (@TheVintageMMA) April 21, 2026 At 45 years of age, Saenchai is still shocking fast and mobile with his high kicks. Saenchai just killed the jobber #THAIFIGHT pic.twitter.com/oASFqX0Mq3 — Half Dead Frank (@Halfdeadfrank69) April 19, 2026 Random Land Anybody else watching The Pitt? the pitt video game actually looks pretty cool pic.twitter.com/THBvicHeEW — Michael Kandel (@K_A_N_D_E_L) April 17, 2026 Get involved with Mania community in The Feed! Midnight Music: RIP Prince, gone 10 years today. Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.