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Volkanovski stops Evloev with a three-punch chain: a 38-year-old's craft and a blurred headlineEvloev closed both gloves over his face, his back against the cage, and the...
Naming the Ruleset Before Analysing a Fighter: Lessons From Seven Different Scoring FrameworksOn the night of September 22, 2026, at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Superlek...
Khamzat Chimaev Pushes for Sean Strickland Rematch: The 48-47 Scorecards Are Only the Surface of a Bigger ProblemThree scorecards. All of them read 48-47. Two for Sean Strickland, one for...
Chimaev and Strickland: The 48-47 Verdict and the Unpaid Weight-Cut DebtThree judges, three scorecards, one number: 48-47. But each man picked a...
Jimmie Rivera stops Meyer at BKFC 95: pedigree, not 13 centimetres, decided this fightPrudential Center, Newark, New Jersey. Round four. The clock stopped at 0:46....
BKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera Knocks Out a 13cm Taller Opponent and the Matchmaking Logic of Bare-KnuckleAt 0:46 of the fourth round, Meyer fell face-down on the canvas at Prudential...
BKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera stops Meyer in round four, and a matchmaking decision that needs scrutinyAt 0:46 of the fourth round, Meyer lay face down on the canvas at Prudential...
Farid Basharat Leaves the UFC Undefeated at 16-0: When Finish Rate, Not the Record, Sets a Fighter's PriceI was sitting in the seventh row, roughly twelve metres from the cage — close...
16-0 and Still Cut by the UFC: When Finish Rate Outweighs a Perfect RecordThe phone buzzed while I was rearranging my notebook in Chiang Mai. On the...
Seven Wins in the Octagon, Not a Single Offer: Farid Basharat and How the UFC Prices an Unbeaten StreakIn the footage of Farid Basharat against John Garza, there is a moment in the...
16-0 and No Contract: When an Unbeaten Streak Is No Longer a Ticket Inside the OctagonAt two in the morning in Tokyo, I replayed the tape of Farid Basharat against...
Basharat Leaves UFC at 16-0: When the Octagon Prices Entertainment Above WinningOn Thursday, a short statement appeared on Farid Basharat's social media...
Farid Basharat Cut by UFC at 16-0: Finish Rate Is the Deciding NumberI watched Farid Basharat fight John Garza with a notebook and a stopwatch — a...
16-0 and Cut: The UFC Prices 'Undefeated' by Finish RateOn November 13, 2026, Farid Basharat — a 29-year-old man with a 16-0...
Farid Basharat cut by UFC: When a 16-0 run is no longer enough to buy a contractThere is one number I keep returning to when I read Farid Basharat's record:...
Farid Basharat and the 16-0 Problem: When an Unbeaten Streak Cannot Hold a UFC Roster SpotIn the small workroom in Incheon, I pulled up the tape of Farid Basharat's...
UFC bantamweight Barcelos out of hospital after health scare: Age 39 and a fifth-round knockout in the division of speedWhen Raoni Barcelos fell in the fifth round, the noise inside the arena in La...
Combat Sports Rumors and Empty Data: Why a Writer Must Slow DownIt is three in the morning in Osaka, and my phone lights up with a screenshot...
After the Bell: The Truth-Verifier in a Ring Full of NoiseAfter the Bell: The Truth-Verifier in a Ring Full of Noise The Silence After...
Sal Everett, Dana White's Personal Assistant, Earns UFC Contract with a Knockout: A Deep Professional AnalysisSal Everett, Dana White's Personal Assistant, Earns UFC Contract with a...
Sal Everett, Dana White's Personal Assistant, Earns UFC Contract with Knockout WinSal Everett, Dana White's Personal Assistant, Earns UFC Contract with Knockou...
Dana White's personal assistant knocks out Ozzy Martin to earn a UFC contract at Contender SeriesSal Everett, a 29-year-old fighter from Las Vegas, has officially become a UF...
When the Data Sheet Is Empty: The Line Between Analysis and Fabrication in Professional Combat SportsThe laptop opened and the screen showed a single line: no data. No fighter...
Pereira vs. Pavlovich: A Heavyweight Collision and the Question of Age LimitsThere is a moment in mixed martial arts that we often overlook: the moment wh...
Raoni Barcelos Out of Hospital After Round 5 KO: Four Days in Care and a Medical File Left ShutRound five. The clock inside the octagon in Las Vegas ticked past the...
Raoni Barcelos Discharged From Hospital After Health Scare: The Locker Room Does Not Lie About Age 39I stood close enough to the cage to hear the laboured breathing of a...
Raoni Barcelos and the Thin Line of Mortality: When Data Can No Longer Save 39-Year-Old LegsSince the 2026 World Cup, I've known that football doesn't live in the...
Barcelos Leaves the Cage on a Stretcher: The Data Behind a Round-5 TKO LossThe clock stopped in the fifth round. Raoni Barcelos did not walk out of the...
27 Reigns in 28 Years: How the Heaviest UFC Belt Learned to Live With EmptinessOn the night of September 7, 2026, I sat in front of my screen at three in th...
UFC Heavyweight: 27 Title Changes in 28 Years and a Belt Without an OwnerFrom Las Vegas, a belt without an owner That night in Las Vegas I stayed behi...
Cross-Promotional MMA Champions: Same Belt Name, One Weight Tier ApartSeven belts sit empty. UFC has no heavyweight champion. UFC has no women's...
The Global MMA Title Map: Six Promotions, Fifty-Plus Belts, and a Twenty-Pound Structural OffsetI keep the habit of logging every number each time I watch a weigh-in. Last...
Jaylen Brown and the Pre-Season Punch: When an NBA Star Rewrites His Own ContractOn October 21, the Philadelphia 76ers open their season against the New York...
Between Strike and Data: Martial Arts as a Self-Contradicting EcosystemTwo minutes and one second of the fifth round. By that point every scorecard ...
