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Tsarukyan went 1 for 10 on takedowns and knocked Ruffy out
Arman Tsarukyan landed one takedown from ten attempts against Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 331, then finished him at 4:56 of round one. The failed shots were the point.
Sep 21, 2026 · 5 min read
Joshua Van vs Pantoja 2: how volume beat 9:11 of control
Joshua Van beat Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 331 despite conceding five takedowns and 9:11 of control. The round-by-round numbers show how he did it, and why.
Sep 21, 2026 · 5 min read
Tsarukyan vs Ruffy: the 86 percent nobody has tested
Mauricio Ruffy has 86 percent takedown defense going into UFC 331, but opponents have shot 23 times and one man landed all three. What Arman Tsarukyan changes.
Sep 18, 2026 · 6 min read
UFC 331: Joshua Van, Alexandre Pantoja and the 26 second problem
Joshua Van vs Alexandre Pantoja 2 at UFC 331: what the 26-second knockout hid, what Tatsuro Taira proved in round one, and the one takedown that decides the rematch.
Sep 17, 2026 · 6 min read
ONE Samurai 3: What Actually Happened in Yokohama
ONE Samurai 3 breakdown: six of ten fights in Yokohama ended before the judges, from a come-from-behind knockout to a two-attempt submission.
Sep 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Blaydes vs Cortes Acosta: The Model Doesn't Trust the Line
Vegas prices Waldo Cortes Acosta a two-thirds favorite over Curtis Blaydes at UFC Noche. Our model has it near a coin flip, and the wrestling numbers say why.
Sep 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Jean Silva vs Jose Delgado: read the takedown column
Jean Silva vs Jose Delgado breakdown for Noche UFC: ten knockdowns between them, but the takedown numbers say who really wins the main event.
Sep 10, 2026 · 6 min read
Fiorot vs Grasso: the grappling numbers are backwards
Manon Fiorot vs Alexa Grasso breakdown: 33 takedowns conceded against 3, 54 minutes of control time, and why Noche UFC decides the next women flyweight title shot.
Sep 8, 2026 · 5 min read
UFC Paris breakdown: Parnasse went high, Hooker went low
Dan Hooker landed 14 strikes against Salahdine Parnasse and 12 were leg kicks. A breakdown of the UFC Paris main event, the open stance and a plan that never paid.
Sep 5, 2026 · 5 min read
Michael Page vs Ruziboev: the knockout that stopped coming
UFC Paris technique breakdown: Michael Page has gone five UFC fights without a finish and Nursulton Ruziboev lands 80 percent of his takedowns. How it collides.
Sep 5, 2026 · 5 min read
Ziam vs Sola: subtraction against addition in Paris
Fares Ziam wins by taking fights away and Axel Sola wins by piling them on. The UFC Paris co-main is a coin flip between two opposite methods.
Sep 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Hooker vs Parnasse: The Chin Question Behind a -585 Favorite
A technique breakdown of Dan Hooker vs Salahdine Parnasse at UFC Paris: why Parnasse's finishing volume targets a chin that's failed three times since 2021.
Sep 3, 2026 · 6 min read