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Natalia Silva vs Wang Cong: Neither Fades, So Who Owns Round 4?
Silva vs Wang at UFC 332, round by round: both women get busier as fights go on, and neither has seen a fourth round. What the per-round numbers say.
Oct 2, 2026 · 7 min read
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King Green vs Esteban Ribovics: How Green Wins at UFC 332
King Green vs Esteban Ribovics breakdown for UFC 332: shared opponents, the accuracy gap, the takedown that beat Ribovics before, and Green's round-one problem.
Oct 1, 2026 · 7 min read
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How Ateba Gautier beats Roman Kopylov: the first five minutes
Gautier vs Kopylov at UFC 332: our model gives Gautier 69.9 percent. His knockdowns come in round one, Kopylov's come later. The per-fight numbers inside.
Sep 30, 2026 · 7 min read
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How George Staines wins at DWCS 94: output, takedowns, patience
How George Staines wins against Loai Abushaar at DWCS 94: the 10-0 lightweight's striking output, takedown game and the one number Abushaar can attack.
Sep 28, 2026 · 4 min read
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How Raul Rosas Jr. Beats Raoni Barcelos: Chain the Takedowns
Raul Rosas Jr. vs Raoni Barcelos breakdown: why Rosas wins on the second and third shot, not the first, and the three places Barcelos can break the chain.
Sep 25, 2026 · 8 min read
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How Rodolfo Vieira beats Robert Bryczek: the round-one window
Rodolfo Vieira vs Robert Bryczek breakdown for UFC Fight Night 289: Vieira's takedowns by round, Bryczek's defense, and why the first five minutes decide it.
Sep 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Umar Nurmagomedov vs Song Yadong: the fence, not the takedown
Umar Nurmagomedov vs Song Yadong breakdown: why the UFC Shanghai main event turns on cage control, not takedowns, with round-by-round receipts.
Aug 28, 2026 · 7 min read
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Dolidze vs de Ridder: the failed takedown is the whole point
Dolidze vs de Ridder headlines the co-main in Sacramento. De Ridder lands 29% of his UFC takedowns and controls 28 minutes anyway. His first fight at 205.
Aug 21, 2026 · 7 min read
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How Gregory Rodrigues beats Anthony Hernandez: the round one window
Hernandez vs Rodrigues breakdown: four first-round knockouts in Gregory Rodrigues' last seven wins say the UFC Sacramento main event has a window, and a clock.
Aug 19, 2026 · 4 min read
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Ian Machado Garry's takedown defense didn't fail at UFC 330
Makhachev landed seven takedowns on Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330, and Garry stopped eight. The story is not bad defense, it is a champion who shot 15 times.
Aug 16, 2026 · 5 min read
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UFC 330: How Ian Machado Garry survives Islam Makhachev
UFC 330 technique breakdown: the takedown chain Ian Machado Garry must break to survive Islam Makhachev, with numbers from the Della Maddalena and Belal fights.
Aug 13, 2026 · 5 min read
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Gamrot vs Salkilld: how you out-wrestle a 26-fight wrestler
Gamrot vs Salkilld breakdown: Salkilld lands more takedowns per 15 minutes than Gamrot, and 19 attempts bought Gamrot two minutes on Dariush.
Aug 7, 2026 · 6 min read