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News
Mason Jones is quietly 3-0 in his second UFC run
Mason Jones faces MarQuel Mederos at UFC Sacramento riding three straight wins since his UFC return, five years after his first run ended at 2-2 with a no contest.
Aug 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Technique
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
News
Anthony Hernandez restarts the climb against Gregory Rodrigues
Anthony Hernandez headlines UFC Sacramento against Gregory Rodrigues six months after Sean Strickland snapped his streak, with the middleweight queue wide open.
Aug 19, 2026 · 2 min read
News
Cyborg vs Vieira: unbeaten in MMA since 2018, 8-0 in boxing
Cris Cyborg is 41, has not lost an MMA fight since December 2018 and is 8-0 as a pro boxer. Ketlen Vieira, fresh from the UFC, meets her at PFL Tampa.
Aug 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Investigations
Dolidze vs de Ridder: the takedown numbers behind the odds
Reinier de Ridder has landed 12 of 48 UFC takedowns. Roman Dolidze's 32% takedown defense is one bad night. Inside Dolidze vs de Ridder in Sacramento.
Aug 18, 2026 · 6 min read
Investigations
Hernandez vs Rodrigues: the control-time case, and its flaw
Anthony Hernandez controls 52.3% of his UFC middleweight cage time, second only to Chimaev. Hernandez vs Rodrigues, and the knockout blueprint against him.
Aug 18, 2026 · 6 min read
Investigations
Edson Barboza at 40: four straight losses, two KOs in eight months
Edson Barboza after UFC 330: 33 UFC fights, four straight losses, 1,855 significant strikes absorbed and nine knockdowns endured before Esteban Ribovics.
Aug 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Editorials
Islam Makhachev won a championship round without landing a strike
Makhachev vs Machado Garry scorecards, round by round: Garry outlanded the champion 29 to 22 and still lost, and round five went to Makhachev on zero strikes.
Aug 17, 2026 · 5 min read
News
Sal D'Amato judged both UFC 330 title fights and 1,069 UFC bouts
UFC 330 scorecards: Sal D'Amato scored three of the four decisions, including both title fights, and his ledger now runs to 1,096 judged fights.
Aug 17, 2026 · 3 min read
News
UFC 330 payouts: what Makhachev, Dern and every fighter made
UFC 330 payouts and bonuses from Philadelphia: four $100,000 awards, $830,500 in verified money, and what we estimate Islam Makhachev and Mackenzie Dern earned.
Aug 16, 2026 · 6 min read
News
UFC 330 upsets: the four fighters the market talked itself out of
UFC 330 upsets: Jeremiah Wells closed near plus 900 for the biggest UFC underdog win of 2026, and all four upset winners drifted further out during fight week.
Aug 16, 2026 · 4 min read
Technique
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
Recaps
UFC 330 results: Makhachev grinds down Machado Garry in Philly
UFC 330 results and analysis from Philadelphia: Islam Makhachev lands seven takedowns on Ian Machado Garry, Mackenzie Dern outlasts Gillian Robertson.
Aug 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Previews
UFC 330: our model's two tickets and the champ it won't back
UFC 330 predictions and odds: our model's two parlay tickets, the 29-point gap the books are missing, and why Islam Makhachev is the worst value on the card.
Aug 15, 2026 · 8 min read
Recaps
ONE Fight Night 46 results: Hemetsberger knocks out Diachkova
ONE Fight Night 46 results: Stella Hemetsberger KOs Natalia Diachkova to keep the strawweight Muay Thai title, Nico Carrillo rolls on, Team Lakay eats an upset.
Aug 15, 2026 · 4 min read
Previews
Dern vs Robertson: the submission queens settle it at UFC 330
Dern vs Robertson prediction for UFC 330: the two best submission artists in UFC women's history meet for the strawweight title. The model backs the underdog.
Aug 15, 2026 · 5 min read
Previews
UFC 330 predictions: Makhachev vs Machado Garry full card picks
UFC 330 predictions for all 12 fights: Makhachev vs Machado Garry, Dern vs Robertson, and our AI model's pick for every bout in Philadelphia.
Aug 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Investigations
Makhachev vs Machado Garry: the UFC 330 main event by the numbers
Makhachev vs Machado Garry by the numbers: age, reach, one welterweight fight of sample, and why UFC 330's main event is closer than the odds say.
Aug 14, 2026 · 5 min read
News
UFC 330 odds: where our AI model splits from the books
UFC 330 odds vs our AI model: the books favor Dern, Turner and Fernando, the model disagrees, led by a 28 point gap on Tobias vs Fernando.
Aug 14, 2026 · 4 min read
News
UFC 330 card, start times and how to watch Makhachev vs Garry
UFC 330 full fight card, start times and how to watch Makhachev vs Machado Garry and Dern vs Robertson on Saturday, August 15 in Philadelphia.
Aug 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Technique
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
Previews
Vakhaev vs Aliakbari, Hemetsberger vs Diachkova: weekend preview
Weekend preview and predictions for ACA 206 Vakhaev vs Aliakbari, ONE Fight Night 46 Hemetsberger vs Diachkova, and ONE Friday Fights 166 in Bangkok.
Aug 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Previews
UFC 330: Barboza vs Ribovics is the bonus fight in plain sight
UFC 330 preview: Edson Barboza brings 12 career bonuses, Esteban Ribovics Fight of the Night in three of his last four. The math says violence.
Aug 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Editorials
The winningest welterweight in UFC history opens UFC 330
Neil Magny owns the UFC welterweight wins record with 24, six clear of Georges St-Pierre. At UFC 330 he fights second on the card, at age 39.
Aug 12, 2026 · 4 min read