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Rules · Analysis
How the unified rules shaped modern MMA
A single rulebook turned a scattered set of regional contests into a sport that could be judged, licensed and compared across promotions.
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Judging · Analysis
The ten-point must system and its flaws
Borrowed from boxing, the ten-point must system asks judges to compress a five-minute round into a single number, and the compression is where the arguments start.
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Judging · Blog
What judges are actually scoring in a round
Effective striking, effective grappling, control and aggression sound like a checklist, but they are ranked, not summed, and that ordering decides close rounds.
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Weight · Feature
The physics and cost of weight cutting
Cutting water weight before a fight and rehydrating afterwards can create a genuine size advantage, but the method borrows against the fighter's own performance to do it.
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Structure · Analysis
Why five rounds changes the pacing
A championship fight is not simply a three-round fight extended; the extra ten minutes changes what a fighter can risk in the opening rounds.
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Grappling · Analysis
Wrestling as a control tool
The most valuable wrestling in MMA is often the wrestling that never produces a visible takedown, because its real job is deciding where a fight happens.
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Grappling · Blog
Guard retention, the quiet skill nobody notices
Keeping a fighter from passing your guard rarely produces a highlight, but it is often the difference between an even round and a lost one.
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Grappling · Analysis
The double-leg takedown setup explained
The double-leg looks like a single explosive motion, but almost all of its success is decided in the setup that happens before the shot ever starts.
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Striking · Feature
The rise of the calf kick
A low kick once treated as a secondary weapon became one of the sport's most efficient tools once fighters worked out how cheaply it could be thrown and how expensively it accumulates.
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Striking · Analysis
Southpaw geometry and why it confuses orthodox fighters
A southpaw fighter does not simply mirror an orthodox opponent; the change in lead foot rearranges which lines are open and which are dangerous.
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Clinch · Blog
Clinch work, the forgotten range
Between striking distance and the ground sits the clinch, a range with its own grips, strikes and takedowns that rarely gets the attention either extreme receives.
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Clinch · Feature
Cage control and the fence game
The cage is not just a boundary; it is a tool that fighters use deliberately to remove an opponent's space and options.
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