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MMA transfers
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Weight classes, five rounds, one cage
MMA transfers
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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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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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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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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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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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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.