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Two very different directions for RIZIN & PFL heading in 2025

Can UFC rely on PFL for a PRIDE-style talent infusion?

How freak show fights & holiday haymakers changed combat sports

How Donald Trump could unwittingly kill combat sports' cash cow

Why is Dana White suddenly pushing for Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall?

TKO's 2025 UFC & WWE plan: submission by suffocation strategy

UFC Tampa picks and predictions

The MMA Draw Podcast: UFC business in 2025

What UFC 310 revealed: Dana White's PRIDE nostalgia trip

UFC 310 picks and predictions

The MMA Draw 2024 Leftovers Audio Special

Kai Asakura can be UFC's golden goose...

Ariel Helwani Triggers Boxing Backlash

Has UFC burned Las Vegas for numbered shows?

The MMA Draw 2024 Thanksgiving Audio Special

The UFC Missed Their Chance to Dump Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor Lost The Case In Civil Court, But Is He Done?

UFC Macau picks and predictions

Will Abu Dhabi use UFC to monopolize Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

What Do You Want From The MMA Draw?

Did Netflix Flunk Its Audition With Tyson vs Paul?

UFC 309 at MSG: Target Practice for Jesus and Trump

UFC 309 picks and predictions: Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic

Jon Jones is the GOAT, but no one is inspired to watch UFC 309

Who owns the UFC? Where is the big money going?

The UFC's Three Greatest Legends Are All A-Holes

UFC Vegas 100 picks and predictions

Ari Emanuel bet big on Trump, now it's time for the UFC to collect

Sex workers vs. cage fighters: who wins the exploitation sweepstakes?

It Don't Matter Anymore: UFC in NYC

UFC Edmonton picks and predictions

What is the real truth for damaged UFC antitrust fighters?

Saudi business deals connect PFL, Yahoo, Uncrowned

UFC 308 picks and predictions

Endeavor TKO's Wall Street, UFC, and WWE customers with low blow$

What's next after approval of UFC $375M antitrust settlement

UFC 308 Technical Preview: Topuria vs Holloway is MMA at its finest

Major surprises await Judge Boulware in proposed $375M UFC antitrust settlement

UFC Vegas 99 picks and predictions

In The Red Corner

Ugliness surfaces on brink of $375M UFC antitrust settlement

Savage influencers show old MMA media dogs what sells in 2024

UFC Vegas 98 picks and predictions

UFC Fans Mostly Hate Women's MMA and Who Can Blame Them?

How much does it cost to buy the UFC's respect?

UFC 307 picks and predictions

The biggest What If in UFC history

UFC 307 Technical Preview: Another stylistic layup for Alex Pereira?

The first test of TKO's marriage with Netflix: Mr. McMahon

UFC Paris picks and predictions

What the proposed $375 million UFC antitrust settlement means

The one pathway for UFC, boxing, and Saudi Arabia to get married

Does Ariel Helwani have a Turki in his back pocket?

UFC's war with MGM reveals changing Las Vegas politics

Who could replace Dana White as The Face of UFC?

UFC 306: The night Endeavor's Sphere of Hollywood influence was cemented

UFC 306 picks and predictions

Where's the TKO victory lap for the UFC 306 Sphere event?

UFC 306 Technical Preview: Throwing a Wrench into The Machine

Dana White hedging his bets going into UFC 306 at The Sphere

Double steroid & yakuza scandals rock Japanese MMA scene

UFC Vegas 97 picks and predictions

UFC's global aspirations complicated by Elon Musk vs. Brazil

There's no joy in UFC's Saudi Sphere of influence

Dana White's Five Pillars of Failure

How Ariel Helwani Got Over on Dana White

A UFC antitrust love letter to Dana White & Lawrence Epstein

UFC Vegas 96 picks and predictions

Ariel Helwani's new media property is MMA media's last, best hope

UFC 305 Technical Breakdown: This is why DDP keeps getting away with it

The UFC's 'American Dream' is value extraction and vulture capitalism

Why the Nelk Boys got a better Dana White interview than MMA media's best

UFC 305 picks and predictions

Ariel Helwani leaves Vox Media and where does that leave the fans?

UFC 305 Technical Preview: Adesanya needs a return to form

Turki Alalshikh tries treating Canelo the way he treats Dana White

Today's crap UFC robs fans of great fighters

UFC Vegas 95 picks and predictions

TKO blames ESPN for price hikes, increased piracy

The UFC decides the best antitrust defense is an offensive against the Judge

Dana White vs. Judge Boulware, MGM, and The World

UFC Abu Dhabi picks and predictions

The ONE Championship files, Part 2: Just who is the man in the suit?

Rejected: Why Judge Boulware said no to UFC antitrust settlement

UFC 304 Technical Breakdown: Executing a perfect game plan

Weighing in on Jon Jones' legal situation

UFC 304 picks and predictions

UFC 304 Technical Preview: Everything we can learn from Edwards vs Muhammad 1

Contempt from the Court: The fate of the UFC antitrust settlement

Plaudits to Drew Dober

UFC Vegas 94 picks and predictions

Dana White goes to Milwaukee

UFC Bonus System needs a boost

UFC Denver: Namajunas vs. Cortez picks and predictions

The Saudi's Sphere of UFC influence on 9/11 week

Look what Khamzat's been reduced to

The UFC's new Iceman

How much is President Trump 2.0 worth to UFC & WWE?

UFC 303 Technical Breakdown: How Alex Pereira made the rematch a walk in the park

At TKO, they love the game - just not the fight game

Time for a UFC farm system

UFC 303 picks and predictions

You are no longer the UFC's primary customer

Will Pereira vs Prochazka 2 be any different than the first?

Shrinking streaming field limits UFC options long-term

UFC avoids karma to our great fortune

The UFC crosses the event horizon into Saudi Arabia

UFC Saudi Arabia picks and predictions

Bury my MMA heart in Judge Boulware's court

On second thought: UFC antitrust Judge Richard Boulware smells a rat?

Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown

UFC Vegas 93 picks and predictions

WTF is going on with Conor McGregor & UFC 303?

Meet the next UFC boss

A giant Turki has landed in the American fight scene

The UFC Can't Blame Conor If UFC 303 Falls Apart

UFC Louisville picks and predictions

What is the real motive behind Dana's White-washing of UFC & MMA history?

UFC 302 Technical Breakdown: Makhachev Outstrikes and Submits Poirier

Muddled UFC middleweight picture

The ONE Championship files, Part 1: Employees expose 'hyped talent,' control and retaliation

If the UFC can rehab Trump's brand, Dana White should be the next Vice-President

UFC 302 picks and predictions

Ari Emanuel's UFC is combat capitalism with Chinese characteristics

UFC 302 Technical Preview: Can Poirier Exploit a Chink in Makhachev's Armor?

Island hopping mad: Enson Inoue's 'drug candy' scandal in Japan

Roadtripping to see the UFC in the 1990s

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Dana White

The Spirit of MMA

UFC Vegas 93 picks and predictions

'Intimate and embarrassing': Texas moves to hide TKO (UFC/WWE) contracts & communications

UFC needs to strike while the Max Holloway iron is hot

So, how much did St Louis pay to bring the UFC to town?

UFC St. Louis: Lewis vs. Nascimento picks

TKO's legal war against your taxpayer rights

UFC 301 Technical Breakdown: Why mixing it up isn't always necessary

Money or Notoriety

The angry & embittered take on UFC 301

UFC 301 picks and predictions

UFC 301 Technical Preview: Steve Erceg is a tough fight for Alexandre Pantoja

Ari Emanuel won big in 2023

Conor McGregor's Bare Knuckle Blockbuster

Ronda Rousey's rocky media relations

UFC on ESPN: Nicholau vs. Perez picks and predictions

A FITE for survival: What the death of Triller might mean for fans

Ditch the Apex

Dana White's brutally brilliant one-sided campaign against talking heads

Dana White distracts MMA media while Ari Emanuel makes major moves

Ari Emanuel's new Endeavor after UFC 300 & Wrestlemania XL

UFC 300 Technical Breakdown: BMF Bodywork and Brawls

The UFC 300 aftermath is coming

The NYT celebrates Dana White's victory lap and misses the story of UFC 300

UFC 300: Max Holloway is a legend in his own time

UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill live thread

UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill picks and predictions

Left hooks and low kicks: How Alex Pereira can beat Jamahal Hill at UFC 300

Dana White's Big Bucks: The rich & powerful behind Mr. Health & Fitness

A Modest 5-Round Proposal

UFC 300 Technical Preview: The Lightweights and Weili Zhang

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2 picks and predictions

You can take the UFC out of the Apex but you can't take the Apex out of the UFC

Vivisection & 6th Round here to stay

Germaine de Randamie Returns

Sports betting scandals: What The UFC can teach MLB and the NBA

UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot picks and predictions

What's next?

TUF makes the UFC's flyweight problem even worse

What leverage is left for fans to stop price increases after the UFC antitrust settlement?

Even Dana White doesn't love the UFC anymore

UFC on ESPN: Ribas vs. Namajunas picks and predictions

The best combat sports event this weekend is a Sumo tournament

10 major initial takeaways from UFC antitrust lawsuit settlement

Matchmaking is hard: Namajunas vs Ribas edtion

Your life as a fight fan could change if the fighters win their UFC antitrust lawsuit

UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura staff picks and predictions

There is one best option to headline UFC 301

UFC 299 Technical Breakdown: The secret to Sean O'Malley's success

Sean O'Malley was right, he's way better than Marlon Vera

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 live thread

UFC 299 staff picks and predictions: Sean O'Malley vs. Marlon Vera 2 is tough to call!

UFC 299 Technical Preview: Are Sean O'Malley's feints his biggest key to victory?

UFC sees increases in revenue, earnings, and fighter costs

No more Google business for us, no more Bloody Elbow for me

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev staff picks and predictions

UFC lawsuit settlement? Zuffa, fighters now in 'private mediation'

UFC Mexico City: Moreno vs. Royval 2 open thread

UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 staff picks and predictions

Without USADA, how will fights change? - I Did Some Digging

UFC 298 Technical Breakdown: So much more than a one-punch KO

Alexander Volkanovski falls at one of MMA's toughest hurdles

UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria live thread

UFC 298 staff picks and predictions

Ilia Topuria: positioned for greatness

Trash Talk, how far is too far? - I Did Some Digging

Does Dana White tell the truth? This is how he answered under oath

A reminder of what MMA can be

UFC Vegas 86: Hermansson vs. Pyfer Live Thread

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer staff picks and predictions

Discussing the Gina Carano situation with a former UFC executive - I Did Some Digging

Leaked and deleted texts: UFC execs trash Scott Coker, Bellator, former fighters

UFC & Dustin Poirier: The more things change...

Did Jon Jones actually earn more than his brother in the NFL? - The Fine Art of Violence

UFC Vegas 85: Dolidze vs. Imavov live thread

UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov staff picks and predictions

Leaked texts: Dana White trashes 'scumbag' Jon Jones, asks to 'bury' Mark Hunt

'Tyrant Chatri is the best!' The $500 million dollar black ship arrived in Japan at ONE 165

The 2024 Substack supporter collection - The Fine Art of Violence

The biggest fight for the UFC this April takes place not in the cage but in a courtroom

UFC 297 Technical Breakdown: How strategy can beat technique

Full UFC contracts for Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, dozens of MMA stars revealed from lawsuit

Punisher Bass, Josh Samman, Bloody Elbow and me

Least dominant UFC champion? - Raquel Pennington enters the conversation

UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis live thread

UFC 297 staff picks and predictions

UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis - Expert analysis and predictions from the MMA Vivisection team

Making sense of Dricus Du Plessis

UFC is discovering two big surprises from their Saudi sugar daddy

Special clauses for McGregor, Rousey: Urijah Faber and Holly Holm's unique UFC contracts revealed

Jim Miller: A rare bright spot in the UFC's version of combat sports

UFC Vegas 84: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 Live Thread

UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker staff picks and predictions

Deserves got nothing to do with it. Jones vs Stipe and Ngannou vs Joshua - The Fine Art of Violence

Mike Goldberg reacts to famous flubs, 'Michael Jordan of BJJ' having son named Jourdan

Tony Weeks, an early stoppage and an aneurysm? What happens in Vegas apparently doesn't stay in Vegas

Contract negotiations revealed: Ronda Rousey asked for better pay, separate deal for Cris Cyborg

The curious case of Andrei Arlovski

UFC 300 could be a dark night without stars - The Fine Art of Violence

Why the UFC is trying to change copyright law

Thank you substack subscribers - The Fine Art of Violence