Sitemap - 2024 - The MMA Draw Newsletter
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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 Technical Preview: Everything we can learn from Edwards vs Muhammad 1
Contempt from the Court: The fate of the UFC antitrust settlement
UFC Vegas 94 picks and predictions
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
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
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?
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
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
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
The angry & embittered take on UFC 301
UFC 301 Technical Preview: Steve Erceg is a tough fight for Alexandre Pantoja
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
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
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
Sports betting scandals: What The UFC can teach MLB and the NBA
UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot picks and predictions
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
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
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