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Southpaws are 10% of people but a huge share of champions. Here’s why the open-stance matchup, lead-foot battle, and angles quietly decide MMA fights.

The oblique kick hyperextends knees and has ended fights without a single punch landing. Here’s how MMA’s most controversial leg strike works, why Jon Jones made it famous, and how to shut it down.

O’Malley walked off after stopping Aiemann Zahabi at the White House and called out Petr Yan. Here’s why the rematch is next — and why Merab is still the real wall.

Manel Kape avenged a decade-old loss to Kyoji Horiguchi with a Round 3 TKO at UFC Vegas 119. Here’s why his comeback knockout just reshuffled the entire UFC flyweight title picture.

Mauricio Ruffy KO’d Michael Chandler with a spinning wheel kick at UFC Freedom 250. Inside the One Shot Brazilian’s range game, his Fighting Nerds blueprint, and the path to a UFC lightweight title shot.

A clean liver shot drops conditioned fighters who could have eaten the same fighter’s head shot for ten rounds. Why body punching has quietly become the most efficient finishing tool in 2026 boxing, and how TKO Tycoon models the math.

Most MMA footwork drills die the second a real opponent shows up. Here are the five that carry over — and how cage cutting beat speed at Freedom 250.

Merab Dvalishvili turned the bantamweight division into a stamina audit. Here’s the chain-wrestling, cardio-stacking blueprint behind the Machine’s title reign — and how to copy it in TKO Tycoon.

UFC 329 lands July 11, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena with McGregor vs Holloway 2 at welterweight. The 13-year rematch is the wrong style draw for a five-year layoff. Here’s why Conor picked the worst possible comeback opponent.

Justin Gaethje shocked Ilia Topuria at the White House Freedom 250 card to claim the UFC lightweight title. Here is the breakdown of the style that finally got him the belt.