Valter Walker tied Rousimar Palhares’s UFC heel hook record in 14 months. The heel hook submission isn’t a niche trick anymore — it’s the most efficient finishing weapon in modern MMA, and most fighters still defend it wrong.
The MMA clinch decides more title fights than any highlight-reel knockout. Here is how the Muay Thai plum, dirty boxing, and cage pressure actually work — and why clinch fighters keep stealing round three.
The MMA sprawl is the quiet move that decides title fights. Here is how it works, who does it best, and why TKO Tycoon models takedown defense as a chain, not a single stat.
Islam Makhachev choked out Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 to become a two-division UFC champion — and reset the entire pound-for-pound conversation. Here’s how the 2026 rankings actually shape up under the new performance-based system.
Sixteen of seventeen wins by first-round finish. Manuel Torres takes on a 1-4 Rafael Fiziev at UFC Baku on June 27 in a fight where one career doesn’t survive. Preview, prediction, and what it teaches about TKO Tycoon.
MMA conditioning is three energy systems doing three different jobs, and training them wrong is why title contenders gas out in Round 3. Inside Joel Jamieson’s framework and the TKO Tycoon model.
The UFC announced at Vegas 118 it’s scrapping its 13-year-old media voting panel for a performance-based rankings system. Here’s what changes for fighters, fans, and the politics of who gets a title shot.
Manel Kape and Kyoji Horiguchi run it back nine years after their RIZIN Grand Prix semi-final. The flyweight rematch headlines UFC Vegas 119 on June 20, 2026, with the next title shot on the line.
Alex Pereira moves up to heavyweight at the White House to face Ciryl Gane and chase a historic third UFC belt. Here is why the matchup is sharper than the fans realize and how it sets up the real money fight with Tom Aspinall.
Gabriel Bonfim has 13 career submissions and Belal Muhammad just hit the first losing streak of his pro career. The June 6 UFC welterweight main event will reset the 2026 title picture.