Kamaru Usman’s fighting style is wrestle-boxing: a Division II national champion’s double-leg and top control fused with a pressure-boxing attack that rarely slows down. He stalks forward behind a long jab, breaks opponents in the clinch with dirty boxing, and wins the same pace in round five that he started with in round one. It…
Brendan Allen (27-7, No. 5 middleweight) is a -142 favorite over Christian Leroy Duncan (15-2, No. 10) at UFC Vegas 122 on October 10 because his wrestling and submission game have no answer in Duncan’s resume, but Duncan’s spinning strikes and 10 knockouts in 15 wins give him a live finishing window in the first…
Islam Makhachev’s fighting style is built on Dagestani combat sambo, suffocating cage control, and a submission game with no single hole to plug. With UFC 330 against Ian Garry on August 15, here’s what makes the lightweight champion so hard to beat.