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…
Valentina Shevchenko’s fighting style is built on elite Muay Thai clinch work, precise counter-striking, and a wrestling game that turned her into the UFC’s record-holder for career takedowns by a woman. She used all three to dominate Zhang Weili at UFC 322, and even after vacating the flyweight title through injury in September 2026, her…
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.