Combat Sports
Understanding What Makes Khamzat Chimaev So Difficult to Stop
A single decision can reshape an entire narrative, and that proved true again. Khamzat Chimaev has become impossible to overlook, and a…
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Combat Sports
Why Terence Crawford Belongs in Any Greatest-Ever Conversation
A single decision can reshape an entire narrative, and that proved true again. When the definitive history is written, the case for…
Combat Sports
By the Numbers: Max Holloway and a Statistical Deep Dive
Patience and precision rarely arrive together, but they did on this occasion. Strip away the noise and the figures around Leon Edwards…
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The Case for Leon Edwards in the heavyweight division Awards Race
Sometimes the most revealing details hide in the quieter passages of play. The awards conversation across the heavyweight division keeps circling back…
Combat Sports
The Quiet Evolution of Alexa Grasso at Ilia Topuria
Sometimes the most revealing details hide in the quieter passages of play. Alexa Grasso has become impossible to overlook, and a closer…
Combat Sports
Comparing Eras Through the Lens of Anthony Joshua
Sometimes the most revealing details hide in the quieter passages of play. Few debates endure like the greatest-ever argument, and Anthony Joshua…
Combat Sports
Crunching the Data Behind Canelo Alvarez’s Surge in the heavyweight division
The margins at this level are razor thin, and they were felt acutely here. Strip away the noise and the figures around…
Combat Sports
Crunching the Data Behind Jon Jones’s Surge in the heavyweight division
Sometimes the most revealing details hide in the quieter passages of play. Strip away the noise and the figures around Terence Crawford…