• 2 November 2026Control without damage wins half the timeAcross 4,429 UFC fights since 2018, the fighter with two minutes more control won 92% of the time when he also out-landed his opponent, and 46% when he didn't.
• 21 October 2026Unbeaten isn't the same as dominantMovsar Evloev is 10–0 in the UFC and second on our featherweight board. He is also the least dominant winner in its top 15.
• 21 October 2026It takes fewer punches to drop a UFC fighter nowSince late 2025, a knockdown has come every 146 landed strikes. From 2018 to 2024 it took 211. Here is what we checked, and what we can't explain yet.
• 21 October 2026Volkanovski's comeback in numbersBack at No. 1 at featherweight after three losses in a year, and still some way short of his 2022 peak.
• 15 October 2026Strickland beat Chimaev. Why is Chimaev still above him?The middleweight champion is third on our board, behind the man he took the belt from. The long answer.
• 15 October 2026Usman v Edwards 2: the hardest fight we scoreUsman led on almost every number for 24 minutes, then lost to one kick. How we score that night, and why.
• 14 October 2026Top of the board, without a dominant winIslam Makhachev has the highest published rating on the site from two welterweight fights, and neither clears our line for a dominant win. Both are true.