Hot Takes

Demetrious Johnson would have been a pay-per-view star if he weighed 50 pounds more. Flyweight robbed him of the spotlight.

Takedown defence wins more title fights than knockout power.

Strikes absorbed per minute is the most important stat in MMA. It tells you who lasts.

Instant replay for eye pokes and low blows should be standard. It's 2026.

Kamaru Usman at his peak was better than Georges St-Pierre at his peak.

Power Slap is the worst thing the UFC brand has ever been attached to.

Amanda Nunes is the greatest female fighter of all time. Two belts at once, and she beat the best of her era.

José Aldo is the greatest featherweight ever. Thirteen seconds against Conor doesn't change a decade.

Valentina Shevchenko is the best women's flyweight on the planet, with or without the belt.

Arman Tsarukyan is the best lightweight without a belt and it isn't close.

Holly Holm's head kick on Ronda Rousey is the most important knockout in women's MMA history.

Superfights should only happen after you clear out your own division.

Islam Makhachev at welterweight is scarier than Islam at lightweight ever was.

Daniel Cormier is the best fighter never to beat his rival.

Pure jiu-jitsu is dead at the elite level. Wrestling wins belts, jiu-jitsu wins highlights.

Fans who boo wrestling don't understand what they're watching.

Stipe Miocic is the greatest heavyweight in UFC history. Nobody else defended that belt three times in a row.

Daniel Cormier was a better heavyweight than light heavyweight and nobody talks about it.

Conor McGregor's best version only lasted about two years, and those two years were better than most whole careers.

Josh Hokit getting a title shot at 4-0 in the UFC tells you everything about heavyweight depth.