Category: MMA
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How the UFC Learned to Imitate What It Once Tried to Erase
After decades of dismissing Japanese MMA as illegitimate, the UFC now copies its spectacle while preserving a tightly managed corporate order
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UFC 324 Was Not a Debut. It Was a Warning
Marketed as a launch, UFC 324 exposed a platform built on risk shifted downward, eroding trust for fighters and fans while prioritizing valuation over sport.
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The UFC’s New Streaming Era Isn’t Built for Fighters
A historic UFC media deal promised growth, but flat fighter pay reveals how streaming shifts leverage upward, erasing PPV power and athlete upside.
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Ariel Helwani Is Bored by the UFC He Helped Build
Helwani’s complaint about an “uninspired” UFC reveals a contradiction at the heart of access journalism and the media system that normalized it.
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Fighting in the Age of Collapse
As institutions fail and collapse becomes constant, the UFC thrives as pure spectacle; yet every movement in the cage still carries older histories of resistance.
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Brawl at UFC 322 Sparks Renewed McGregor–Khabib Tensions
A cageside fight involving Dillon Danis and Islam Makhachev’s team halted UFC 322, reviving a bitter rivalry and raising new concerns about security at major events.
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