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Every Current UFC Champion Finishes With Strikes — Islam Makhachev Is the Last One Winning by Grappling

Every Current UFC Champion Finishes With Strikes — Islam Makhachev Is the Last One Winning by Grappling

Go through the UFC title picture right now. Ask how each champion got there.
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Taira Has Eight Submission Wins Going Into His First Title Shot — UFC 328 Spent Fight Week Talking About Guns

Taira Has Eight Submission Wins Going Into His First Title Shot — UFC 328 Spent Fight Week Talking About Guns

Eight submission wins in the UFC. An 18-1 professional record.
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Daniel Gracie Black Belt vs Knockout Artist At UFC 328 — Buckley Says The Loser Is Getting Cut

Daniel Gracie Black Belt vs Knockout Artist At UFC 328 — Buckley Says The Loser Is Getting Cut

One of these guys gets cut on May 9. That's the line Joaquin Buckley dropped to MMA Junkie's Mike Bohn ahead of UFC 328: the loser of his welterweight bout with Sean Brady "is getting cut"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEKpy4oxj-0 from the UFC roster.
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Luke Rockhold Says None of Modern BJJ Works in MMA. His Co-Host Dismantled the Argument in Real Time.

Luke Rockhold Says None of Modern BJJ Works in MMA. His Co-Host Dismantled the Argument in Real Time.

Luke Rockhold won a UFC middleweight title with some of the best offensive jiu-jitsu in MMA history. He won a blue belt silver medal at Pan Amshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LukeRockhold and a purple belt gold at Worlds before he ever stepped in the cage.
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The Numbers Behind the Most Grappling-Dependent UFC Title Challenger in Years

The Numbers Behind the Most Grappling-Dependent UFC Title Challenger in Years

There's a number floating around that should make every jiu-jitsu practitioner sit up straight. That's the percentage of Tatsuro Taira's significant strikes that come from the ground.
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Dern vs Robertson: Two BJJ Black Belts Might Actually Fight for a UFC Title

Dern vs Robertson: Two BJJ Black Belts Might Actually Fight for a UFC Title

Mackenzie Dern was sitting at a Celebrity Poker Tour table in Las Vegas when she casually dropped what might be the most significant matchmaking news in women's MMA this year. "They're kind of talking about giving me Gillian Robertson." Not a press conference.
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