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Tatsuro Taira wants to win a UFC title by doing the one thing nobody in MMA is supposed to do anymore: take people down and submit them. The 26-year-old from Okinawa — 18-1, eight submissions, a control time percentage that would make Khabib nod approvingly — was set to challenge Joshua Van for the flyweight belt at UFC 327 on April 11. Van pulled out with an injury, so the fight moves to UFC 328 on May 9 in Newark. Postponed. Not cancelled. Taira isn't going anywhere. Here's what makes this interesting for anyone who has ever pulled guard in...

Here's what you need to know about Tatsuro Taira: eight of his 18 wins are submissions. His control time percentage in the UFC flyweight division is 52.1% — second-best in the entire division. He lands 1.83 submission attempts per 15 minutes. His triangle armbar finish of Jesús Santos Aguilar was the 10th in UFC history. His favorite technique, per his own UFC bio, is the armbar. He was supposed to challenge Joshua Van for the UFC flyweight title at UFC 327 on April 11 in Miami. Supposed to. Van pulled out with an injury, and the fight has been rescheduled...

Demetrious Johnson retired from competition. Got inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Flew to California. And then — because Mighty Mouse has never had a functioning self-preservation instinct — decided to grapple the undefeated UFC middleweight champion who outweighs him by 60 pounds. It went about how you'd expect. And also not at all how you'd expect. Video surfaced last week, filmed by Bear Degidio from the Jaxxon Podcast, of Johnson and Khamzat Chimaev rolling at Chimaev's California training camp. Borz is preparing for his first title defense against Sean Strickland at UFC 328 on May 9. What started...

Every martial arts gym in America has that one guy who won't shut up about his cold plunge routine. Three minutes in 50-degree water and suddenly he's posting shirtless Reels about "forging an unbreakable mind." He wears the Wim Hof merch. He brings up David Goggins at open mat. He's insufferable. Jiri Prochazka would like a word. The 33-year-old Czech fighter — who headlines UFC 327 against Carlos Ulberg this Saturday in Miami for the vacant light heavyweight title — recently explained his training regimen in a series of interviews. And it makes your cold plunge look like a warm...

Claudia Gadelha — UFC BJJ's Senior Director of Jiu-Jitsu Strategy & Business Development — went on the Mundo da Luta podcast in March and did something unusual for a combat sports executive. She showed the math. Exclusive UFC BJJ athletes earn between 500,000 and 800,000 Brazilian reais per year. That's roughly $97,000 to $155,000 for competing in four events. In a sport where world champions pay $120 to compete for a $3 medal, six figures sounds like the future arriving on time. Then she kept talking. BJJEE There's no win money. There's show money and "finish money." The promotion pays...