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Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Pound-for-Pound: We’re officially in the UFC’s era of inactivity

Kyle Appleby April 7, 2025

During UFC: Moreno vs. Erceg, news broke that Geoff Neal was injured and could not compete against Carlos Prates at UFC 314, the card losing an exciting matchup. We already saw Joe Pyfer’s bout with...

Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Pound-for-Pound: Solving the UFC’s 155-pound problem

Kyle Appleby March 31, 2025
The lightweight division is the UFC’s most prestigious. It’s housed some of the most dominant and highest-skilled champions in the sport’s history and it’s always been stacked with title contenders.
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Pound-for-Pound: The UFC is prioritizing popularity over merit

Kyle Appleby March 3, 2025
It’s no secret that the UFC awards some privileges to their money-making superstars. Israel Adesanya was granted an immediate rematch for the middleweight belt after suffering the worst loss of his career to a short-notice Sean Strickland.
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Pound-for-Pound: The UFC is fixing double champions at the wrong time

Kyle Appleby February 24, 2025
It’s not often that the UFC alerts its fans of an impending announcement. So when they took to social media to announce that president and CEO Dana White had big news on Wednesday night, over 40,000 people tuned in to the boss’s Instagram Live, where he detailed a series of landscape-altering matchups alongside other news.
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Pound-for-Pound: My take on the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings

Kyle Appleby November 4, 2024
Ilia Topuria’s recent win at UFC 308 didn’t move him in the UFC’s rankings, which makes me wonder what changes I’d make if I had that kind of power. Often determining matchups and used to debate legacies, the UFC rankings are always in the spotlight. I’ve ranked every champion in the UFC below, plus some non-champs I might add if I were to rank 15 fighters as the UFC does.
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Pound-for-Pound: Ilia Topuria makes a case for fighter of the year at one of 2024’s best events

Kyle Appleby October 28, 2024
UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway, also featuring a co-main card with Chimaev vs. Whittaker, did not disappoint as one of the best cards of the year.
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The Red Corner: UFC 273 preview

Charles Moore April 5, 2022
Columnist Charles Moore previews UFC 273 in Jacksonville, Florida.
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The Red Corner: Men’s featherweight prospect preview

Charles Moore February 23, 2022
Columnist Charles Moore reveals his top UFC featherweight futures
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The Red Corner: UFC 2021 year in review, end-of-year awards

Charles Moore December 8, 2021
Charles Moore reflects on highlights from the UFC in 2021.
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The Red Corner: UFC 266 recap

Charles Moore September 28, 2021
Charles Moore discusses the results of UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega.
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The Red Corner: UFC 266 preview

Charles Moore September 22, 2021
Charles Moore previews UFC 266, which is set to take place on Sept. 25.
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The Red Corner: The state of every UFC weight division

Charles Moore September 14, 2021
Charles Moore breaks down each UFC weight division.
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