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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

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: 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.
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