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Finish Rates
KO, submission, and decision splits by division, era, and rule set.
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Judging
What scorecards actually reward, measured across thousands of rounds.
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Records
Streaks, title defenses, and the asterisks the highlight reels omit.
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Results and opponent strength drive most of the Meta model; finishes, recency and 18-month inactivity decay adjust the rest. What is public, what is not.
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UFC Title-Fight Wins vs. Title Defenses
A win may capture, recapture or retain a belt; only a champion who enters with the contested title and retains it earns a defense.
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Fight Records
UFC Noche Judges Disagreed on Every Round, Still Scored 29-28
Bell gave Cortes-Acosta Round 2, Colon Round 3 and Topps Round 1. Why three cards with zero rounds in common still read as a clean unanimous decision.
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