30-0The Perfect Record
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MMA Debates,
Settled With Data

Undefeated records, dream fights nobody got to see, and the primes that actually mattered. We run the numbers other people argue about, using the same engine that powers the 30-0 draft game.

Written by Harry Ali, who built the game.

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Simulation study

Is a 30-0 Record Possible in MMA?

The greatest record in the sport's history is 29-0. We simulated millions of careers to find out what one more win would actually take, where unbeaten runs really die, and why the wall almost always arrives at fight 18.

8 min read
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GOAT debate

Who Is the Greatest MMA Fighter of All Time?

Jones, GSP, Khabib or Silva? The honest case for each, plus an interactive GOAT builder where your own weightings crown the king. Four presets, four different GOATs.

10 min read
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Ratings

The Toughest Chins in MMA History

Fujita, Mark Hunt, Big Nog. Who has never been knocked out, why every great chin eventually expires, and a searchable index of our chin ratings.

8 min read
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Explained

What Does No Contest Mean in MMA?

Not a draw, a result wiped from the record. Why eye pokes and failed tests cause one, and the rule that decides NC vs technical decision. Includes a result decider.

5 min read
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Explained

What Is a Catchweight in MMA?

An agreed weight between divisions, usually because somebody missed weight. The penalty, why no belt can change hands, and a weigh-in checker.

5 min read
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Explained

How MMA Scoring Works: The 10-Point Must

The criteria in priority order, when a round is really a 10-8, and why decisions get controversial. Includes a scorecard tool that scores a round for you.

7 min read
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GOAT debate

The Best UFC Heavyweight of All Time

Stipe, Fedor, Cain, Jon Jones. The ten greatest heavyweights ever, ranked, with our ratings. Can a two-fight heavyweight really be the heavyweight GOAT?

10 min read
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Explained

MMA Weight Classes Explained

All 12 divisions in pounds and kilos, the one-pound rule that catches people out, what happens when a fighter misses weight, and a tool to find your own division.

6 min read
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Debate

The Most Feared Fighters in MMA History

Ranked by dread, not greatness. Fedor's decade-long aura, prime Silva's untouchability, Khabib's maul and Ngannou's one-punch terror.

9 min read
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Explained

KO vs TKO: The Actual Difference

A KO is when a fighter is knocked unconscious. A TKO is when the fight is stopped while they are still conscious but cannot continue. The clean answer, with examples.

5 min read
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Martial arts

The Best Martial Art for Self-Defence

Ranked by what protects an ordinary person, not what wins in a cage. The undefeated technique is a door; after that, boxing, wrestling and the arts that actually spar.

9 min read
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Technique

How to Do an Armbar, Step by Step

The most taught submission in grappling, broken into five animated steps: trap the wrist, make the angle, leg over the head, break the grip, lift the hips. Interactive diagram included.

7 min read
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Debate

Boxer vs MMA Fighter: Who Actually Wins?

The eternal argument, settled by thirty years of real crossover fights: the one-gloved boxer at UFC 1, Toney tapping in a round, a nine-second boxer's KO, and the rules that pick the winner.

9 min read
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Tier list

The Best Martial Arts, Ranked: The Tier List

Every big style graded S to F by one test: does it work on somebody fighting back? Wrestling on top, aikido alone in F, and a free tier list maker to build and download your own.

11 min read
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Simulation study

The Longest Win Streaks in MMA (And Where They Die)

Silva's 16, Khabib's 29-0, then the new data: 100,000 simulated title runs show streaks die at 18-0 more than any other record. The Death Wall, measured and explained.

8 min read
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Calculator

UFC Fighter Pay Calculator

How much do fighters get paid, and what do they keep? Enter a purse, bonuses, management and camp costs, or pick a preset, and see the real take-home per fight and per year.

Interactive tool
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Pay report

The $1.1 Billion Black Box: UFC Fighter Pay

The UFC tells investors its revenue to the decimal and tells nobody what its fighters earn in total. Purses, bonuses, camp costs and a take-home calculator, every number labelled.

13 min read
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GOAT debate

The Best UFC Welterweight of All Time

GSP, Usman, Hughes, Edwards. The ten greatest 170ers ever, ranked, with our ratings. Is GSP the welterweight GOAT or the whole sport's, and is champ Islam even top five?

9 min read
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Analysis

The Fighters Who Stayed Too Long

Chuck Liddell, Anderson Silva, BJ Penn. The greats who could not stop, the nights it showed, and the two men who got the ending right. Prime and decline as separate cards.

7 min read
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GOAT debate

The Best UFC Lightweight of All Time

Khabib, Islam, BJ Penn, Oliveira. The ten greatest 155ers ever, ranked, with our own ratings. Has Islam finally passed Khabib, and is McGregor even top five?

9 min read
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Analysis

Conor McGregor's 69-Second Return

The comeback lasted a minute and nine seconds before his knee gave out. The injury, the reported $15m purse, and an honest look at the conspiracy theories.

8 min read
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Dream fights

10 MMA Dream Fights That Never Happened

Jones vs Silva. Khabib vs GSP. The ten superfights the UFC never made, each run through the engine to actually call a winner.

9 min read
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Undefeated

Undefeated MMA Fighters: Who Is Still Perfect?

Khabib's 29-0 still stands. 2026 has already killed three perfect records. Here is everyone still unbeaten, and the fight number where their runs tend to die.

7 min read
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Dream fight

Khabib vs GSP: Who Actually Wins?

MMA's greatest what-if, run 400,000 times through the engine. It comes back a dead heat, and the two men win completely different fights.

7 min read
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Methodology

How We Rate MMA Fighters

Six attributes, four tiers, 399 fighter-era cards, public data only. Why prime Chuck Liddell is a 92 while the 2007 version is a 77, and the house rules behind every number.

6 min read
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Games

Games Like 38-0: The Perfect-Record Genre

82-0 for the NBA, 38-0 for football, 30-0 for MMA. How the viral perfect-record games work, why no real team ever did it, and why one loss hurts so much.

7 min read

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