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Bantamweight MMA fighter Turpal Ali Edilov entered the “KO of the Year” conversation for 2026 with the stunning finish he scored this week at ACA Young Eagles 63. Following three-straight weeks of ...

2025 is the year of the spinning back elbow. At UFC 319 earlier this year, we saw Carlos Prates and Lerone Murphy score incredible back-to-back knockouts with the strike. Spinning elbows are still all ...

No matter how many times the old adage "styles make fights" gets thrown around, it doesn't always fit. On a card like UFC 319, for example, several of the night's clashes played out as expected, ...

Just like any other sport, high-level competition in MMA is subject to trends. One of the big ones in 2025 was the rise in spinning back elbow knockouts. One-fifth of all spinning back elbow knockouts ...

The knockouts keep coming this weekend. As UFC Vancouver rolls on, the rest of the MMA world has produced some violent highlight-reel finishes on Saturday. We saw another spinning back elbow knockout ...

The UFC 319 event was a spectacular success and gave the fans a night full of entertainment. With the crowning of a new champion in Khamzat Chimaev, breathtaking knockouts, and a total of seven ...