Rewatching 5 Controversial Fights

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 cstRyan 0 Comments Alex Gustafsson, Alexander Volkanovski, Demetrious Johnson, Dominick Reyes, Framework, Henry Cejudo, Israel Adesanya, Jon Jones, Max Holloway, Methodology, Yoel Romero

In my effort to develop a functioning framework for fans, and perhaps judges, to more accurately and consistently score fights,

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Scoring UFC Fights Combat Sports Talk Style

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 cstRyan 0 Comments Judging, Method, points, Scoring

In the UFC, the phrase, “Never leave it in the hands of the judges” is a wise adage that haunts

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Challenge and Win: Reinventing the UFC Ladder

March 30, 2018June 6, 2021 cstRyan 2 Comments Belt, Challenge and Win, Champion, Contender, fighter, Ladder, opponent, Rankings, UFC

In the last blog, I talked about the problem the UFC faces moving forward in a world where super fights

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Matchmaking in the UFC is Broken

March 25, 2018March 28, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Georges St Pierre, Jose Aldo, Max Holloway, Robert Whitaker

Perhaps in the past, the UFC never had a legitimate ladder that governed who got a title shot, when, and

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Life Happens – Suspending Combat Sports Talk

June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 cstRyan 1 Comment

Dear Fans of Combat Sports Talk: From time to time, life happens. You have all these plans, you are going

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