I don’t usually talk much about my own story, but it’s a big part of why PUNCH TRUNK exists.
When I was 16, I spent a year living in a hostel. It was a turning point in my life. During that time I made a decision that I wanted to build something better for myself and, if I could, help other people do the same.
| Thursday, December 31st 2026: Rizin FF Super Rizin 6: Shiwasu no Owarinagoya Gekokujo Matsuri | |||
 [#1 W105] Natalia Kuziutina |  [#4 W105] Saori Oshima | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 9/10/2026 [Rizin Fighting Federation] Last Opponent: [#18 W105] Rena Kubota Last 5: W W W W W | Last Fight Date: 7/18/2026 [Rizin Fighting Federation] Last Opponent: [#13 W105] Ye Ji Lee Last 5: L W L W W | ||
| Sunday, December 13th 2026: Deep - 135 Impact | |||
| [#3 SW] Sukai China | [#4 SW] Jo Arai | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 5/04/2026 [DEEP] Last Opponent: [#6 SW] Sora Sugiyama Last 5: W W W W W | Last Fight Date: 9/13/2026 [DEEP] Last Opponent: [#23 SW] Daichi Kitakata Last 5: L L W L W | ||
| Sunday, December 13th 2026: Deep Tokyo Impact 2026 6th Round | |||
| [#6 SW] Sora Sugiyama | [#10 SW] Goal Makino | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 9/20/2026 [DEEP] Last Opponent: [NR] Musashi Musashi Last 5: W W W L W | Last Fight Date: 9/06/2026 [DEEP] Last Opponent: [#42 SW] Toshiya Takashima Last 5: W W W W W | ||
| [#18 W125] |  Lucia Szabova | [#1 WW] | Islam Makhachev | |
| [#18 LW] |  Renato Carneiro | [#1 FW] |  Alexander Volkanovski | |
| [#13 LW] | Tom Nolan | [#26 WW] |  Jacobe Smith | |
| [#102 W125] | Tainara Lisboa | [#1 LW] | Justin Gaethje | |
| [#2 LW] |  Ilia Topuria | [#8 HW] | Josh Hokit |
For years, brands believed that bigger prizes automatically led to better giveaway results.
The logic seemed straightforward. Offer a high-value reward, attract more participants, and generate more attention. While expensive prizes can certainly increase visibility, many businesses are discovering that they don’t always create meaningful engagement or long-term customer loyalty.
UFC betting markets can shift quicker than lots of conventional sporting activities. Within a few minutes, odds can change drastically due to a rumor of an injury, trouble with weight loss, or a training camp disruption. In some instances, those moves are driven by the right information coming to market. In other instances, it could signal that a certain small crowd of bettors knows something that the rest of the world doesn’t.
Run enough fight cards through a rating model and a pattern emerges that is mildly humbling for anyone who builds them. The betting line is usually closer to the truth than the algorithm is.
Not always. Not by a lot. But consistently enough that it is worth asking what the market has access to that a rating system does not.
An Elo or Glicko implementation answers a specific question. Based on results against common opposition, adjusted for opponent quality and recency, who is the better fighter?
That is a good question. It is also not the question a betting market is answering.
Ask a casual fan how MMA fights end and the answer is a knockout. Ask the database and the answer is a decision, by a comfortable margin.
One study of 8,591 UFC bouts running through late March 2026 puts decisions at 46.8% of all outcomes, against 32.6% for KO or TKO and 19.3% for submissions. Finishes account for 51.9%, close enough to a coin flip that treating them as the default is simply wrong.
One more figure from that dataset before the divisions: the average fight lasted 10 minutes 37 seconds, while the median was 13 minutes 48 seconds. A mean sitting three minutes below the median means the distribution is skewed by early stoppages, so anyone reasoning about fight length from the average is describing a fight that mostly does not happen.
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State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Hosted by Salita Promotions
Undisputed heavyweight champion Claressa Shields (18-0, 3 KOs) headlines the first women’s main event in State Farm Arena history. Shields is moving down to middleweight to challenge unified WBC/WBA champion Kaye Scott. It will be streamed on DAZN.
Still trying to get out of this hole…
Fights considered must satisfy all of the criteria below:
Mixed martial arts demands an extraordinary level of physical conditioning, mental toughness, and nutritional discipline. As fighters push their bodies through gruelling training camps, intense sparring sessions, and weight cuts, proper supplementation becomes not merely beneficial but essential for maintaining peak performance whilst safeguarding long-term health. Understanding which supplements truly enhance an MMA fighter’s capabilities—and which are merely marketing hype—can mean the difference between stepping into the octagon at your absolute best or falling short of your potential.
