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Before the Bell.Friday 11 December, Principality Stadium, Cardiff, live on Netflix. No belt, no rematch clause, twelve rounds. The fight British boxing talked about for a decade finally has a date.
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Between Rounds · Episode 01 · 07.10.2026Carlitos Machado. One arm. Every round.Born in Saavedra, Buenos Aires. He lost his right arm at three, was told he could not fight, and went to Thailand to prove it.Read the story
Two fights a year is thirty quiet weeks. What a fighter does with them decides the next purse, the next injury and whether anyone remembers the name in the spring.
06 long reads · Lifestyle · Business · Money · Camp · Recovery
A read of TKO's published UFC figures for 2025, the Paramount rights deal, the record sponsorship year and the antitrust settlement, and what each one means for a fighter's kit and a brand's plan.
How a small hall show pays for itself, why the home fighter is also the sales team, what the away corner earns, and what the arithmetic says about a fighter's own brand.
What the studies measure about rapid weight loss in combat sports, how much fighters actually lose, which methods carry the risk, and how to plan the cut like the camp instead of like a panic.
What the studies say about sleep, injury and performance in athletes, and a fight week sleep protocol that costs nothing and asks for no equipment.
Gate, buys, subscribers. The four fights that set the records, what each one taught the business, and what the shift from pay-per-view to streaming means for a fighter's own brand.
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