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 ...

Juan Diaz's wild, spinning-elbow KO in the final episode of this year's Dana White Contender Series was no strike of luck. Turns out it was something that was years in the making, and was motivated to ...

Sergio Pettis won his fight against Magomed Magomedov on Friday in Dubai with an incredible knockout using his elbow. Magomedov leaped at Pettis late in the second round of their bantamweight fight at ...

Producing some notable finishes in recent years, the final Contender Series episode of 2025 certainly produced one of the best reactions from UFC boss Dana White. The final Contender Series episode of ...

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 ...

Five more fighters are joining the UFC after the final episode of Contender Series this year. On Tuesday night, Week 10 of Contender Series took place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, featuring six ...