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The MMA Draw Newsletter

Boxing has been kicking the UFC's ass all year and here's why

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Nate Wilcox
Oct 02, 2023
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Paul vs. Woodley
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About a month ago I was watching Luke Thomas’s live chat and he was making a larger point about the UFC’s control of the MMA industry and how it has led to “boxing kicking MMA’s ass this year.”

That inspired me to reach out to my old Vox media colleague Scott Christ of Bad Left Hook to get his assessment of why …

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