Reporting, analysis and results from across the sport.
Valentina Shevchenko is out for at least a year, so Natalia Silva and Wang Cong will meet for the vacant belt in Salt Lake City on 3 October.
Results
Salahdine Parnasse finished Dan Hooker inside a round at the Accor Arena, on a card where four of the six main-card bouts ended early.
Analysis
Guard, half guard, side control, mount and the back — what each position offers, and why judges weight them so differently.
Analysis
Reach, stance, record and strike counts all appear on the graphic before a fight. Here is what each one predicts, and what it does not.
Analysis
KO, TKO, the three kinds of submission, the four kinds of decision, and the outcomes that go in the record book as neither a win nor a loss.
Analysis
The divisions and their limits, the one-pound allowance, and the difference between losing fat and manipulating water in the last week.
Analysis
What is illegal under the unified rules, the difference an accidental foul makes, and how a fight can end in a no contest or a technical decision.
Analysis
The ten-point must system, the criteria judges are told to apply in order, and why three people watching the same round can hand in different cards.
