MMA looks like the simplest DFS sport — pick six fighters who win. It isn't. It's a finish-hunting game with a brutal same-fight rule and the highest variance on the board. Here's the complete CourtEdge method for turning that chaos into an edge.
The single biggest mistake in MMA DFS is rostering the six most likely winners. That lineup looks safe and finishes mid-pack every week, because DraftKings MMA scoring isn't built to reward winning — it's built to reward finishing. The round-win bonuses dwarf everything else, and they pay the most for the earliest stoppages.
Look at the math. A fighter who grinds out a decision scores his strikes plus a +30 decision bonus — call it ~50–70 points on a busy night. A fighter who scores a first-round knockout banks a +90 round bonus, a +25 quick-win bonus, plus a knockdown and early strikes — often 120+. Same salary range, double the points. The entire game is paying for early finishes the field underrates.
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