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Every fight matters, but some matter just a little more.
In some ways, a win is a win and a loss is a loss. The difference between any two fights resides in the stakes. Picture the fighter on a losing streak who knows he or she is likely fighting for their job; or conversely, any title fight in a top regional organization, where the participants know they are almost certainly being scouted by MMA’s big leagues. At other times, a fight feels especially important for reasons that are harder to quantify, but no less real.