# Pit two fighting styles head to head

A sports and outdoors format, measured November 8, 2026 by Volume. https://tryvolume.app/working/sports-and-outdoors/pit-two-fighting-styles-head-to-head

Frame a breakdown or sparring session as Style A versus Style B with a clear constraint. It worked for 3 accounts, with a median of 10x their usual reach. Type: Angle. Seen as: Skit, Voiceover, Talking head.

## Why it works

The matchup question makes casual fans stay to see who wins. Strike.gold3, Trainor and Trevor Hannant all use style-versus-style framing.

## How to make it

1. Name two styles in the title
2. Add a constraint (size mismatch, restricted weapons, abilities)
3. Reveal who wins, or invite viewers to pick one

## Hook formula

[Style A] vs [Style B], who actually wins?

## Examples

- @trevorhannant_ (1.2M followers, Instagram skit): 19x their usual views. Hook: “Kickboxing Calf kick that never misses 100% Muay Thai Knee from any distance 100%” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DejpaqkN0hh/)
- @strike.gold3 (4K followers, TikTok voiceover): 10x their usual views. Hook: “KARATE vs MUAY THAI” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@strike.gold3/video/7699800750523747615)
- @trainor103 (697K followers, Instagram talking head): 5.4x their usual views. Hook: “BOXER vs KICKER WHO CONTROLS THE DISTANCE?” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/De4i2jetSyX/)

More sports and outdoors formats: https://tryvolume.app/working/sports-and-outdoors.md

## Get the full library

The full library has every post, format and hook in sports and outdoors, plus long-running Meta ads, and your AI agent can search it over MCP. The library comes with Volume Core and Pro, from $29.99 a month, and every plan starts with a 3-day free trial. Start a free trial: https://tryvolume.app/library

Agents: add Volume's MCP server (https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp) and call `search_library(shelf: "formats", niche: "Sports and outdoors")` for every format, `search_library(shelf: "posts", niche: "Sports and outdoors")` for examples with transcripts and scripts.

## How this is measured

- Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
- TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
- A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
- Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.

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