[14] In 2017, Bloody Elbow editor Karim Zidan appeared on an episode of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel to discuss his work covering Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov's influence in the world of mixed martial arts.

[15] The New York Times cited Bloody Elbow in a June 2023 article detailing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg competing in a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu tournament.

[16][17] In the same month, Vox included statements from Wilcox on the MMA fans of younger generations in an editorial piece examining rumors of a future official cage fight occurring between Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

[18] In July 2023, in an article about combat sports audiences, The New Yorker quoted Wilcox while identifying the Ultimate Fighting Championship's predatory business practices aimed at their fighters.

[22] Other notable contributors to Bloody Elbow have included UFC veterans such as the late Josh Samman,[23] women's MMA pioneer Roxanne Modafferi,[24][25] and Ben Saunders.

[30] In October 2023, Bloody Elbow art director Chris Rini was featured in an article by the Copenhagen Post concerning Danish culture and female violence in the MMA sphere.

[33] After the site's migration and transfer of ownership, most of the original Bloody Elbow editorial staff were retained and continued to publish content for the mixed martial arts blog.