By: Todd Martin
It was one of the most important years in the development of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship: 2005. The promotion secured a
regular...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- With 12 wins in 13 pro fights coming in the 1st
round it’s easy to see why Eric Reynolds earned the name ‘It’s a...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Join us LIVE tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET as Michael
Bisping will be in the studio to discuss his upcoming bout with
Mayhem Miller...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) today announces that
MMA fans in Sarnia, Ontario will have one more reason to cheer at
The Score...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- World Class Ring Announcer Mike Markham will
work the Championship Fighting Alliance’s CFA 04 MMA event on
Saturday...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Asia’s largest MMA promotions, ONE Fighting
Championship™ and DREAM, have entered into a mutually exclusive
partnership,...
Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke
Rockhold demonstrates two amazing moves from the leg-ride
position in this edition of Sherdog.com’s Technique of the Week,
which is brought to you by...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Over the years, “The Ultimate Fighter” has wisely adopted a fluid
format as well as flexibility, making minor tweaks in order to keep
up...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- December 2nd will be the culmination of a lot of
hard work and will be the biggest night in Nick Newell's young MMA
career.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships returned to
Atlantic City, N.J. to end its historic fifth season LIVE on MTV2
and in HD on...
By: Brian Knapp
It was the confrontation many envisioned at the start of the
Bellator Fighting Championships Season 5 bantamweight
tournament: the grizzled,...
By: Matt Pitt
The names on the lips of those interested in the science of MMA in
the last month were not Penn and Diaz, but Issa and Newton.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
In various parts of the world on Thursday, people will pause to
give thanks. In conjunction with the Thanksgiving holiday, various
members of...
By: Tommy Messano
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The blossoming love affair between mixed martial
arts and collegiate wrestling may have been greatly exaggerated.
Fedor
Emelianenko snapped his three-fight losing streak with a
unanimous decision over Pride and UFC veteran Jeff Monson
Sunday in Moscow at an...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Join us LIVE tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET as Urijah
Faber, fresh off his victory over Brian Bowles at UFC 139, joins
Kenny Rice...
By: Chris Nelson
Let us begin with three certainties from the UFC
139 headliner between Dan
Henderson and Mauricio
“Shogun” Rua on Saturday at the HP...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The largest MMA promotion in the Southeast
United States, Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC), unveiled the
fight card for...
By: Mike Fridley
Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke
Rockhold demonstrates a slick one-armed guillotine from the
half-guard position in this edition of Sherdog.com’s Technique of
the Week, which is...
By: Tristen Critchfield
It may sound cliche, but Dan
Henderson and Mauricio
“Shogun” Rua left it all in the arena at UFC
139 on Saturday.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Despite more than a year away from action, it
took Wilson Gouveia nothing more than a quick instant to agree to
face his...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- In one of the best fights the Bellator cage has
ever hosted, undefeated lightweight Michael Chandler fulfilled his
dream of...
By: Brian Knapp
Pulses pounded. Hairs stood on end. Chills tickled the spine. In a
gripping fight that will go down in the annals as one of the best
in mixed martial arts history, former two-division
Pride Fighting Championships titleholder...
Max
Fight 10 saw featherweight prospect Rony
“Jason” Mariano armbar Reginaldo
Vieira for the 145-pound title in just 85 seconds....
By: Tristen Critchfield
This is what Dana White must have had in mind when he announced in
June that all UFC main events would go five rounds.
Pictures: M-1 ‘Fedor vs. Monson’ Weigh-ins
Sherdog.com’s Tim Leidecker photographed the weigh-ins for M-1
Global “Fedor vs. Monson” on Saturday in Moscow, where Fedor
Emelianenko and...
By: Jack Encarnacao
The maxim “know thyself” has been preached by a spectrum of great
minds, from Socrates to Bruce Lee. It carries the ring of
spirituality,...
Former Pride aces Mauricio Rua
and Dan
Henderson met their contracted weights Friday in San Jose,
Calif., as did co-headlining fighters Wanderlei
Silva and...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Bellator 58 weigh-ins have been completed
from Hollywood, Florida in preparation for Bellator’s Saturday
night event at...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- It’s been a busy week for celebrity watchmaker
Azad Watches, as they not only announced their first-ever UFC
fighter...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- As Jeff "The Snowman" Monson (43-12-0, 2 KOs, 27
Submissions) makes final preparations for Sunday mornings
Pay-Per-View...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- CAGE WARRIORS will return to the HMV Forum in
Kentish Town, London on February 18, 2012 and appearing on the card
will be...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Friday, November 18, 2011 8:30pm ET featuring
Ring of Combat 38 from the Tropicana in Atlantic City, NJ. The main
event is...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Hard hitting K-1 veteran Imani Lee will look to
put on a show in Tampa when he faces Brandon Sayles at XFC
'Tribute' at the...
By: Mike Whitman
After back-to-back free TV cards, UFC
139 “Shogun vs. Hendo” marks the promotion’s return to
pay-per-view, and the move is reflected in...
Urijah
Faber will again take aim at a premier bantamweight when he
faces former WEC 135-pound champion Brian
Bowles at UFC
139. Dave Mandel captured “The California Kid” as he prepared
for the bout at his...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Lion Fight Promotions announced today that it
has signed three-time world champion Malaipet Sasiprapa (138-27-5
(26 KO’s)...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- After a grueling seven-week training camp where
he dropped 50 lbs, Detroit MMA fan favorite Brendan "The Caucasian...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for
Bellator 58 will take place FRIDAY at 5:00 P.M. EST at Paradise
Live, inside...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Three Tachi Palace Fights belts will be on the
line Friday, December 2 at Tachi Palace Fights 11 “Redemption” at
the...
By: Brian Knapp
Bellator Fighting Championships made Eddie
Alvarez one of its cornerstones when it inked the
then-24-year-old to a promotional contract nearly...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- On December 16, Frost Murphy, a Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu black belt out of Elite MMA in Houston, will not only be
stepping into...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Frank Trigg, one of MMA's most recognized
personality’s, is proud to announce the official launch of his blog
“Ask...
By: Mike Sloan
For the fourth weekend in a row, the
Ultimate Fighting Championship will be on active duty, as
UFC
139 “Shogun vs. Hendo” hits the HP...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The next event for top MMA fight promotion North
American Fighting Championship (NAFC), entitled “Unleashed,” will
take...
By: Scott Holmes
We begin this week with members of Team Miller directing their van
driver to a nearby curb. One might think that with the biggest
fight of his life looming,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Showdown Fights presents "Evolution" November
18th, 2011, at 7:00pm MT/9:00pm ET live from the UCCU Events Center
in Orem,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Warrior Promotions-managed fighter Dan Hope
(8-3-0) returns to action next month when he faces Jonatan Westin
(3-1-0)...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Grapplers Quest hosts the 2011 World Series of
Grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu this Saturday (Nov. 19) at Sports
Center...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- A few short months ago Dakota Cochrane clinched
the biggest win of his professional MMA fight career, defeating
former WEC...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- FOUR more of the UK’s top talents have been
added to the Warrior Promotions stable following the signings of
Mike Ling...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Mixed martial arts’ bountiful November marches steadily along, as
UFC
139 “Shogun vs. Hendo” offers up plenty of intrigue on Saturday
from...
Dan
Henderson will return to the Octagon at UFC
139 to face Mauricio
“Shogun” Rua. Dave Mandel photographed the former Pride and UFC...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- In a continuing effort to scout and sign the
world’s best talent, Bellator Fighting Championships has signed
highly-touted...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Capping off a great first year in The Hangar at
the OC Fair & Event Center, the sixth and final Fight Club OC
show of 2011...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The greatest heavyweight fighter in
mixed-martial-arts history, Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko
(31-4-0, 8 KOs, 16...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Hometown MMA superstar Roger “El Matador”
Huerta; the only professional fighter to be featured on the cover
of Sports...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- With NAAFS Night of Champions 2011 just around
the corner, things are heating up in Canton as one of the year's
biggest MMA...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Coming off an impressive win at BAMMA 7 against
highly ranked UK Lightweight Jason Ball, ex Ultimate fighter star
Andre...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Last night on "Inside MMA", as Shane Carwin
prepared for corrective back surgery, he told Kenny and Bas how the
injury (and...
By: Tristen Critchfield
It was meant as a compliment of the highest order, a boss praising
his employee as one of the best in the world at his craft.
Douglas
Lima and Alexander
Shlemenko became the first fighters to clinch tournament
victories in Bellator’s fifth season Saturday at the Casino Rama in
Rama, Ontario, Canada. Keith Mills was cageside to photograph...
By: Todd Martin
Few fighters in mixed martial arts history have created as many
enduring memories as the Brazilian muay Thai wrecking machine
Wanderlei
Silva.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- As announced earlier tonight on HDNet’s live
broadcast of “Inside MMA”, the network has signed a new agreement
with...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- After rolling through numerous opponents in
Kentucky and Indiana, Jeremy Pender will test himself against one
of Florida's...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Showtime Networks Inc. has named Stephen
Espinoza as its new Executive Vice President, General Manager,
Showtime Sports and...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Ring of Combat returns November 18 with ROC
XXXVIII. This event has another stacked lineup, something Ring of
Combat has...
By: Chris Nelson
Shortly before Junior dos
Santos and Cain
Velasquez took to the Octagon for their brief heavyweight title
bout on Saturday, a pair of contenders from the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Round 5 President Damon Lau, announces the
release of the “Ultimate Collector” Series 8 featuring updated
versions of...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Join us LIVE tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET as former
UFC champ Rich Franklin and Rafael Cordeiro - who is currently
preparing...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Mukai Maromo has already had a taste of making
history in the Maximum Fighting Championship.
Dave Mandel photographed Bellator lightweight champion Eddie
Alvarez as he trained to face Michael
Chandler at
Bellator 58.
By: Tristen Critchfield
The moment had finally arrived.
It came 18 years after the
Ultimate Fighting Championship was conceived in Denver;...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- History was made last night as the UFC made its
broadcast television debut on FOX, and a record audience tuned in
as the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Douglas Lima and Alexander Shlemenko both were
the big tournament winners at Bellator 57 in front of a sold out
crowd at...
By: Mike Fridley
Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke
Rockhold demonstrates a slick reverse triangle from the
single-leg position in this edition of...
By: Brian Knapp
A single clubbing right hand from Junior dos
Santos shifted the balance of heavyweight power from San Jose,
Calif., to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil....
By: Tristen Critchfield
UFC
on Fox 1 was one for the history books, as mixed martial arts’
premiere organization made its debut on network television with a
heavyweight title clash between Cain
Velasquez and...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Bellator 57 weigh-ins have been completed
from Orillia, Ontario in preparation for Bellator’s Saturday night
event at...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- WELSH bantamweight Kris Edwards is setting his
sights high after recently signing with Cage Warriors.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- EFC AFRICA history was made at EFC AFRICA 11 on
10 November at Johannesburg’s Coca-Cola Dome when both lightweight
and...
By: Mike Whitman
UFC
on Fox 1 “Velasquez vs. Dos Santos” marks the
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s second consecutive free event
for American audiences,...
By: Yael Grauer
Paul
Bradley’s last fight did not leave a lot of room for
preparation. It took place on next to no notice -- Bradley had
defeated Eddie
Larrea...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bonnier Corp. and the Ultimate Fighting
Championship® have announced an agreement for Bonnier to begin
producing the mixed...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for
Bellator 57 will take place FRIDAY at 5:00 P.M. EST inside Casino
Rama in...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Former UFC® heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s
mission to reclaim the title resumes on FRIDAY, Dec. 30 at the MGM
Grand...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The XFC announced today that Carla Esparza will
meet Felice Herrig in the co-main event at XFC ‘Tribute’. Both
Esparza...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Friday, November 11, 2011 8:00pm ET featuring
Spartan Fighting Championship Annihilation form the National Guard
Armory,...
By: Mike Sloan
History will be made on Saturday, when the
Ultimate Fighting Championship airs its battle for the
undisputed heavyweight championship on network television. UFC on Fox 1
“Velasquez vs. Dos Santos” will feature a five-round title bout
pairing undefeated champion...
By: Brian Knapp
Largely overshadowed by the massive hoopla surrounding UFC on Fox
1 “Velasquez vs. Dos Santos,”
Bellator Fighting Championships trudges ahead with...
Top Polish MMA stars Michal Kita,
Tomasz
Drwal and Damian
Grabowski earned valuable wins at MMA Attack 1. Piotr
Pedziszewski was present at the...
By: Scott Holmes
Louis
Gaudinot begins this week by explaining that several cliques
have developed in the “TUF” house.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- One day after confirming Mark Martinez as Bobby
Lashley’s new opponent for Shark Fights 21, Shark Fight Promotions
was...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Mark “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Munoz wore
the Toyo Tires® logo on his trunks while defeating Chris Leben in
the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Texas-based mixed martial arts fight promotion
company, Legacy Fighting Championship (LFC), returns to the Houston
Arena...
By: Brian Knapp
He was greeted like a king, and he fought like one. Ushered into
the arena by a partisan Latino audience, Cain
Velasquez unleashed a crippling onslaught of power and
technique, as he dethroned former...
By: Tristen Critchfield
On April 9, 2005, Forrest
Griffin and Stephan
Bonnar waged a memorable three-round war at the “The Ultimate
Fighter 1” Finale and created a...
Mikihito
Yamagami blitzed Junji Ikoma
and took his Shooto 115-pound world championship at “Shoot
the Shooto 2011.” Taro Irei was ringside at...
By: Tristen Critchfield
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When Cub Swanson
meets Ricardo
Lamas on the UFC on Fox
1 “Velasquez vs. Dos Santos” undercard this Saturday at the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Last night on "Inside MMA", Nick Diaz called all
the media attention "embarrassing" but also says that "playing the
evil...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- After a tournament run that included dominating
victories over a trio of top competitors, Bellator Summer Series...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- IRISH lightweight Joseph Duffy has returned to
the gym this week for the first time since his clash with Ivan
Musardo at Cage...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Lion Fight Promotions announced today that it
has partnered with Go Fight Live (www.gfl.tv) to deliver a live,
online stream...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Shark Fight Promotions announced today that WWE
superstar Bobby Lashely (6-1) will face Shark Fights and King Of
The Cage...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Ryan McGillivray has returned to the place where
his career was launched.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The main event has been announced for Saturday,
November 19's "Caged Apocalypse" professional mixed martial arts
event at The...
By: Tony Loiseleur
Fate has not often given Darren
Uyenoyama the easiest of paths where the fight game is
concerned.
UFC
138 was headlined by Mark Munoz’s
stoppage of Chris Leben
and featured the arrival of Brazilian star Renan
Barao. Pictures from all bouts follow
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Mixed Martial Arts action returns to the Tsongas
Center in the fighting city of Lowell, Massachusetts this weekend
November...
By: Chris Nelson
Papy
Abedi wasn’t doing too badly. In fact, for a UFC newcomer with
only eight bouts to his credit going up against a 15-time Octagon
veteran,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the brand
extension arm of FremantleMedia, today announced a global rights
deal with...
Former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia and
Andrei
Arlovski were victorious at ProElite “Big Guns.” Also on the
card, Reagan Penn,
the brother of B.J. Penn, was
shocked by...
By: Tristen Critchfield
It may have been an entirely different approach than the one
Chael
Sonnen used following his win over Brian Stann
at UFC
136, but Mark Munoz
has...
WEC veteran Savant Young
displays a beautiful takedown transition to submission in this
edition of Sherdog.com's Technique of the Week, which...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Charlie Rader will put his six fight win streak
on the line at XFC 15 'Tribute', when, he faces UFC veteran Corey
Hill on Dec...
By: Tristen Critchfield
It was the first five round non-title bout in UFC history, but Mark
Munoz made sure that his middleweight tussle with Chris Leben at
UFC
138...
By: Brian Knapp
Mark
Munoz always had the pedigree. Now, he has the results to go
along with it.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- UFC star and current NAAFS Pro Series HW world
champion Stipe Miocic will be in attendance to sign autographs and
take photos...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Evolution Fighting Championships, one of the
East Coast's top amateur MMA organizations, is back with another
big show on...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Colt 45 URCC XX provided an awesome advert for
Filipino MMA with all ten fights finishing with first round
stoppages. Fans...
UFC
138 headliners Chris Leben
and Mark
Munoz faced off Friday in Birmingham, England, to put the
official stamp on Saturday’s Spike...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Saturday November 12th at the beautiful Kewadin
Casino in Sault Ste Marie, MI....
(PRESS RELEASE) -- HDNet kicks off its new deal with ProElite with
LIVE coverage of “HDNet Fights: ProElite - Big Guns” TOMORROW
night,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Europe’s largest and most prominent Mixed
Martial Arts (MMA) promotion, The British Association of Mixed
Martial Arts...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships makes its return
to Canada on Saturday, November 12th as the promotion hosts
Bellator 57 from...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The MMARS program is designed to get well
trained officials into the cage and the judge’s seat.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Jamie “The Ghost” Toney may be best known for
his toughness. Let’s face it, the man has been stopped only twice
in...
By: Mike Whitman
After several stout cards put forth by the
Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC
138 “Leben vs. Munoz” on Saturday at the LG Arena in...
By: Gleidson Venga
Renan “Barao” has spent much of his career competing in
relative obscurity, but a 27-fight unbeaten streak tends to get one
noticed.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Showdown Fights presents “Evolution” November
18th 2011 at 7:00pm live from the UCCU Events Center in Orem, Utah.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
No doubt about it: FOX Sports, FUEL TV, FOX Deportes, FOXSports.com
on MSN and FOX Sports Radio all come out swinging for the inaugural
event...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Thompson puts undefeated record on the line
against Former Amateur National Champion (Tacoma) Undefeated
heavyweight...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- MMA Adventure, a company that offers mixed
martial arts fans the chance to embark on one-on-one adventures
with some of...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Integrated Sports Media, the pound-for-pound
king of sports distribution in North America, announced today that
it will...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Fight Summit is proud to announce that every
booth for the business-to-business expo has been sold. The
announcement comes...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Gamma Labs announced today the latest brand
ambassador for their Gamma Labs' Pre-Training formula (PTF),
standout Ultimate...
By: Brian Knapp
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship touched down on United Kingdom
soil for the first time on July 13, 2002, with UFC
38 “Brawl at the Hall,”...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Cage Warriors Fighting Championship is proud
to announce the signing of the 21 year old Welsh Bantamweight Kris
Edwards...
By: Scott Holmes
Last week, we learned that Team Miller’s Roland
Delorme had some sort of skin infection doing quite a number on
one of his feet. Today, we...
By: Jason Probst
Kicking off free on Spike TV from the LG Arena in Birmingham,
England, UFC
138 on Saturday will showcase a clash of middleweights, as
Chris
Leben meets...
By: Tony Loiseleur
It is no secret that “kakutogi” (combat sports) in Japan is
at its lowest point since the salad days of the early 2000s. The
industry has...
World-ranked flyweight Jussier da
Silva stopped Michael
William Costa to headline Shooto
Brazil 26. Gleidson Venga captured the action at the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Brian
Foster has a message for the Bellator welterweight division and
its champion Ben Askren:
(PRESS RELEASE) -- If you missed last night's Halloween Special on
"Inside MMA", you missed Tyron Woodley begging for a fight, and Ben
Askren...
By: Tim Leidecker
The stars will come out in November. Dream welterweight champion
Marius
Zaromskis,
Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight titleholder
Eddie
Alvarez, former flyweight king Shinichi
Kojima and the...
Ben
Askren outpointed UFC and IFL veteran Jay Hieron at
Bellator 56. Keith Mills was cageside at the Memorial Hall in
Kansas City, Kan., to...