By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 30, 2012
Jim Miller collides with Nate Diaz in a battle between world-ranked lightweights in the UFC on Fox 3 headliner in East Rutherford, N.J.

By: Tim Leidecker Apr, 30, 2012
This month, we feature the return of the talented but enigmatic Anthony Johnson, who was shown the door by the UFC after he failed to make weight for his ill-fated showdown with...

By: Piotr Pedziszewski Apr, 30, 2012
At MMA Attack 2 on April 27, Polish heavyweight standout Damian Grabowski tapped UFC veteran Eddie Sanchez, while Lithuanian-born bodybuilder and viral video sensation Robert Burneika defeated notorious Pole...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 30, 2012
Anheuser-Busch last week issued a stern warning to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The gist of the message: shape up or else.

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 29, 2012
Former Strikeforce champ Marloes Coenen was victorious in her return to the cage April 28 at the inaugural Invicta Fighting Championships in Kansas City, Kan. Liz Carmouche, Jessica Penne and 2008 Olympic...

By: Mike Fridley Apr, 29, 2012
American Top Team’s Mike Thomas Brown and Ricardo Liborio demonstrate a nasty crucifix to neck crack transition in this edition of...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Apr, 29, 2012
The UFC’s re-emergence in late April has left many of you with burning questions -- questions of the “Who? What? Where? When? Why”...

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 28, 2012
American Kickboxing Academy is one of MMA's most acclaimed camps for a reason. Sherdog.com's Dave Mandel set foot inside the San Jose, Calif., gym to image an average day of training and captured MMA notables such as Gray Maynard, Luke Rockhold...

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 28, 2012
The Blackzilians team has quickly made its presence felt in MMA with a very notable roster of talents. Sherdog.com's Dave Mandel stepped inside the gym with the South Florida squad as fighters including Melvin Guillard, Edson Barboza, Eddie Alvarez,...

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 28, 2012
On April 27, former Strikeforce 135-pound champion Marloes Coenen and France's Romy Ruyssen hit the scales in Kansas City, Kan., to make their headlining bout at...

By: Mike Whitman Apr, 28, 2012
Week eight opens with a typical recap of the previous episode. We are reminded that the latest installment will feature Team Cruz’s Sam Sicilia facing Team Faber’s ...

By: Joseph Santoliquito Apr, 27, 2012
Joe Ellenberger was not used to this. This was the time to feel robust, that I-can-walk-through-fire or anyone-at-anywhere time a fighter always...

By: Mike Fridley and Brian Knapp Apr, 27, 2012
Five of the 11 men who have held the 205-pound crown have failed to defend it even once, making it one of the more volatile pieces of gold in...

By: Joe Myers Apr, 27, 2012
Sometimes what you think you want is not always what you really want or what is best for you. Undefeated featherweight prospect Brandon Bender...

By: Mick Bower Apr, 27, 2012
Cage Warriors heavyweight champion Mike Hayes was in Amman, Jordan, for April 12's Fight Night 5 card, but took some time out to enjoy his trip....

By: Mick Bower Apr, 27, 2012
The cries bouncing around the Petra valley in Jordan were getting more desperate by the second: “Mike, Mike… MIKE!” Ten minutes earlier, Mike...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 26, 2012
Most any MMA loyalist has been there before, watching a major fight card in a room full of casual viewers and listening in disgust as everyone...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 25, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- It was but a momentary lapse in reflex, something that one of the world’s premier striking coaches would catch 999 times...

Apr, 24, 2012
The UFC on Tuesday held a press conference in Brazil to promote the July 7 meeting between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen at UFC 148.

By: Mike Fridley Apr, 23, 2012
American Top Team’s Mike Thomas Brown and Ricardo Liborio demonstrate a slide-by takedown in this edition of Sherdog.com’s Technique of the Week.

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 23, 2012
Eddie Alvarez seized revenge against Shinya Aoki with a first-round stoppage at Bellator 66.

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 23, 2012
The call for light heavyweight champion Jon Jones to move up in weight grew louder after he defeated Rashad Evans at UFC 145. The UFC would be...

By: Jack Encarnacao Apr, 23, 2012
The Nevada Athletic Commission head steps up to the plate after the governing body found itself in the spotlight in wake of Alistair Overeem’s...

By: Brian Knapp Apr, 22, 2012
Jon Jones may be one win away from accomplishing the unthinkable: cleaning out an entire division in less than a year and a half.

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 21, 2012
Jon Jones may not have gotten the knockout he desired against Rashad Evans at UFC 145, but he did demonstrate his ability to defend his title...

Apr, 21, 2012
Saturday's UFC 145 post-fight press conference can be viewed following the jump.

Apr, 21, 2012
In addition to a detailed blow-by-blow account of UFC 145 “Jones vs. Evans,” Sherdog.com staff will be live tweeting their thoughts in...

By: Mike Fridley Apr, 21, 2012
In addition to a detailed blow-by-blow account of UFC 145 “Jones vs. Evans,” Sherdog.com staff will be live tweeting their thoughts in...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 20, 2012
These are dire times for Team Cruz, and no one is more aware of this fact than Vinc Pichel, who states his intentions as he enters his locker...

By: Mike Whitman Apr, 20, 2012
Unbeaten kickboxer Stephen Thompson returns to the Deep South with his flair for the dramatic and looks to improve to 2-0 inside the Octagon.

By: Jeff Sherwood Apr, 19, 2012
Jeff Sherwood photographed bantamweight prospect Michael McDonald as he trained for his UFC 145 clash with Miguel Torres.

By: Todd Martin Apr, 19, 2012
Feuds have long been a staple of mixed martial arts. At UFC 145, Jon Jones and Rashad Evans, like so many others before them, will tap into the...

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 19, 2012
Dave Mandel photographed Thursday’s Bellator 66 weigh-in, which saw Shinya Aoki and Eddie Alvarez successfully make weight.

By: Mike Whitman Apr, 19, 2012
Let’s talk plainly, friends. Bellator 66 is bringing that sweet sugar to your living room. In my opinion, this is the stoutest card the...

By: Mike Sloan Apr, 19, 2012
On Saturday night in the Philips Arena down in Atlanta, the UFC’s most marketable grudge match will finally take place. Former training partners Jon Jones and...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 19, 2012
Few have better insight into the Jon Jones-Rashad Evans feud than the men that groomed both to be UFC light heavyweight champions: trainers Greg...

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 19, 2012
Undefeated heavyweight slugger Travis Browne will collide with Chad Griggs at UFC 145.

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 18, 2012
At Fight Club OC on April 14, it wasn't just locals in action as Oregon's Tyson Jeffries and Brazil's Samuel Quito both got their hands raised...

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 18, 2012
Samurai MMA Pro 2 hit Los Angeles on April 15 and saw Strikeforce veteran Kevin Casey defeat “Ultimate Fighter” veteran Reggie Orr in the...

By: Lutfi Sariahmed Apr, 18, 2012
Jessica Eye plans to make waves as a woman in a man’s world. The 25-year-old returns to Bellator Fighting Championships on Friday in her...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 18, 2012
At long last, the talk is over. When Jon Jones and Rashad Evans square off in the UFC 145 main event at the Philips Arena in Atlanta on...

By: Keith Mills Apr, 17, 2012
George Sullivan, Aljamain Sterling and Sean Santella left the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., with gold after wins at Cage Fury...

By: Keith Mills Apr, 17, 2012
Brazilian phenom Eduardo Dantas wrested the Bellator Fighting Championships 135-pound crown from Zach Makovsky on April 13 at Bellator 65 in...

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 17, 2012
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will seek to reclaim his title against current ace Jon Jones April 21 at UFC 145.

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 16, 2012
If you decided play the “Take a Shot Each Time Alexander Gustafsson is Compared to Jon Jones” game on Saturday, then it’s possible your recollection of the conclusion of the...

Apr, 16, 2012
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will meet a familiar foe April 21 at UFC 145 in Atlanta, where the 24-year-old ace will square off against...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 14, 2012
Alexander Gustafsson set the tone early against Thiago Silva, and he never looked back. In front of more than 15,000 of his countrymen at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Gustafsson took a clear-cut...

By: Mike Whitman Apr, 13, 2012
After a brief recap of last week’s action that includes the word “diarrhea,” we’re presented with a replay of Mike Chiesa’s workmanlike decision over...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 12, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Damacio Page’s tenure as a Zuffa employee began with a bang. In front of a hometown crowd at WEC 32, Page -- a fresh-faced newcomer who had appeared on the Tapout reality series a year...

By: Mike Whitman Apr, 12, 2012
After a month devoid of UFC fight cards, the Las Vegas-based promotion is coming back into your living room with its first-ever Swedish event. Taking place April 14 at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm,...

By: Ryan O’Leary Apr, 12, 2012
As the snow melts away, so does some of the long-standing resistance toward MMA. It's hard to identify an exact tipping point, but there is...

By: Mike Whitman Apr, 12, 2012
You know the story, kids. Bellator puts on fights, and I tell you what to watch for. This week is an especially easy edition to sell, as six exciting bantamweights are set to square off at...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 11, 2012
At long last, the UFC’s extended Spring Break is over. Be ready fight fans, because beginning with UFC on Fuel TV 2 “Gustafsson vs. Silva”...

By: Ryan O’Leary Apr, 11, 2012
Ryan O’Leary photographed Alexander Gustafsson as he sharpened his game in preparation for his UFC on Fuel TV clash with Thiago Silva.

By: Lutfi Sariahmed Apr, 10, 2012
The two-division Ring of Combat champion has parlayed a decorated jiu-jitsu career and blue-collar approach into quick success in mixed martial...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 09, 2012
It took Todd Duffee nearly five times longer to finish Neil Grove than it did for him to knock out Tim Hague in his explosive UFC debut more...

By: Mike Fridley Apr, 09, 2012
Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate a half-guard leg bar at Dynamix MMA in Santa Monica, Calif.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Apr, 08, 2012
Everyone answers to somebody, so we, the staff at Sherdog.com, have decided to defer to our readers. In this edition of The Doggy Bag, readers are concerned about questions of shame and fame concerning Alistair...

By: Keith Mills Apr, 07, 2012
Ben Askren dominated Douglas Lima to retain his welterweight title at Bellator 64.

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 06, 2012
The episode begins at the UFC training facility, as Jon Anik reminds us that Team Cruz’s Jeremy Larsen will take on Team Faber’s Mike Chiesa

By: Brian Knapp Apr, 05, 2012
Douglas Lima will challenge Ben Askren for his Bellator Fighting Championships welterweight title at Bellator 64 on Friday, as he looks to...

By: Brian Townsend Apr, 05, 2012
Pound-for-pound ranked Georges St. Pierre talked with the media Thursday at a press conference hosted by 888 Poker.

By: Mike Whitman Apr, 05, 2012
Bellator Fighting Championships welterweight titleholder Ben Askren looks to keep the promotion’s 170-pound crown on lockdown, as he defends it against surging knockout artist...

By: Tim Leidecker Apr, 05, 2012
A small heavyweight scene is currently developing outside of the big leagues. Fighters like Eddie Sanchez, Tony Lopez, Brett Rogers, Peter Graham, Mike Hayes and...

By: Gleidson Venga Apr, 05, 2012
Marcelo Alonso photographed Jungle Fight 37 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where Adriano Martins and Kleber “Orgulho” Silva both retained their...

By: Marcelo Alonso Apr, 04, 2012
On March 31 in Manaus, Brazil, former UFC middleweight champion Murilo Bustamante repeated his 2002 title win over Dave Menne while UFC veterans Thales Leites, Patrick Cote and Ronys Torres all picked up stoppage wins at...

By: Jack Encarnacao Apr, 04, 2012
Ben Saunders has become known for an aggressive style, and it was on display again in his welterweight tournament quarterfinal victory at Bellator...

By: Brian Knapp Apr, 04, 2012
Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren views challenger Douglas Lima as his “most dangerous” opponent yet. The two will collide in the...

By: Jack Encarnacao Apr, 04, 2012
Perhaps if it had not been for a tumble out of a five-story window his freshman year in college, the one that left him a quadriplegic, there...

By: Dave Mandel Apr, 03, 2012
At Resurrection Fighting Alliance 2 on March 30, Gilbert Yvel knocked out Nebraskan favorite Houston Alexander, while 50-year-old former UFC heavyweight champion...

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 03, 2012
The expected unification bout between UFC welterweight champions Georges St. Pierre and Carlos Condit will put the tight-knit Jackson’s Mixed...

By: Keith Mills Apr, 02, 2012
Karl Amoussou, Ben Saunders, David Rickels and Bryan Baker advanced to the welterweight tournament semifinals at Bellator 63.

By: Tristen Critchfield Apr, 02, 2012
Mixed UFC results as a welterweight have led to Jake Shields’ return to 185 pounds, where he was a champion in Strikerforce. Tristern...

By: Jack Encarnacao Apr, 02, 2012
When Nick Diaz appears before the Nevada State Athletic Commission next month to appeal his suspension for marijuana use, his corner will have a...

By: Mike Fridley Apr, 02, 2012
Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate this technique of the week at Dynamix MMA in Santa Monica, Calif.