By: Jeff Sherwood Jul, 30, 2012

Tuesday

By: Dave Mandel Jul, 30, 2012
Brandon Vera and Phil Davis trained at Alliance Training Center in San Diego for their upcoming UFC on Fox 4 bouts against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and...

By: Mike Fridley Jul, 30, 2012
Millennia Jiu-Jitsu’s Reuben Duran and Willie Gates demonstrate a nasty ground-and-pound to rear-naked choke transition in this edition of...

By: Dave Mandel Jul, 30, 2012
Olympic wrestling medalist Sara McMann narrowly outpointed veteran Shayna Baszler in the main event of Invicta FC 2.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 30, 2012
Ben Fodor embraces his crime fighting alter ego, much to the dismay of his older brother, Strikeforce lightweight Caros Fodor.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 29, 2012
Everyone answers to somebody, so we, the staff at Sherdog.com, have decided to defer to our readers. In this edition, readers are confused about...

By: Tim Leidecker Jul, 28, 2012
Summer spotlight shines on former Dream champion Bibiano Fernandes, reigning Bellator titleholder Eduardo Dantas.

By: Dave Mandel Jul, 27, 2012
Main-eventers Shayna Baszler and Sara McMann made weight ahead of their Invicta FC 2 showdown in Kansas City, Kan.

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 26, 2012
Remarks, antics after the bell have a place in MMA history all their own.

By: Tommy Messano Jul, 26, 2012
The 2008 Olympics featured a trio of current MMA stars that donned the red, white and blue of Team USA in Beijing. The August 2008 games were...

By: David Lethaby Jul, 25, 2012
Middleweight John Phillips notched his second straight submission win July 21 in the main event of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 48.

By: Jeffrey B. Aris Jul, 24, 2012
Examining the potential consequences of pre- and post-fight attacks in combat sports.

By: Yael Grauer Jul, 23, 2012
Tim Boetsch spoiled the promotional debut of Hector Lombard.

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 23, 2012
Hector Lombard needs to pay his dues in the UFC, writes Tristen Critchfield.

By: Mike Fridley Jul, 23, 2012
Millennia MMA’s Lorenz Larkin and Maurice Jackson demonstrate an effective way to work the leg in this edition of Sherdog.com’s Technique of...

By: Keith Mills Jul, 22, 2012
Paul Daley smoked Rudy Bears and Karl Amoussou submitted Bryan Baker at Bellator 72.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 21, 2012
Renan Barao can take a bow -- and a breath. Barao was cold and precise in picking apart Team Alpha Male founder Urijah Faber en route to a...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 21, 2012
For the most part, the UFC 149 pay-per-view card was not one for the record books. Don’t tell that to Renan Barao, however, as the Brazilian cruised to a five-round unanimous decision over...

By: Lutfi Sariahmed Jul, 21, 2012
For years, there has been a debate about whether or not mixed martial arts has hit the mainstream. While there is no definitive answer, the...

By: Trula Howe Jul, 20, 2012
Bryan Baker has overcome a number of life-altering obstacles to reach the welterweight tournament final at Bellator 72.

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 20, 2012
Shawn Jordan has always had an unassuming way about him, and he will carry it into UFC 149 on Saturday in Canada.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 20, 2012
The Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 7 announced that bantamweight titleholder Dominick Cruz had torn a knee ligament while training, necessitating his removal from a rubber match with longtime rival...

By: Andy Cotterill Jul, 20, 2012
Ryan Jimmo’s call the UFC’s Octagon came a little later than some expected.

By: Mike Sloan Jul, 19, 2012
Peers side with “The California Kid” by a 2-to-1 margin at UFC 149.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 19, 2012
Canadian Ryan Jimmo puts his 16-fight winning streak on the line.

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 18, 2012
Urijah Faber makes another pass at UFC gold in interim title tilt.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 18, 2012
Welterweight champion Ben Askren will learn the identity of his next challenger.

By: Wilson Fox Jul, 18, 2012
Former LSU fullback Shawn Jordan trained for his UFC 149 clash with knockout artist Chieck Kongo at Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts in...

By: Reed Kuhn Jul, 17, 2012
The injury bug has hit mixed martial arts pretty hard this summer, but despite losing two champions from the UFC 149 lineup, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, still found a way to host a title bout on Saturday at the...

By: Taro Irei Jul, 17, 2012
Bantamweight prospect Kyoji Horiguchi outpointed King of Pancrase Manabu Inoue on July 16 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

By: Mike Fridley Jul, 16, 2012
Millennia Jiu-Jitsu’s Mitch Clarke and Brian Cobb demonstrate a nasty neck crank in this edition of Sherdog.com’s Technique of the Week.

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 16, 2012
In a perfect world, Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman would exist under the same promotional banner, two talented prospects in a heated race to be the eventual heir to...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 14, 2012
Somewhere in all the hullaballoo over testosterone replacement therapy, his release by the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a 16-month absence from the cage, people lost sight of...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 14, 2012
So far, July has been all about the middleweights, and Luke Rockhold didn’t want to miss out on the fun.

By: Joe Myers Jul, 14, 2012
After spending the first three-plus years of his professional mixed martial arts career fighting bigger, stronger men, up-and-comer Sean...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 14, 2012
Hello again, Strikeforce. How we have missed your six-sided violence.

By: Esther Lin Jul, 13, 2012
Nate Marquardt and Tyron Woodley stood face-to-face in San Jose, Calif., ahead of Saturday’s Strikeforce “Rockhold vs. Kennedy card.

By: Jack Encarnacao Jul, 13, 2012
Mixed martial arts makes strange bedfellows. For years after Showtime first broadcast the sport in 2007, brass at the premium cable network publicly feuded with...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 13, 2012
A busy July in the mixed martial arts world rolls on, with Strikeforce taking center stage for the third major event inside of a week on...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 11, 2012
Perhaps Anderson Silva has some work left to do at 185 pounds after all.

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 11, 2012
It didn’t take long for a new threat to Anderson Silva’s middleweight title to emerge. Just four days after the champion defeated Chael Sonnen for the second time at UFC 148,...

By: Yael Grauer Jul, 11, 2012
It has not taken long for Chris Weidman to make his mark in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight division.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 11, 2012
Before Mark Munoz, Chris Weidman and the rest of the primetime players hit Fuel TV on Wednesday, the undercard competitors will scrap it up on...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 10, 2012
Karlos Vemola has competed in three different weight classes since he made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut in July 2010: heavyweight,...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 10, 2012
The Ultimate Fighting Championship does not make its fans wait long for an encore. With the dust barely settled from the highly anticipated UFC...

By: Mike Fridley Jul, 09, 2012
Millennia Jiu-Jitsu’s Brian Cobb and Roberto Vargas demonstrate a slick back-control move in this edition of Sherdog.com’s Technique of the Week.

By: Yael Grauer Jul, 09, 2012
Some might have considered it a surprise to see Patrick Cote walk into his UFC 148 “Silva vs. Sonnen 2” bout with Cung Le as a -240 favorite...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 09, 2012
On August 7, 2010, Chael Sonnen took Anderson Silva to the brink of defeat.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 08, 2012
Anderson Silva sent a message to anyone who aspires to end his 2,094-day reign atop the middleweight division: punches, kicks, knees and elbows...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 08, 2012
When all was said and done, Anderson Silva left no doubt about his legacy. By stopping Chael Sonnen with strikes in the second round at UFC 148...

By: Mike Fridley and Brian Knapp Jul, 08, 2012
Only five men have held the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight crown since it was brought into existence more than a decade ago.

Jul, 06, 2012
Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen took part in the traditional staredown on the eve of battle.

By: Joseph Santoliquito Jul, 06, 2012
Ivan Menjivar has experienced the dark side of mankind.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 06, 2012
After the UFC 147 prelims delivered despite being comprised of names known only to the most devoted of followers, the UFC 148 “Silva vs. Sonnen...

By: Mike Sloan Jul, 06, 2012
Their first bout was epic, complete with an ending even the best scriptwriter could not have crafted.

Jul, 05, 2012
Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen and Tito Ortiz worked out for the press to promote UFC 148 “Silva vs. Sonnen 2.”

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 05, 2012
UFC President Dana White has never shied away from great expectations, and the rivalry between middleweight champion Anderson Silva and arch nemesis...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 05, 2012
If Chael Sonnen is to be believed, his rematch with Anderson Silva is the biggest sporting event of the summer. Everything else is merely...

By: Keith Mills Jul, 05, 2012
Middleweight prospect Tim Williams made a successful return to the cage in the main event of CFFC 15 in Atlantic City, N.J.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 04, 2012
No one blurs -- and crosses -- the line between fantasy and reality quite like Chael Sonnen, the brash Ultimate Fighting Championship...

By: Reed Kuhn Jul, 03, 2012
It is being called the biggest rematch of all time. UFC President Dana White is even predicting more than one million pay-per-view buys,...

Jul, 02, 2012
Millennia Jiu-Jitsu’s Darrell Montague and Roberto Vargas demonstrate a slick shot counter in this edition of Sherdog.com’s Technique of the Week.

By: Todd Martin Jul, 02, 2012
It is often hard to appreciate history while it is still happening. Fans have become so accustomed to Anderson Silva’s dominance that it is...

By: Dave Mandel Jul, 01, 2012
Melvin Guillard trained for his UFC 148 clash against Fabricio Camoes at the Jaco Hybrid Training Center in Delray Beach, Fla.