By: Sherdog.com Staff
Roy
Nelson capitalized on his opponent’s inexperience to earn a
second-round technical knockout over Kimbo
Slice on the third episode of “The...
By: Marcelo Alonso
Wanderlei
Silva has fought Vitor
Belfort and trained with Anderson
Silva. Should Anderson and Belfort meet in the next UFC
middleweight title fight,...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Phil
Baroni will return to the Octagon following a
four-and-a-half-year absence at UFC
106 “Lesnar vs. Carwin” on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas
Dana White Video Interview
Greg Savage sat down with Dana White for an exclusive video
interview.
By: Loretta Hunt
UFC heavyweight Todd Duffee
is touring a number of MMA gyms in Las Vegas this week, as the
23-year-old was recently accepted into the University...
By: Loretta Hunt and UFC.com
Joe
Lauzon and Sam Stout have
agreed to face off in a lightweight contest at UFC 108 on Jan. 2 at
the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
By: Marcelo Alonso
Former Chute Boxe Academy striking trainer Sérgio Cunha has been
enlisted to coach Brett
Rogers in his Nov. 7 bid against the world’s No. 1 heavyweight,...
By: Jordan Breen
Dream 11 on Oct. 6 will see the promotion's featherweight grand
prix conclude, but parent company Fighting and Entertainment Group
is busy...
By: Loretta Hunt
Yoshihiro
Akiyama will travel stateside in October to train with Shawn
Tompkins and the Xtreme Couture MMA camp in Las Vegas
By: Sherdog.com Staff
A pivotal welterweight contest between Mike Swick and
Dan
Hardy is set for UFC 105
Wes Sims: TUF 10 is a 'Roller Coaster'
Wes Sims
discusses season 10 of "The Ultimate Fighter."
By: Jack Encarnacao and Joe Harrington
WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Mike
Campbell came home to do penance for an underwhelming campaign
in World Extreme Cagefighting.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Former Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion and International Fight
League veteran Delson
Heleno defeated Fabio
Nascimento by unanimous decision...
Chris Lytle on Knee Surgery, Rehab
UFC welterweight Chris Lytle
discussed his recent knee surgery and rehab.
By: Greg Savage
California State Athletic Commission Chairman Timothy Noonan
resigned Thursday, and a state ethics agency is investigating the
CSAC regarding...
By: Greg Savage
Long-rumored to be returning to the UFC, heavyweight Paul
Buentello informed Sherdog.com Friday that the deal is now
official.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
HBO Sports announced Friday that its Sept. 19 boxing pay-per-view
featuring Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez generated one
million buys.
By: Brian Knapp
More than four years have passed since Ray Sefo dipped
his toe in the foreign waters of mixed martial arts.
By: Brian Knapp
Chris
Weidman aims to introduce himself to the world this weekend in
Barcelona, Spain, where he will compete in the Abu Dhabi Submission...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
A new blog entry posted Thursday under Quinton
“Rampage” Jackson’s name on the fighter’s official Web site
says the former UFC light heavyweight...
By: Tony Loiseleur
“You could consider me an employee of Sengoku. So Sengoku hires me
to fight in their ring, and it’s up to them who they choose whoever
I will fight. I'm going to rest a bit and then get back to training
hard to fight other tough heavyweights. But if I have to name
someone, I'd say...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
You asked and we found the answers. “Ask the TUF Crowd” gives you
the chance to throw your burning questions to the cast following
each...
By: Loretta Hunt
Vitor
“Shaolin” Ribeiro has signed a multi-fight contract with
Strikeforce to join the promotion’s lightweight ranks.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
The second week of “The Ultimate Fighter 10” saw its ratings drop
by 29 percent from its record-shattering debut last Thursday of 4.1...
By: Brian Knapp
Former EliteXC middleweight title challenger and UFC veteran
Scott
Smith plans to fight again soon, and he wants a crack at one of
the...
By: Loretta Hunt
Kim
Couture and Kerry Vera
have verbally agreed to meet in a 135-pound women’s bout for
Strikeforce, sources from both fighter’s camps have...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
An open letter posted Tuesday at Quinton
“Rampage” Jackson’s official Web site under the fighter’s name
states that the former light...
By: Loretta Hunt
A broken hand will prevent Tim Sylvia
from making an Oct. 25 debut with the Dream promotion in Japan,
said the fighter’s manager Monte Cox.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Fedor
Emelianenko and Brett
Rogers are set to meet in a heavyweight main event for
Strikeforce on Nov. 7 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates,...
By: Tony Loiseleur
SAITAMA, Japan -- Olympic judo silver medalist Hiroshi
Izumi went out on his shield in his MMA debut Wednesday against
Antz
Nansen in the main...
By: Tony Loiseleur
SAITAMA, Japan -- World Victory Road announced plans for a New
Year’s Eve event, as well as a new name for its mixed martial arts
promotion,...
By: Tony Loiseleur
TOKYO -- Takashi
Nakakura officially announced his decision to vacate the Shooto
154-pound world championship during an in-ring appearance at...
By: Tony Loiseleur
SAITAMA, Japan -- All fighters were reported to have made weight
for World Victory Road’s Sengoku “Tenth Battle” this Wednesday at
the...
By: Tony Loiseleur
TOKYO -- Though their first encounter eight months ago ended in a
draw, the rematch between Pacific Rim 154-pound champion Yusuke Endo
and Kotetsu...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Nate
Diaz got back in the win column with a victory over Melvin
Guillard at UFC Fight Night 19 in Oklahoma City, Okla., on
Sept. 16.
By: Tony Loiseleur
TOKYO – Antonio
Silva’s exile to Japan is all but over, he says.
By: Brian Knapp
Herschel Walker, the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner and two-time NFL
Pro Bowl selection, has signed a multi-fight contract with
Strikeforce, the...
By: Brian Knapp
UFC veteran Victor
Valimaki subdued Lew Polley by
unanimous decision to capture The Fight Club light heavyweight
championship at TFC 8 “Salvation”
'Cigano' Breaks Down 'Cro Cop' Win
By: Greg Savage
Junior
"Cigano" dos Santos discussed his stoppage of Mirko "Cro
Cop" Filipovic with Greg Savage.
Griffin Pleased with Performance Against Franca
By: Greg Savage
Tyson
Griffin discussed his knockout of Hermes
Franca with Sherdog.com.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Ricky
Story’s evening had a happy ending, as the welterweight earned
$130,000 in “fight of the night” and “submission” bonuses for his
second-round arm-triangle choke over Brian
Foster at...
Video: UFC 103 Post-Fight Press Conference
The UFC
103 post-fight news conference is available for download on
Sherdog.com.
By: Brian Knapp
Two-time UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia
breathed a bit of life into his career, as he stopped Jason Riley
on first-round strikes in the...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
With a only quarter-pound standing between him and Rich
Franklin, Vitor
Belfort looks to make his awaited Octagon return Saturday in a
195-pound...
By: Loretta Hunt
Fedor
Emelianenko and Brett
Rogers will face off in a heavyweight main event for
Strikeforce on Nov. 7 on CBS.
A venue for the event is...
By: Jack Encarnacao
The company had one of its most action-packed events of the year
Wednesday, prior to the much-hyped, record-smashing season premiere
of “The...
By: Brian Knapp
Half a dozen UFC veterans, including former heavyweight champion
Tim Sylvia, will compete at Adrenaline MMA 4 on Friday at the
Mid-America...
Video: UFC 103 Weigh-ins
Friday's UFC 103 weigh-in is archived on Sherdog.com
Dana White: Rampage Backed Out of Commitment
By: Greg Savage
president Dana White was visibly upset when asked about Quinton
Jackson’s withdrawal from his scheduled December fight with
fellow TUF coach...
TUF 10 Shatters Ratings Record with 4.1 Million Viewers
By: Sherdog.com Staff
The season debut of “The Ultimate Fighter 10” shattered the
network’s previous ratings record for the show with a whopping 4.1
million...
By: Greg Savage
Despite telling the press that there is nothing wrong with his
elbow, UFC middleweight champion Anderson
Silva is in need of surgery to remove...
Video: UFC 103 Pre-Fight News Conference
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Dana White spoke at Thursday's UFC 103 news conference in Dallas.
By: Brian Knapp
One-time EliteXC welterweight king Jake Shields
will meet Jason “Mayhem”
Miller for the vacant Strikeforce middleweight belt at
Strikeforce...
By: Greg Savage and Dave Mandel
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Nate Diaz
waited for Melvin
Guillard to fumble a golden opportunity and made him pay for
his mistake.
Diaz, “The Ultimate...
Diaz: Ready for 'Top 5' Fights?
By: Greg Savage
Nate
Diaz met with Greg Savage after his submission of Melvin
Guillard at UFC Fight Night 19.
Sherdog.com reports from the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma
City, Okla., with live play-by-play of UFC Fight Night 19, which is
headlined by Nate Diaz vs.
Melvin
Guillard.
Also, don't forget to check...
Condit Discusses Comeback Win
Carlos
Condit discussed his bout with Jake
Ellenberger at UFC Fight Night 19 with Greg Savage.
Maynard Breaks Down Huerta Win
Gray
Maynard spoke with Sherdog.com's greg Savage following his bout
with Roger
Huerta.
By: Brian Knapp
Two of the oldest competitors on the UFC Fight Night lineup
provided the most memorable fight, and they received handsome
rewards for their efforts.
UFC 103 Pre-Fight News Conference Stream
A live video feed of Thursday's UFC 103 pre-fight news conference
will air on Sherdog.com at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
A lightweight contest between Phillipe
Nover and Sam Stout has
been cancelled Wednesday evening for UFC Fight Night 19 in Oklahoma
City, Okla.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
All 22 fighters successfully made weight on Tuesday in Oklahoma
City, Okla., making official UFC Fight Night 19, which airs live on
Spike TV on Wednesday.
...
Video: UFC Fight Night 19 Weigh-ins
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Watch the UFC Fight Night 19 weigh-ins on Sherdog.com.
By: Tony Loiseleur
TOKYO –- Rule changes and the announced participation of Takanori
Gomi and Rumina Sato highlighted the first press conference Tuesday
for the...
Live UFC Fight Night Weigh-in Results
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Along with a
live video feed of the weigh-ins, Sherdog.com has text results
in real time as the fighters take to the scale.
By: Brian Knapp
World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion Mike Thomas
Brown will defend his crown against Brazilian wunderkind
Jose
Aldo in the WEC 44...
Live UFC Fight Night Weigh-ins
Tuesday's UFC Fight Night 19 weigh-ins will stream live on
Sherdog.com.
By: Sherdog.com Staff
The UFC announced Monday that a previously reported heavyweight
title bout between Brock
Lesnar and Shane
Carwin is set for UFC
106
By: Loretta Hunt
Melvin
Guillard flew solo during Monday’s teleconference call for UFC
Fight Night 19, which airs live Wednesday on Spike TV on 8 p.m.
EST/PST.
Guillard meets "The Ultimate Fighter 5" winner...
By: Brian Knapp
Sixty seconds was all it took for Dave Herman
to dispatch mixed martial arts pioneer Don Frye in the
Shark Fights 6 “Stars and Stripes” main event
By: Brian Knapp
UFC hall of famer Randy
Couture will meet Brandon Vera
in the UFC 105 main event on Nov. 15 at the Manchester Evening News
Arena in Manchester,...
Bruce Buffer's "IT'S TIME!" radio show, normally scheduled for 2:00
p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesdays, will be dark this week due to
Buffer...
By: Marcelo Alonso
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Ricardo
Arona made a triumphant return to the mixed martial arts scene,
as he defeated UFC veteran Marvin
Eastman by...
By: Tony Loiseleur
TOKYO -- More than a year after she lost to Megumi
Fujii in the ill-fated Smackgirl “World Remix 2008” tournament,
Seo Hee
Ham returned to Japan and took a well-earned unanimous decision
over mixed martial...
By: Greg Savage
Leonard
Garcia will likely return to action against “The Ultimate
Fighter” finalist Manny
Gamburyan at a WEC event being planned for Nov. 18 in Las...
By: Tony Loiseleur
TOKYO -- Kuniyoshi
Hironaka knocked out Yoshihiro
Koyama to become Cage Force's second lightweight champion
Saturday at Cage Force 12.
By: Joseph Thompson
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Carlton
Haselrig, a former Pro Bowl offensive lineman with the
Pittsburgh Steelers, was suspended for 150 days by the New Jersey
State Athletic Control Board after he failed to show up...
By: Brian Knapp
Mixed martial arts pioneer Don Frye will
throw leather with EliteXC veteran Dave Herman
in the featured bout at Shark Fights 6 “Stars and Stripes” this
Saturday at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas....
By: Loretta Hunt
Antonio
Rogerio Nogueira is set make his Octagon debut against Luis Arthur
Cane in a light heavyweight bout, likely at UFC 106 on Nov. 21
in Las Vegas....
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Alan
Belcher and Wilson
Gouveia have verbally agreed to meet in a middleweight bout at
UFC 107 on Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tenn.
Belcher lost a close split decision to Japanese star...
By: Loretta Hunt
Six UFC 102 competitors tested for “drugs of abuse” and
performance-enhancing drugs have come back with negative results,
according to a...
By: Loretta Hunt
Kerry
Vera has agreed to a four-fight deal with Strikeforce that will
see the wife of UFC light heavyweight Brandon join the promotion’s...
By: Greg Savage
Paul
Buentello has secured his release from Strikeforce and is
negotiating a return to the Octagon, the former UFC heavyweight
title contender told...
By: Greg Savage
Muhammed
"King Mo" Lawal and Kevin
Randleman are in discussions to meet in a light heavyweight
bout on Nov. 7 at Sengoku “Eleventh Battle” at the...
By: Brian Knapp
Efrain
Escudero will make his first appearance inside the Octagon
since winning the lightweight final at “The Ultimate Fighter 8”
Live Finale when he challenges...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Arena Football League team owner Brady Nelson will be the latest to
try his hand at promoting MMA, when he launches Arena Rumble this
Saturday
By: Greg Savage
Daniel Cormier, a two-time Olympian and NJCAA champion, will be
the latest in a series of successful wrestlers to make the leap to
mixed martial...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
A featured lightweight bout between Kenny
Florian and Clay Guida has
been moved to UFC 107 on Dec. 12 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis,
Tenn.
...
By: Jordan Breen
Fighting and Entertainment Group has two more official fights for
Dream 11 on Oct. 6 at the Yokohama Arena, but no Gegard
Mousasi
By: Loretta Hunt
Diego
Sanchez signed a new eight-fight deal with the UFC on Tuesday,
clearing the path for a lightweight title bid against B.J. Penn at
UFC
107 in Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tenn.
Sanchez’s representation,...
By: Loretta Hunt
Quinton
“Rampage” Jackson’s big break has broken up a headlining bout
against Rashad
Evans at UFC
107
By: Brian Knapp
British standout Michael
Bisping will return to the Octagon on Nov. 14, when he collides
with Pride Fighting Championships veteran Denis Kang
By: Sherdog.com Staff
UFC highlights will air on free TV in the United Kingdom, the
promotion announced Tuesday
Mousasi: UFC Never Made Offer
By: TJ De Santis
In terms of long-term potential, few mixed martial artists carry
the value of Gegard
Mousasi, a multi-lingual 24-year-old with talent to spare.
By: Rodolfo Roman and Dave Mandel
MIAMI, Fla. -- Roan
Carneiro defeated fellow UFC veteran Jorge Patino
by unanimous decision in the main event
By: Brian Knapp
A concussion suffered during training has forced Mike Swick out
of his welterweight title eliminator against Martin
Kampmann at UFC
103
By: Loretta Hunt
Brett
Rogers said he’ll be banking on Fedor
Emelianenko’s technical lapses when he faces the world’s
top-ranked heavyweight in Strikeforce...
By: Loretta Hunt
James Malec was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter Thursday in
the shooting of his stepson Justin
Eilers last Christmas in Canyon County, Idaho.
By: Loretta Hunt
B.J.
Penn will defend his lightweight title at UFC 107 on Dec. 12 at
the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., according to the promotion’s
president...
By: Greg Savage
Josh
Neer will replace an injured Sean Sherk in a
lightweight bout against Gleison
Tibau at UFC 104 on Oct. 24 in Los Angeles
By: Marcelo Alonso
Demian
Maia saw his 11-fight winning streak come grinding to a halt at
UFC 102 “Couture vs. Nogueira” on Saturday at the Rose Garden Arena...
LIVE: UFC Press Conference
Sherdog.com has a live feed of Tuesday's UFC 104 press
conference.
Along with UFC President Dana White, Lyoto
Machida, Mauricio
Rua, Cain
Velasquez, and...