By: Brian Knapp Oct, 31, 2009
Dream welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis has come to terms on a multi-fight contract with Strikeforce, according to officials within the promotion....

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 30, 2009
Featherweight prospect Chad Mendes has signed a six-fight deal with the WEC, Sherdog.com confirmed with the fighter’s manager, Mike Roberts,...

By: Kris Hartrum Oct, 30, 2009
TOKYO -- Former Pride Fighting Championships lightweight titleholder Takanori Gomi battled through five rounds of ferocious striking against Tony...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 30, 2009
Former welterweight title challengers Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves will have to wait for their rematch, as an injury has forced the Brazilian to withdraw from a scheduled bout at...

By: Marcelo Alonso Oct, 30, 2009
The fact that two Brazilians are involved in public dispute regarding the UFC light heavyweight championship has attracted the attention of the...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 30, 2009
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: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 30, 2009
World-ranked bantamweight and one-time World Extreme Cagefighting title challenger Takeya Mizugaki will meet Scott Jorgensen at WEC 45...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 29, 2009
Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff will meet in a headlining lightweight bout at WEC 45 “Cerrone vs. Ratcliff” on Dec. 19 at The Pearl inside...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 29, 2009
Roxanne Modafferi and Marloes Coenen will meet in a 145-pound women’s bout at Strikeforce/M-1 Global “Fedor vs. Rogers” on Nov. 7 in...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 29, 2009
Brett Rogers’ rise from blue-collar worker to heavyweight prospect will be one focus of the Showtime 30-minute documentary preview show...

By: Jack Encarnacao Oct, 29, 2009
While both chambers of the Massachusetts legislature have approved sanctioning mixed martial arts in the state, there are still differences that...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 29, 2009
Can an athlete thrive with two mistresses?

At the moment, Bobby Lashley seems to think so, as he's pursued dual careers in MMA and pro...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 28, 2009
Erin Toughill has withdrawn from her 145-pound title eliminator bout with Marloes Coenen at Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” on Nov. 7 in...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 28, 2009
Shane Carwin was also recovering from illness when it was reported Monday that an ill UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar had withdrawn from...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 27, 2009
Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson have verbally agreed to fight at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas, Sherdog.com has learned from a source close to the...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 27, 2009
UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida earned $200,000 in his first successful title defense against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 27, 2009
Undefeated heavyweight Brett Rogers will get the next crack at MMA’s top fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, at Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” on...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 27, 2009
Having the world’s No. 1 heavyweight as its centerpiece has been a boon for CBS.

Kelly Kahl, executive vice president for primetime programming, said the addition of...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 27, 2009
Quinton Jackson says Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was robbed Saturday in his decision loss to Lyoto Machida, and “Rampage” is pointing his...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 26, 2009
UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has withdrawn from his upcoming title defense against Shane Carwin due to illness, UFC President Dana White told...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 26, 2009
LOS ANGELES –- Josh Barnett was granted a second extension Monday for an appeals hearing the fighter had requested after the California State...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 26, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- The California State Athletic Commission unanimously adopted a “strict no-gift” policy Monday that will apply to its...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 25, 2009
Mitsuhisa Sunabe defeated the previously unbeaten Isao Hirose by unanimous decision to remain the flyweight King of Pancrase at Pancrase...

By: Greg Savage and Dave Mandel Oct, 25, 2009
Lyoto Machida defeated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua on Saturday by a unanimous decision that will be debated for some time. » Recap

Play-by-Play | Rematch? | Cain’s Big Win | Bonuses & Awards | Radio Analysis |...

Oct, 25, 2009
Sherdog.com reports from the Staples Center in Los Angeles with UFC 104 results and live play-by-play.

Additionally, Jake Rossen will provide a live UFC 104 blog. Also, don't forget to check out the...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 25, 2009
In a night where discrepancy won out, there was one thing UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and UFC president Dana White could all agree upon: a rematch between the two Brazilians,...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 25, 2009
Patrick Barry turned a hard night’s work into a nice little nest egg for himself.

Oct, 24, 2009
In this exclusive video, Marcelo Alonso takes you to Belem, Brazil, to explore Lyoto Machida’s roots ahead of his bout Saturday against “Shogun” at UFC 104. » All Access

Weigh-in Photos | Machida’s Career | Shogun’s | UFC 104 Lineup | 5 Questions |...

Oct, 23, 2009
Sherdog.com is pleased to offer video of Friday's UFC 104 weigh-ins.

Oct, 23, 2009
OSAKA, Japan -- Former World Extreme Cagefighting middleweight champion Paulo Filho’s personal demons may have returned. The formerly...

By: Brian Knapp and Dave Mandel Oct, 23, 2009
Mere hours before they throw their fists and feet at one another, UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua stood face to face one last time.

Machida checked in at 202.5 pounds for his...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 23, 2009
Cory Grant will face Rumina Sato in a featherweight bout at Vale Tudo Japan 2009 on Oct. 30 at the JCB Hall in Tokyo, Shooto promoter Sustain...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 23, 2009
Paulo Filho has been pulled from his middleweight bout against Dong Sik Yoon at Dream 12 on Oct. 25

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 23, 2009
Darrill Schoonover, who was portrayed as a zealous recreational drinker during Wednesday’s episode, gets this week’s most-asked question.

By: Greg Savage Oct, 23, 2009
Former World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion Urijah Faber will return to action at WEC 46, tentatively scheduled for Jan. 10 in...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 22, 2009
UFC President Dana White said Thursday that Dan Henderson’s asking price to re-sign with the UFC would make him “by far the highest-paid guy...

By: Greg Savage Oct, 22, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- UFC President Dana White said he went out to eat Wednesday and ran into Dan Henderson’s attorney eating with Strikeforce...

By: Greg Savage Oct, 22, 2009
UFC President Dana White confirmed Thursday an earlier report from Sherdog.com that a live event in Mexico City is indeed close to becoming a reality.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 22, 2009
One-time welterweight title challengers Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves will lock horns for a second time at UFC 107 “Penn vs. Sanchez” on Dec....

By: Greg Savage Oct, 22, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- The UFC 104 pre-fight news conference took place Thursday afternoon at the Westside Pavilion Mall.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 22, 2009
The sixth episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 10” drew an average 2.8 million viewers and a 2.1 household Wednesday, according to figures...

By: Greg Savage Oct, 22, 2009
The WEC announced Thursday on Twitter that it has signed former IFL champion Chris Horodecki.

By: Greg Savage Oct, 22, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Spencer Fisher may have still been cutting weight for his UFC 104 bout with Joe Stevenson, but the explosive lightweight’s...

By: Greg Savage Oct, 22, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson told Sherdog.com on Wednesday that he is hoping to return to the cage this year.

Oct, 21, 2009
A live video feed of Thursday's UFC 104 pre-fight news conference will air on Sherdog.com at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 21, 2009
The supporting cast for the Nov. 18 WEC featherweight title fight between champion Mike Thomas Brown and challenger Jose Aldo was made official...

By: Greg Savage Oct, 21, 2009
Bantamweight contenders Damacio Page and Takeya Mizugaki have agreed to meet at WEC 45 on Dec. 19 in Las Vegas, a source close to the bout has...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 21, 2009
Headlining bouts from UFC 101 through UFC 103 will air Nov. 7 on Spike TV at 9 p.m., the same time and date that Strikeforce will be making its...

By: Jason Probst Oct, 20, 2009
Referee “Big” John McCarthy will be conspicuously absent from UFC 104 this Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 20, 2009
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 5 lightweight winner Nate Diaz will square off with the unbeaten Gray Maynard in the UFC Fight Night 20...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 20, 2009
Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff have verbally agreed to meet in a featured lightweight bout at a yet-to-be-announced WEC 45 event on Dec. 19 in Las...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 20, 2009
Bellator Fighting Championships on Tuesday announced an agreement to televise its second and third seasons live on Fox Sports Net. The deal,...

By: Lutfi Sariahmed Oct, 19, 2009
A proposed middleweight championship bout between titleholder Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort at UFC 108 on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas has yet to be...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 19, 2009
Fresh off a stint on ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars,” Chuck Liddell will now turn his attention to either making his Octagon return or becoming a...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 19, 2009
Japanese icon Kazushi Sakuraba, less than three weeks after he submitted boxer Rubin Williams, will lock horns with Zelg Galesic at Dream 12...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 19, 2009
UFC castaway Sean Salmon, in his first appearance since his stunning revelation that he threw a match, defeated Yuki Sasaki by unanimous...

By: Tony Loiseleur Oct, 18, 2009
Leading Shooto promoter Sustain announced Sunday that longtime Shooto fan favorite and former 143-pound Pacific Rim champion Rumina Sato will fight...

By: Tony Loiseleur Oct, 18, 2009
TOKYO -- Koetsu Okazaki blasted Hiromasa Ogikubo to win Shooto's vacant 132-pound Pacific Rim championship in the main event of Sunday's Shooto...

By: Joseph Zigler and Jeff Sherwood Oct, 18, 2009
TULARE, Calif. -- Doug Marshall extended his winning streak to four fights with a first-round knockout against “KO Kid” Keith Berry at Pure...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 17, 2009
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem submitted Tony Sylvester with a first-round guillotine choke in the Ultimate Glory 11 “A...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 16, 2009
The Nevada State Athletic Commission on Friday suspended World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight Cole Province for nine months following a...

By: Jordan Breen Oct, 16, 2009
Neither bout was much of a secret, but World Victory Road added two matchups to Sengoku “Eleventh Battle” on Nov. 7 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 15, 2009
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: Brian Knapp Oct, 15, 2009
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua knows his place in the UFC 104 main event against light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida on Oct. 24 at the Staples...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 15, 2009
After netting a record-shattering 6.1 million viewers for its third episode, the fifth installment of “The Ultimate Fighter 10” drew an...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 15, 2009
Undefeated welterweight Tyron Woodley will meet Rudy Bears in a headlining bout at Strikeforce Challengers 5 on Nov. 20 in Kansas City, Kan.,...

By: Jack Encarnacao Oct, 15, 2009
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is looking to come to Virginia for the first time in January.

By: Greg Savage Oct, 15, 2009
Brendan Schaub, a current cast member of “The Ultimate Fighter,” is a rare breed among alumni of the UFC’s reality show. The...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 14, 2009
One of the most attractive benefits for fighters signing with Strikeforce at the moment is the promotion’s open-door policy regarding...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 14, 2009
Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent company of K-1 and Dream, announced plans for Dynamite 2009 on New Year’s Eve at a press...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 14, 2009
Two bouts for the live finale of this season’s “The Ultimate Fighter” were made official Wednesday. Fast-rising light heavyweight Jon Jones will take on Matt Hamill, and lightweights Frankie Edgar and...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 13, 2009
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal has signed a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce and could make his promotional debut as early as December, according to a...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 13, 2009
B.J. Penn will defend his UFC lightweight title against Diego Sanchez on Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tenn., the promotion officially announced Tuesday.

By: Jordan Breen Oct, 13, 2009
Promotional group Sustain announced the addition of three bouts Tuesday to the Oct. 30 "Vale Tudo Japan 2009" card at JCB Hall.

By: Tony Loiseleur Oct, 13, 2009
TOKYO -- Yoshihiro Akiyama announced Tuesday that he will be facing Wanderlei Silva next in a middleweight bout at UFC 110 on Feb. 6 in Las...

By: Tony Loiseleur Oct, 13, 2009
TOKYO -- Caol Uno is set to face Fabricio “Morango” Camoes at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas, the Japanese lightweight announced Tuesday...

By: Greg Savage Oct, 12, 2009
World Extreme Cagefighting Vice President Peter Dropick stated earlier this year that the promotion would be instituting a 125-pound division....

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 12, 2009
A light heavyweight bout between Ryan Bader and Eric Schafer and a heavyweight tilt featuring Antoni Hardonk against Pat Parry will be televised...

By: Freddie DeFreitas Oct, 12, 2009
Shonie Carter discussed his hard-fought loss to Carlos Newton.

By: Freddie DeFreitas Oct, 12, 2009
Carlos Newton discusses his victory over Shonie Carter.

By: Greg Savage Oct, 11, 2009
WEC matchmaker Sean Shelby was smiling from ear to ear after Benson Henderson defeated Donald Cerrone Saturday night in San Antonio.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 10, 2009
Mackens Semerzier surprised Wagnney Fabiano, Sherdog.com’s No. 3-ranked featherweight in the world, and the MMA world when he submitted the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt with a first-round triangle choke at...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 10, 2009
Mackens Semerzier shocked the mixed martial arts community in his World Extreme Cagefighting debut and has some extra money to prove it.

Oct, 10, 2009
Sherdog.com reports from the AT&T Center in San Antonio with live play-by-play of WEC 43. In the main event, lightweights Donald Cerrone and Benson Henderson will clash for the WEC 155-pound interim title....

By: Tony Loiseleur Oct, 10, 2009
TOKYO -- Women’s 106-pound champion Miku Matsumoto dominated “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba bell-to-bell in their two-round co-main event at Deep...

Oct, 09, 2009
Friday's WEC 43 Weigh-in video is now available on Sherdog.com.

By: Brian Knapp and Dave Mandel Oct, 09, 2009
Only time separates Donald Cerrone from Benson Henderson and their showdown for the interim World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight championship....

By: Jack Encarnacao Oct, 09, 2009
The main event had just gone the distance, and promoter Marcello Foran entered the cage holding his promotion’s bantamweight title belt.

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 09, 2009
Gegard Mousasi and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou have agreed to meet in a light heavyweight non-title bout at Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” on Nov. 7 at...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 09, 2009
Antonio Silva is set to make his promotional debut against Fabricio Werdum in a heavyweight bout at Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” on Nov. 7...

By: Jordan Breen Oct, 09, 2009
Dream may have crowned two new champions just days ago in Yokohama, Japan, but the promotion has no time to relax with another event looming a...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 09, 2009
UFC and Dream veteran Jesse Taylor will square off with Luke Rockhold in a welterweight tilt at Strikeforce “Challengers Series 4”

By: Joseph Zigler Oct, 08, 2009
LEMOORE, Calif. -- Chad Mendes earned a dominating unanimous decision over Mike Joy in the main event of the inaugural Tachi Palace Fights “Most...

By: Jordan Breen Oct, 08, 2009
Sengoku’s featherweight and lightweight champions will put their crowns on the line on Dec. 31. However, the right to vie for those titles...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 08, 2009
Former New York Giants footballer Matt Mitrione, under scrutiny for sharing privileged information with a member of the rival team, gets this...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 08, 2009
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos will not be able to defend her 145-pound women’s title on Nov. 7 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffmann Estates,...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 07, 2009
Junie Allen Browning, a UFC veteran known for his outrageous behavior on season eight of “The Ultimate Fighter,” was arrested Tuesday in...

By: Tony Loiseleur Oct, 07, 2009
“It's just the way things go. I get in the fight and I make sure I want to hurt my opponent, and Bob didn't tap. The referee jumped in before...

By: Tony Loiseleur Oct, 07, 2009
TOKYO -- After wresting the lightweight title from Joachim Hansen in the final four seconds of their bout Tuesday at Dream 11

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 07, 2009
Affliction and Sengoku veteran L.C. Davis will square off with unbeaten featherweight prospect Diego Nunes in a key 145-pound scrap at WEC 44...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 06, 2009
For the first time in his 13-year career, Randy Couture will headline a UFC event on Spike TV. UFC 105, which will take place Nov. 14 at the...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 06, 2009
Tito Ortiz posted a message on his official Twitter account Tuesday morning stating that UFC 106 opponent Mark Coleman has withdrawn from their bout.

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 05, 2009
Urijah Faber has signed a six-fight contract extension with the WEC and is expected to return to the cage this January, the fighter’s manager...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 05, 2009
Unbeaten British prospect Paul Sass unseated Rob Sinclair by split decision to capture the Olympian MMA Championships lightweight title at OMMAC...

By: Tony Loiseleur Oct, 05, 2009
TOKYO -- In preparation for his Dream 11 bout with Shinya Aoki, Joachim Hansen has spent the last several days with the last man to beat the Japanese MMA ace:...

Oct, 05, 2009

Oct, 04, 2009
Former world champion wrestler Joe Warren takes on Bibiano Fernandes in the Dream featherweight grand prix on Tuesday.

The 2006 Greco-Roman...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 04, 2009
Japanese legend Kazushi Sakuraba will go to the post against Rubin Williams in a last-minute addition to Dream 11 this Tuesday at the Yokohama...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 04, 2009
Strikeforce announced Saturday the hiring of Richard Chou as the promotion’s first official matchmaker.

By: Rob King Oct, 03, 2009
ENOCH, Alberta -- Travis Lutter sent the MFC fans home unhappy as he defeated hometown star Jason MacDonald with a unanimous decision Saturday...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 03, 2009
Chase Beebe might demand a recount on this one.

By: Mike Whitman Oct, 03, 2009
GRAND RONDE, Ore. -- Featherweight champion Enoch Wilson retained his title by knocking out challenger Chad Nelson Friday in the main event of...

By: Loretta Hunt Oct, 02, 2009
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 episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 10.”

This week we tracked down...

By: Brian Knapp Oct, 02, 2009
Former lightweight title challenger Joe Stevenson will meet Spencer Fisher in a pivotal 155-pound scrap at UFC 104 “Machida vs. Rua”

By: Sherdog.com Staff Oct, 01, 2009
A record-setting 6.1 million viewers tuned in to watch Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson enter the Octagon with Roy Nelson, who earned a...

By: Rob King Oct, 01, 2009
A lightweight title bout between champion Antonio McKee and Carlo Prater will now become a three-round, non-title affair, after Prater missed weight