By: Brian Knapp
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
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
TOKYO -- Former Pride Fighting Championships lightweight
titleholder Takanori
Gomi battled through five rounds of ferocious striking against
Tony...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
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
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
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
World-ranked bantamweight and one-time World Extreme Cagefighting
title challenger Takeya
Mizugaki will meet Scott
Jorgensen at
WEC 45...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
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
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
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
While both chambers of the Massachusetts legislature have approved
sanctioning mixed martial arts in the state, there are still
differences that...
Lashley-Strikeforce Deal Nears
By: Loretta Hunt
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
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Toughill has withdrawn from her 145-pound title eliminator bout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
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Lesnar had withdrawn from...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
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
UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto
Machida earned $200,000 in his first successful title defense
against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC...
By: Loretta Hunt
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
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
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
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
LOS ANGELES –- Josh Barnett
was granted a second extension Monday for an appeals hearing the
fighter had requested after the California State...
CSAC Addresses Ticket Scandal, Re-Opens EO Search, Adds New Commissioner
By: Loretta Hunt
LOS ANGELES -- The California State Athletic Commission unanimously
adopted a “strict no-gift” policy Monday that will apply to its...
By: Brian Knapp
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
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 |...
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...
Machida, Rua Agree to 'Immediate Rematch'
By: Loretta Hunt
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,...
Barry Banks $120K in UFC 104 Bonuses
By: Brian Knapp
Patrick
Barry turned a hard night’s work into a nice little nest egg
for himself.
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
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Career | Shogun’s |
UFC
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Video: UFC 104 Weigh-ins
Sherdog.com is pleased to offer video of Friday's UFC 104
weigh-ins.
OSAKA, Japan -- Former World Extreme Cagefighting middleweight
champion Paulo Filho’s
personal demons may have returned. The formerly...
By: Brian Knapp and Dave Mandel
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
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
Paulo
Filho has been pulled from his middleweight bout against
Dong
Sik Yoon at
Dream 12 on Oct. 25
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Darrill
Schoonover, who was portrayed as a zealous recreational drinker
during Wednesday’s episode, gets this week’s most-asked question.
By: Greg Savage
Former World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion Urijah Faber
will return to action at
WEC 46, tentatively scheduled for Jan. 10 in...
By: Loretta Hunt
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...
White Discusses Henderson Negotiations, Fedor, Silva-Belfort & Bashes Roy Nelson
By: Greg Savage
LOS ANGELES -- UFC President Dana White said he went out to eat
Wednesday and ran into Dan
Henderson’s attorney eating with Strikeforce...
White Confirms UFC Is Targeting Mexico City for April 2010
By: Greg Savage
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
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....
UFC 104 Pre-Fight Conference Video & Notes
By: Greg Savage
LOS ANGELES -- The UFC
104 pre-fight news conference took place Thursday afternoon at
the Westside Pavilion Mall.
TUF Gets 2.8 Million Viewers Again
By: Sherdog.com Staff
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
The WEC announced Thursday on Twitter that it has signed former IFL
champion Chris
Horodecki.
By: Greg Savage
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
LOS ANGELES -- Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson
told Sherdog.com on Wednesday that he is hoping to return to the
cage this year.
UFC 104 Pre-Fight News Conference Stream
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
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
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
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
Referee “Big” John McCarthy will be conspicuously absent from
UFC
104 this Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
By: Brian Knapp
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair
Overeem submitted Tony
Sylvester with a first-round guillotine choke in the Ultimate
Glory 11 “A...
By: Brian Knapp
The Nevada State Athletic Commission on Friday suspended World
Extreme Cagefighting featherweight Cole
Province for nine months following a...
By: Jordan Breen
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
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
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
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
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
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is looking to come to Virginia
for the first time in January.
Schaub on Enjoying ‘TUF’ Experience, Training with Shane Carwin
By: Greg Savage
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A light heavyweight bout between Ryan Bader
and Eric
Schafer and a heavyweight tilt featuring Antoni
Hardonk against Pat Parry will be televised...
Shonie Carter Outraged Over Weight Issues, Newton
By: Freddie DeFreitas
Shonie
Carter discussed his hard-fought loss to Carlos Newton.
Carlos Newton: Back to Japan After 'Slippery' Win
By: Freddie DeFreitas
Carlos Newton discusses his victory over Shonie Carter.
By: Greg Savage
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
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...
WEC 43 Bonuses: Semerzier Capitalizes on Fabiano Upset
By: Brian Knapp
Mackens
Semerzier shocked the mixed martial arts community in his World
Extreme Cagefighting debut and has some extra money to prove it.
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
TOKYO -- Women’s 106-pound champion Miku
Matsumoto dominated “Windy” Tomomi
Sunaba bell-to-bell in their two-round co-main event at Deep...
WEC 43 Weigh-in Video
Friday's WEC 43 Weigh-in video is now available on Sherdog.com.
By: Brian Knapp and Dave Mandel
Only time separates Donald
Cerrone from Benson
Henderson and their showdown for the interim World Extreme
Cagefighting lightweight championship....
By: Jack Encarnacao
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
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
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
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
UFC and Dream veteran Jesse
Taylor will square off with Luke
Rockhold in a welterweight tilt at Strikeforce “Challengers
Series 4”
Mendes Dominates Joy; Mitchell Outpoints War Machine
By: Joseph Zigler
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
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
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
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
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
“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
TOKYO -- After wresting the lightweight title from Joachim
Hansen in the final four seconds of their bout Tuesday at Dream
11
By: Brian Knapp
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
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
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
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
Unbeaten British prospect Paul Sass
unseated Rob
Sinclair by split decision to capture the Olympian MMA
Championships lightweight title at OMMAC...
By: Tony Loiseleur
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:...
Dream 11 Weigh-in Results
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
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
Strikeforce announced Saturday the hiring of Richard Chou as the
promotion’s first official matchmaker.
Lutter Edges MacDonald, Alessio KOs Fioravanti
By: Rob King
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
Chase
Beebe might demand a recount on this one.
Wilson Defends, Hayes Takes Title at Sportfight
By: Mike Whitman
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
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
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
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
A lightweight title bout between champion Antonio
McKee and Carlo Prater
will now become a three-round, non-title affair, after Prater
missed weight
By: Loretta Hunt
Dan
Henderson and UFC owners Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White met at
the negotiation table last week in Las Vegas but left without a new...