By: Brian Knapp Jul, 31, 2011
In a little more than four minutes, Dan Henderson may have wiped away what was left of the mystique surrounding former Pride Fighting Championships heavyweight king Fedor Emelianenko » Recap

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By: Mike Whitman Jul, 31, 2011
Once widely considered to be the greatest fighter in all of mixed martial arts, Fedor Emelianenko has now lost three straight bouts for the...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 30, 2011
Tim Kennedy took one step closer to another shot at the Strikeforce middleweight title Saturday night, as the former U.S. Army ranger defeated Robbie Lawler by unanimous decision at Strikeforce and M-1 Global’s...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 30, 2011
Tyron Woodley is still undefeated, but retaining his flawless record was no easy task Saturday night.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 30, 2011
Two-time K-1 Hero’s 154-pound grand prix winner Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante submitted King of the Cage lightweight champion Bobby Green with a second-round rear-naked choke at...

Jul, 30, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the Sears Centre at 7:30 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Strikeforce/M-1 Global “Fedor vs. Henderson,” which is headlined by Fedor Emelianenko versus Dan Henderson....

By: Guilherme Pinheiro Jul, 30, 2011
Saturday night at Jungle Fight 30, inside the Para State University Gymnasium in Belem, the Brasilia native got a second chance to vie for the biggest 155-pound title in Brazil and made good, earning a very...

Jul, 30, 2011
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem has reportedly been released from his Strikeforce contract.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 30, 2011
Canadian promotion Maximum Fighting Championship this week announced the signing of Iranian-born lightweight prospect Sabah Fadai, who is expected to debut Oct. 14 at...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 30, 2011
Following a 3-3 run in the UFC welterweight division, Canadian T.J. Grant will move down the scale to meet Oklahoman Shane Roller at lightweight...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 30, 2011
Former King of the Cage lightweight champion Clay French scrambled and hustled his way to a split verdict over James Krause in the HDNet Fights Presents...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 29, 2011
Undefeated heavyweight prospect Philip De Fries now has an opponent for UFC 138, as he will meet fellow Brit Oli Thompson at the Nov. 5 event.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 29, 2011
The nascent Dream 17 lineup received two more building blocks on Friday, as promotion officials announced that lightweight champion Shinya Aoki will face former...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 29, 2011
Undefeated heavyweight prospect Philip De Fries has signed with the UFC

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 29, 2011
Welterweights Daniel Roberts and Anthony Waldburger have agreed to face one another at UFC Fight Night 25 on Sept. 17 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans,...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 29, 2011
Tarec Saffiedine plans on sticking to his strategy Saturday against Scott Smith at Strikeforce/M-1 Global “Fedor vs. Henderson.”

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 29, 2011
Two of the most decorated fighters in mixed martial arts history moved one step closer to duking it out in the flesh.

Fedor Emelianenko hit the scales at 223 pounds for his showdown with Dan Henderson (207) in the...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 29, 2011
Strikeforce women’s welterweight champion Marloes Coenen welcomes the inherent pressures that go along with carrying promotional gold around...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 29, 2011
Tyron Woodley had been told he probably wouldn’t be competing again until September.

Jul, 29, 2011
Jordan Breen will host his weekly chat at 1 p.m. ET.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 29, 2011
Consecutive defeats to two-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championships gold medalist Fabricio Werdum and onetime EliteXC...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 28, 2011
Nine fights have now been greenlit for Strikeforce Challengers 18, as the promotion today announced that a preliminary lightweight contest between Sterling Ford and...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 28, 2011
The fight card for UFC Live 6 continues to grow, as a lightweight scrap between Yves Edwards and Rafaello Oliveira is now slated for the Oct. 1 event.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 28, 2011
A date has been finalized for Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez's next title defense, as Season 4 tournament winner...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 28, 2011
One Fighting Championship will stage “Champion vs. Champion” on Sept. 3 at the 12,000-seat Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 28, 2011
Jeff Curran's first Octagon appearance in seven years will be no cake walk, as the UFC announced Thursday that Curran has signed on to face Scott Jorgensen at...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 28, 2011
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker does not believe consecutive losses have done anything to tarnish the legacy of former Pride Fighting Championships...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 28, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships has removed the veil from its upcoming middleweight tournament, as the promotion on Thursday announced the...

By: Colin Foster Jul, 28, 2011
After being chopped down in only 27 seconds by Chris Leben at UFC 132 on July 2, Wanderlei Silva was faced with a flood of talk regarding his...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 28, 2011
The fight card for Shark Fights 18 continues to develop, as five fights have now been slated for the promotion’s first effort in the state of Nevada

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 28, 2011
The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Thursday confirmed that Vaughan Lee will face Chris Cariaso in the Brit’s inaugural Octagon appearance at...

By: Tim Leidecker Jul, 28, 2011
Slated to take on former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres at UFC 130, Brad Pickett had to postpone his Octagon debut because of a...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 27, 2011
The “Crow” has been temporarily grounded, but a “Rhino” has stepped up to take his place.

By: Gleidson Venga and Chris Nelson Jul, 27, 2011
Brazilian prospect Rodolfo Marques is set to take his place in Japanese promotion Dream’s upcoming bantamweight world grand prix.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 27, 2011
Once-beaten Brazilian lightweight Ricardo Tirloni has signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator Fighting Championships.

By: Jordan Breen Jul, 27, 2011
With Dream's Japan grand prix in the books and three qualifiers sent forward into the promotion's forthcoming bantamweight championship title...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 27, 2011
British bantamweight Vaughan Lee has inked a deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and will make his Octagon debut at UFC 138 against an...

By: Jordan Breen Jul, 27, 2011
Dream confirmed the first bout for Dream 17 on Wednesday, formalizing a featherweight clash between popular Japanese MMA veteran Caol Uno and former two-time Shooto 143-pound world champion...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 27, 2011
Dan Henderson might be a natural middleweight, but he’s never shied away from fighting elite competition in heavier divisions.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 26, 2011
Tito Ortiz admitted on his Twitter account that he cried a little after crashing his Rolls Royce over the weekend.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 26, 2011
A heavyweight confrontation between Pat Barry and Stefan Struve has been green-lit for UFC Live 6, the promotion announced Tuesday.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 26, 2011
Bantamweight Mike Easton will make his UFC debut on Oct. 1, when “The Hulk” squares off with Jeff Hougland at UFC Live 6.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 26, 2011
Following a seven-year absence, Jeff Curran has rejoined the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

By: Gleidson Venga and Colin Foster Jul, 26, 2011
According to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, accommodations were one of the major contributing factors in his one-sided title loss to Jon Jones at...

By: Gleidson Venga and Colin Foster Jul, 26, 2011
Kyra Gracie, the only woman from MMA’s most famous family to earn a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, is planning her transition to the cage a...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 26, 2011
Scott Smith has delivered some of the most memorable comebacks in MMA history. He believes at least one more is in order when he fights Tarec Saffiedine on Saturday at...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 26, 2011
The first quarterfinal pairing of Bellator Fighting Championships’ fifth-season middleweight tournament is now set, as Alexander Shlemenko and Zelg Galesic have agreed to square off at...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 25, 2011
Eight months after his surprising ouster from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, heavy-handed middleweight Gerald Harris has found a new home.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 25, 2011
Strikeforce veteran Paul Bradley will make his promotional debut in a preliminary middleweight matchup against Rafael Natal at UFC 133 “Evans vs....

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 25, 2011
A welterweight matchup pitting “The Ultimate Fighter” alumnus Matt Riddle against unbeaten UFC newcomer Lance Benoist has been tabbed for UFC...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 25, 2011
Light heavyweight prospect Ovince St. Preux took home the largest purse from Saturday’s Strikeforce Challengers 17 event at the Palms Casino...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 25, 2011
The seemingly doomed middleweight matchup between Jorge Rivera and Alessio Sakara is the latest casualty on the injury-plagued fight card of UFC 133.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 25, 2011
Carlo Prater kept his mid-career resurgence rolling Friday night with a second-round submission victory over “The Ultimate Fighter” alumnus Cameron Dollar at...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 25, 2011
A complete list of significant new fights reported in the past week.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 23, 2011
Bobby Voelker laughed last.

The 32-year-old Voelker stopped Roger Bowling with a crippling second-round knee and follow-up punches in the...

By: TJ De Santis Jul, 23, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS -- If Extreme Challenge 188 was supposed to be an easy tune-up in front of a hometown Minnesota crowd for Brock Larson, someone forgot to tell...

By: Jesse Denis Jul, 23, 2011
MIAMI -- Sean McCorkle’s first post-UFC appearance was a quick one.

By: Sam Genovese Jul, 23, 2011
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Cage Fury Fighting Championships’ 10th card was originally “Black Eye,” before a breast cancer awareness tie-in made it...

By: Brian Knapp and Al Quintero Jul, 23, 2011
Pat Curran fought at his typically measured pace and paved his road to the Bellator Fighting Championships Summer Series featherweight...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 23, 2011
Once-beaten Brazilian prospect Alexandre Bezerra needed less than a minute and a half to put away Jesse Gross on Saturday at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada, as he rendered the 23-year-old Canadian unconscious with a...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 23, 2011
Former professional wrestler Bobby Lashley has been scratched from his headlining bout against Eddie Sanchez on July 29’s Titan Fighting...

Jul, 23, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, at 7:00 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Bellator 47, featuring Marlon Sandro taking on Nazareno Malegarie and Pat Curran facing Ronnie Mann...

Jul, 22, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas at 9:00 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Strikeforce Challengers 17, headlined by the rubber match between welterweights Roger Bowling and...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 22, 2011
Sept. 24’s UFC 135 bill continues to grow, as verbal agreements are in place for a featherweight clash pitting Manny Gamburyan against Diego Nunes and a bantamweight tilt matching Cole Escovedo versus...

By: Jeff Sherwood Jul, 22, 2011
Due to an undisclosed injury to Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Andre Galvao, Cesar Gracie product David Marshall has been pegged to face welterweight prospect Jorge Lopez at...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 22, 2011
Monte Cox had his fingers crossed. When government grinds to a halt, no matter the level, those who have their livelihoods wrapped up in it can...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 22, 2011
Embattled world-ranked middleweight Nate Marquardt has agreed to a multi-fight contract with the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, the...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 22, 2011
Bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will defend his 135-pound crown against the diminutive and dynamic Demetrious Johnson at UFC Live 6 on Oct. 1

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 22, 2011
In mixed martial arts, momentum can be a tricky mistress, here one instant and gone the next. Right now, Ovince St. Preux has it in his corner

By: Jesse Denis Jul, 22, 2011
MIAMI -- Sean McCorkle will make his post-UFC debut for Championship Fighting Alliance against late replacement Cameron Befort in a super...

By: Jack Encarnacao Jul, 22, 2011
Before Nate Marquardt cemented “Testosterone Replacement Therapy” into the mixed martial arts vocabulary; before Chael Sonnen made “hypogonadism” a relevant subject for fight fans; and before most...

Jul, 22, 2011
Jordan Breen will host his weekly live mixed martial arts chat at 1 p.m. ET Friday.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 22, 2011
The participants in the two Bellator Fighting Championships Summer Series featherweight tournament semifinal bouts -- Pat Curran (146) vs. Ronnie...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 22, 2011
Roger Bowling hasn’t made a big deal about it, but apparently he broke his leg less than a minute into his October 2010 rematch against Bobby...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 21, 2011
Urijah Faber and Brian Bowles, two former WEC champions, have verbally committed to meet in a featured bantamweight tilt at UFC 139 “Velasquez vs....

By: Colin Foster Jul, 21, 2011
At Bellator Fighting Championships 47, Marlon Sandro will take on Brazilian-based Argentinian Nazareno Malegarie, a fellow Brazilian jiu-jitsu...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 21, 2011
Welterweights Roger Bowling and Bobby Voelker received final clearance on the eve of their rubber match.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 21, 2011
Unbeaten British prospect Paul Sass and “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 12 finalist Michael Johnson have verbally agreed to face one another in a lightweight matchup at...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 21, 2011
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 13 finalist Ramsey Nijem and WEC import Daniel Downes have reached a verbal agreement to meet in a lightweight matchup at...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 21, 2011
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 3 alum Matt Hamill will answer the bell against Swedish import Alexander Gustafsson in a preliminary light heavyweight matchup at...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 21, 2011
Sarah Kaufman was an interested observer when Liz Carmouche challenged Marloes Coenen for the Strikeforce 135-pound women’s title in March.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 21, 2011
Middleweights Tim Boetsch and Nick Ring have verbally committed to face one another at UFC 135 “Jones vs. Rampage” on Sept. 24 at the Pepsi...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 21, 2011
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 11 semifinalist Brad Tavares and Tim Credeur have reached verbal agreements to meet in a preliminary middleweight matchup at...

By: Guilherme Pinheiro Jul, 20, 2011
It wasn't pretty, and at times it was downright frustrating, but Nova Uniao added another champion to its gym Wednesday night, as Hernani Perpetuo took out both Pride veteran Daniel Acacio and UFC veteran Edilberto de...

Jul, 20, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from Via Show in Sao Joao de Meriti, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, at 8:00 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Fight Club's "Brazilian Stars", featuring a one-night, four-man welterweight tournament as well as a Brazilian heavyweight showdown...

By: Jesse Denis Jul, 20, 2011
MIAMI -- Just days before Championship Fighting Alliance stages its second event at U.S. Century Bank Arena, the promotion announced that its slated heavyweight main event between UFC veteran “Big Sexy”...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 20, 2011
Lightweight Bobby Green will make his Strikeforce debut a little sooner than expected.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 20, 2011
One of Canada’s top 170-pounders has joined the roster of Bellator Fighting Championships.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 20, 2011
Two of the top lightweights currently operating in Japan appear set to collide Aug. 26 in Tokyo.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 20, 2011
Another matchup has joined the burgeoning card for UFC 138, as onetime welterweight contender Thiago Alves will meet UFC newcomer Papy Abedi in...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 20, 2011
World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight veteran Bart Palaszewski will move down the scale in October.

By: Jordan Breen Jul, 20, 2011
A 155-pound contest between striking enthusiasts Anthony Njokuani and Phil Taylor is currently in the works for UFC 138, set for the LG Arena at...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 20, 2011
Two bouts featuring a trio of former “Ultimate Fighter” cast members have been added to the fight card for UFC Fight Night 25.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 20, 2011
Unbeaten heavyweight Stipe Miocic will make his Octagon debut against fellow slugger Joey Beltran at UFC 136.

Jul, 20, 2011
Former WEC featherweight ace Mike Thomas Brown discusses his time away from the sport and his path back to the limelight, which starts at UFC...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 20, 2011
Ricco Rodriguez believes Bellator has given him the opportunity to walk away from MMA like he always wanted.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 19, 2011
Ultimate Fighting Championship officials have added a second matchup to the just-announced UFC 138, as two of the 135-pound division’s finest...

By: Marcelo Alonso Jul, 19, 2011
Considered one of the best 205-pound prospects in Brazil, Marcos Rogerio "Pezao" de Lima is finally set to make his Strikeforce debut.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 19, 2011
Chris Leben and Mark Munoz will lock horns in the middleweight headliner of UFC 138, which will take place Nov. 5 at the 16,000-seat LG Arena in...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 19, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships officials Tuesday confirmed the nine-fight slate for Bellator 48, the event which will conclude the...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 19, 2011
Before the third round of his fight against Takeya Mizugaki at UFC 132, Brian Bowles told his corner that he thought he’d broken his hand again.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 18, 2011
Former UFC welterweights Phil Baroni and Yoshiyuki Yoshida will clash on Sept. 3 as part of the inaugural offering from One Fighting Championship.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 18, 2011
Aaron Simpson and Nick Catone are the latest additions to the rapidly expanding fight card for UFC 136.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 18, 2011
Mike Constantino believed there was nothing to lose. The AMA Fight Club trainer, who trains and manages Charlie Brenneman, knew his fighter could beat Rick...

Jul, 18, 2011
American Top Team stars Cole Miller and Mike Thomas Brown showcase an amazing triangle-choke setup in this edition of Sherdog.com's technique of...

By: Marcelo Alonso and Chris Nelson Jul, 18, 2011
In a surprising turn of events, Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem has been removed from the promotion’s 2011 heavyweight grand prix.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 18, 2011
Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura will see his first action of the year in September, when the Sengoku 2010 welterweight grand prix winner is set to meet Akihiro Murayama as part of...

By: Tony Loiseleur Jul, 18, 2011
TOKYO -- UFC veteran and Cage Force lightweight champion Kuniyoshi Hironaka captured yet another title Monday evening, this time claiming the vacant Shooto world 154-pound title by dominating...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 18, 2011
Hard-hitting Brazilian Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos will welcome Canadian welterweight prospect Jordan Mein to the Strikeforce cage in September.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 18, 2011
An unspecified injury has forced onetime UFC middleweight champ Murilo Bustamante to withdraw from his main-event bout against Yuya Shirai at Wednesday’s...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 18, 2011
A complete list of significant new fights reported in the past week.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 18, 2011
Light heavyweights James Te Huna and Ricardo Romero have verbally agreed to square off at UFC 135 in Denver.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 18, 2011
It took a round and a half, but once Myung Ho Bae found his advantage over Rodney MacSwain, he didn’t let up.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 17, 2011
Brazilian veteran Johnny Eduardo has signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and will make his Octagon debut against expat countryman Raphael Assuncao at...

By: Tim Leidecker Jul, 17, 2011
BREMERHAVEN, Germany -- Martin Buschkamp captured the vacant Cage Fight Night featherweight title Saturday at Laola Fussballcenter, as the...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 17, 2011
Evan Dunham and Shamar Bailey will tangle in a 155-pound contest at UFC Fight Night 25 in September.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 17, 2011
Middleweights Chris Weidman and Tom Lawlor have reached a verbal agreement to face one another at UFC 138 on Nov. 19, likely at the HP Pavilion...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 16, 2011
The UFC 133 landscape has shifted once again, as Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has withdrawn from his scheduled light heavyweight contest against...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 16, 2011
The UFC 137 lineup continues to expand, as the promotion on Saturday announced a pair of new contests for the Oct. 29 bill; Dennis Siver will...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 16, 2011
Mac Danzig and Matt Wiman will finally settle the score this October.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 16, 2011
The fight card for UFC 136 continues to develop at a rapid pace, as the promotion Saturday announced that a lightweight scrap between Jeremy Stephens and...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 16, 2011
Charlie Brenneman and Anthony Johnson will likely collide in a pivotal welterweight tilt at a to-be-named UFC event on Oct. 1.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 16, 2011
Former Strikeforce heavyweight contender Brett Rogers released a statement this week proclaiming his innocence after being arrested on felony...

By: Tony Loiseleur Jul, 16, 2011
TOKYO -- Eleven summers after an Olympic medal eluded him in Sydney, Australia, Kazuyuki Miyata came up short again, as the freestyle wrestling Olympian dropped a nip-tuck split decision to Dream featherweight champion Hiroyuki Takaya at Dream's...

By: Tony Loiseleur Jul, 16, 2011
TOKYO -- Former temp worker-turned-kakutogi star Hideo Tokoro edged former Deep champion Masakazu Imanari in a close 15-minute contest to take first place in Dream's...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 16, 2011
Kevin Ferguson’s long-rumored professional boxing debut is one step closer to becoming a reality

Jul, 16, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo with play-by-play and live results of Dream “Fight for Japan: 2011 Japan Bantamweight Tournament Final.” The card is to be headlined by the...

By: Brian Knapp and Keith Mills Jul, 15, 2011
Jake Rosholt evened the score with Matt Horwich.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 15, 2011
It seems the UFC wasn't satisfied with only one title fight highlighting its second effort in Houston.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 15, 2011
The UFC 136 dance card continues to develop and deepen, as the promotion on Friday announced that a lightweight scrap between Melvin Guillard...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 15, 2011
Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard will finally settle their score on Oct. 8, as the two will collide for a third time at UFC 136

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 15, 2011
A pair of Brazilian middleweights will collide at UFC 136, as Demian Maia will square off with Jorge Santiago at the Oct. 8 event

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 15, 2011
Verbal agreements are in place for a featherweight scrap pitting Mackens Semerzier against Mike Lullo at UFC Fight Night 25, the promotion...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 15, 2011
Dave Herman will collide with Pride Fighting Championships veteran Mike Russow in a heavyweight tilt at UFC 136 on Oct. 8 at the Toyota Center...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 15, 2011
Yuri Villefort has a lot he wants to share. One of the welterweight division's top prospects, Villefort was supposed to make his Strikeforce...

By: Tony Loiseleur Jul, 15, 2011
TOKYO -- All fighters with the exception of UFC veteran Drew Fickett hit their respective weight marks for Saturday’s “Fight for Japan: Japan...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 15, 2011
Jake Rosholt will officially have his shot at revenge on Friday night, as he and fellow headliner Matt Horwich both hit their marks Thursday at the weigh-ins for...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 15, 2011
Six months ago, Rodney MacSwain became Legend Fighting Championship’s inaugural welterweight titleholder by defeating Hoon Kim on just a few...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 15, 2011
Another new promotion with major ambitions has emerged on the suddenly bustling Asia-Pacific MMA scene.

Jul, 15, 2011
Jordan Breen will host his weekly MMA chat at 1 p.m. ET.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 14, 2011
Chris Lytle may soon enter a different kind of fight, as the UFC welterweight veteran on Thursday announced that he is considering a run for the...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 14, 2011
A featherweight fight between Josh Grispi and Matt Grice will go down at UFC 136, promotion officials announced Thursday.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 14, 2011
The UFC’s big boys will come out to play in October, as the promotion Thursday revealed a pair of heavyweight showdowns tabbed for UFC 137.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 14, 2011
Vladimir Matyushenko has suffered an undisclosed injury and has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled light heavyweight contest against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 133. Replacing “The Janitor” on...

By: Marcelo Alonso and Colin Foster Jul, 14, 2011
Lyoto Machida considered taking a short-notice fight, but he wasn’t going to do it for cheap.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 14, 2011
UFC President Dana White was in a pickle

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 14, 2011
Shark Fights 17 lost its co-headlining attraction on Friday morning when it was reported that Ricco Rodriguez would not face Karl Knothe due to...

By: Marcelo Alonso Jul, 14, 2011
Brazilian featherweight Felipe “Sertanejo” Arantes has signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and will make his Octagon debut against countryman Yuri Alcantara at...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 14, 2011
King of the Cage lightweight champion Bobby Green has signed a multi-fight contract with Strikeforce and will likely make his promotional debut at...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 14, 2011
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 3 finalist Ed Herman (Pictured; file photo) will lock horns with Australian veteran Kyle Noke in a preliminary middleweight matchup at...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 13, 2011
Despite initial reports that former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz had turned down a main event pairing with Rashad Evans at UFC 133, it...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 13, 2011
Liz Carmouche never expected to climb the ranks so quickly.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 13, 2011
An unspecified leg injury has forced Hayato Sakurai from his rematch with Marius Zaromskis at Saturday’s Dream event in Tokyo.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 13, 2011
Heavyweights Roy Nelson and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic will likely face off at UFC 137.

By: Marcelo Alonso and Colin Foster Jul, 13, 2011
Lyoto Machida will not fight Rashad Evans for a second time -- at least, not at UFC 133.

By: Mike Whitman and Chris Nelson Jul, 13, 2011
Nate Marquardt is now free to return to the cage, as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission on Wednesday voted to lift the former UFC...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 13, 2011
Phil Davis has suffered an injury and has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 133 light heavyweight headliner against Rashad Evans.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 13, 2011
Danillo Villefort will make his Strikeforce debut on Aug. 12, when the Brazilian middleweight collides with former Bellator talent Nate James at...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 13, 2011
Former WEC lightweight Chris Horodecki has signed with Bellator Fighting Championships and will debut against Chris Saunders at Bellator 47.

By: Marcelo Alonso Jul, 13, 2011
Jose Aldo currently sits alone atop the featherweight division, but the UFC’s second-youngest champion has a dream: a possible move in weight that could result in a super-fight against a fellow UFC champ, such as...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 13, 2011
It took nearly a month and a half, but a final ruling has been made regarding the Chris Camozzi-Joey Villasenor main event from Shark Fights 15.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 13, 2011
Hong Kong-based promotion Legend Fighting Championship has some powerful new allies.

By: Marcelo Alonso and Colin Foster Jul, 12, 2011
The mystery surrounding middleweight Alexandre “Cacareco” Ferreira’s withdrawal from a scheduled UFC 134 bout against Rousimar Palhares...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 12, 2011
Unbeaten Strikeforce middleweight Derek Brunson will return to the cage on July 30, as the All-American wrestler locks horns with Lumumba Sayers at...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 12, 2011
A heavyweight confrontation between UFC veteran Neil Grove and Bellator debutant Zak Jensen is slated to go down at Bellator 47.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 12, 2011
Former champions B.J. Penn and Carlos Condit will likely square off in a welterweight scrap this fall.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 12, 2011
The fight card for Titan Fighting Championship 19 continues to develop, as promotion officials Tuesday announced that undefeated bantamweights Anthony Gutierrez and...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 12, 2011
An announced lightweight scrap between Donald Cerrone and Charles Oliveira was made official late Monday, bringing the total of fights now cleared for...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 12, 2011
Dominick Cruz got revenge when he outpointed Urijah Faber for a unanimous decision in the UFC 132 main event on July 2.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 11, 2011
Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard has wasted little time in requesting a fight against Nate Marquardt.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 11, 2011
Onetime UFC heavyweight prospect Todd Duffee has reportedly been forced from Saturday’s Dream event in Tokyo due to an undisclosed injury.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 11, 2011
Two more fighters now possess the title “UFC veteran,” as welterweight John Howard and lightweight Andre Winner have been cut from the...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 11, 2011
The Showtime-televised portion of Strikeforce and M-1 Global’s “Fedor vs. Henderson” is now set, as Strikeforce officials Monday confirmed...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 11, 2011
Streaking Brazilian Eduardo Pamplona will try for his 11th win in a row when he welcomes Tyler Stinson to the Strikeforce ranks on July 30.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 11, 2011
A complete list of significant new fights reported in the past week.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 11, 2011
Urijah Faber came up short against champion Dominick Cruz in their UFC 132 bantamweight title fight, but he’s confident he’ll get another...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 11, 2011
One week after Tito Ortiz’s improbable guillotining of Ryan Bader at UFC 132, the Brazilian submission ace responsible for Ortiz’s ground...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 11, 2011
Two of Shooto’s 2010 rookie tournament champions could move closer to the Class-A ranks in September at Border 8 “Roaring Thunder.”

By: Jason Probst Jul, 10, 2011
In the fast-changing business side of the mixed martial arts landscape, numerous organizations have emerged as fleeting, big-time players, only...

By: Gleidson Venga Jul, 10, 2011
ITAJAI, Brazil -- Fresh off his release from the UFC due to reported legal issues, Maiquel “Big Rig” Falcao made quick work of Julio Cesar Bilik in the main event of...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jul, 10, 2011
ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. -- After securing a victory in the biggest test of his career to date, Buddy Roberts celebrated the accomplishment by...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 09, 2011
The UFC 133 “Evans vs. Davis” lineup is now complete with 12 bouts, as a middleweight scrap between Rafael Natal and Constantinos Philippou...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 09, 2011
A light heavyweight contest pitting Keith Berry against Gian Villante will go down Aug. 12 at Strikeforce “Challengers 18”, promotion...

By: Mick Bower Jul, 09, 2011
KENTISH TOWN, England -- “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 11 alum Norman Paraisy put on a performance that reflected every aspect of his character to defeat Jack Mason in the main event of...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 09, 2011
A preliminary duel between unbeaten light heavyweights Lionel Lanham and Carlos “Guto” Filho has been added to Strikeforce “Challengers...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 09, 2011
Former Sengoku featherweight champion Hatsu Hioki will make his Octagon debut against George Roop at UFC 137, the promotion announced Saturday.

By: Tony Loiseleur Jul, 09, 2011
TOKYO -- Bellator Fighting Championships 115-pound women’s tournament finalist Megumi Fujii successfully returned to Jewels with a lopsided victory at...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 09, 2011
Ten fights are official for Shooto Brazil 24, including a headlining South American 220-pound title tilt between Glover Teixeira and Antonio Mendes

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 09, 2011
Hulking heavyweight Bobby Lashley will return to the cage on July 28, as he squares off with UFC veteran Eddie Sanchez in the main event of Titan...

By: Joe Ortiz Jul, 09, 2011
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Envisioned as a showcase card for M-1 Global heavyweight champion Guram Gugenishvili on Showtime, M-1 Challenge 26 was...

By: Marcelo Alonso Jul, 09, 2011
Current Strikeforce women’s middleweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos finds herself in an uncommon situation, as she has not fought...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 08, 2011
A welterweight clash between Jake Shields and Jake Ellenberger will headline UFC Fight Night 25, the promotion announced on Friday

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 08, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the pairings for its upcoming Season 5 welterweight tournament

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 08, 2011
An expected welterweight clash between Matt Hughes and Diego Sanchez is now official for UFC 135, promotion officials announced Friday

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 08, 2011
Middleweight Tom Lawlor has suffered an undisclosed injured and has been forced to withdraw from his UFC Live 5 bout with Kyle Noke, promotion officials announced on Friday. Replacing Lawlor will be...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 08, 2011
Heavyweight contender Junior dos Santos (Pictured; file photo) walked away from Rogers Arena as the big winner on June 11, raking in a $200,000 payday for his one-sided unanimous decision victory over Shane Carwin...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 08, 2011
The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on Friday announced the headlining attraction for its Sept. 10 event, as Frank Trigg will...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 08, 2011
Yuri Alcantara will meet fellow Octagon rookie and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Antonio Carvalho in a preliminary featherweight matchup at UFC 134...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 08, 2011
Next month, Koichiro Matsumoto will put his Deep featherweight belt on the line against once-beaten Tatsunao Nagakura. It will be Matsumoto’s...

Jul, 08, 2011
Jordan Breen will host a live chat at 1 p.m. ET.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 07, 2011
The stage is set for M-1 Global’s second stateside offering of 2011, as M-1 Challenge 26 heavyweight headliners Kenny Garner and Pat Bennett tipped...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 07, 2011
Nate Marquardt’s fate is still undecided.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 07, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships veteran Nate James has signed with Strikeforce and will make his promotional debut at Strikeforce Challengers 18...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 07, 2011
A nine-fight lineup is now official for Shark Fights 17, which takes place July 15 at Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 07, 2011
Rising prospect Radley Martinez has inked a deal with Bellator Fighting Championships, the Chicago-based promotion announced Thursday.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 06, 2011
The fight card for Strikeforce and M-1 Global’s “Fedor vs. Henderson” received an intriguing lightweight addition Wednesday, as promotion officials announced that Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante and...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 06, 2011
The revolving door for one lightweight matchup at UFC Live 5 spun again Wednesday.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 06, 2011
It appears Chael Sonnen will return to the cage sooner rather than later, as the Oregon native will likely face fellow middleweight Brian Stann at...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 06, 2011
Middleweight Dan Miller has agreed to square off against Rousimar Palhares at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro, taking the place of Palhares’ original opponent,...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 06, 2011
Ben Saunders has suffered an undisclosed injury in training and will be unable to compete at Bellator Fighting Championships 47 as originally...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 06, 2011
Two new bouts have been added to Dream “Fight for Japan: 2011 Japan Bantamweight Tournament Final,” as Drew Fickett will replace an injured Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire against Tatsuya Kawajiri at lightweight, while...

By: Marcelo Alonso Jul, 06, 2011
Rafael dos Anjos rejoined the ranks of the UFC’s top lightweights at UFC 132 with a 59-second clubbing of George Sotiropoulos, and the...

By: Marcelo Alonso Jul, 06, 2011
Not long after his stunning win over Ryan Bader at UFC 132, Tito Ortiz expressed interest in a rubber match with old rival and fellow ex-light heavyweight champ...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 05, 2011
Six fighters could be out up to six months following their performances at UFC 132 on Saturday night.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 05, 2011
Brian Bowles finally caught a break, but in a good way.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 05, 2011
Patricio “Pitbull” Freire has suffered a broken left hand and will be unable to challenge Joe Warren for the Bellator Fighting Championships...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 05, 2011
Tito Ortiz walked away from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with his career intact and an event-high payday in his pocket, as “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” earned a total of $525,000 for his “Submission of the Night” over...

By: Mike Whitman and Alberto Piedradura Jul, 05, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships has inked Brazilian lightweight prospect Thiago Michel Pereira Silva to an exclusive contract, Sherdog.com...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 05, 2011
When ProElite makes its return in August, the onetime EliteXC parent company will do so with a former UFC heavyweight champion topping the bill.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 05, 2011
Charlie Brenneman didn’t suspect anything at first.

Jul, 05, 2011
On a special edition of Fight Week, “The Ultimate Fighter 13” winner Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson joins Sam Strayer in studio to discuss his experiences on the show and his “feud” with Amir Sadollah....

By: Marcelo Alonso Jul, 05, 2011
Brazilian veteran Antonio Rogerio “Minotoro” Nogueira has a new emotion with which to wrangle, as he prepares for his showdown with former middleweight champion Rich Franklin in the...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 04, 2011
Spike TV will broadcast hour-long “UFC Prelims Live” specials for both of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s August pay-per-view events.

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 04, 2011
After 13 months of vacancy, Shooto will have a new 154-pound world champion come July 18, when Kotetsu Boku and Kuniyoshi Hironaka vie for the title in the headliner of...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 04, 2011
Ronda Rousey and Sarah D’Alelio will have to wait a couple extra weeks to make their Strikeforce debuts, but they’ll now get to do so before...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 04, 2011
His former home promotion having fallen silent, onetime Sengoku Raiden Championship blue-chipper Shigeki Osawa will step into the ring of Japan’s...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jul, 04, 2011
Muhammed Lawal has made some changes since his August 2010 loss to Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 02, 2011
Dominick Cruz finally got the monkey off his back at UFC 132, as the promotion's reigning bantamweight champion successfully defended his belt against the only man to ever beat him in...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 02, 2011
Tito Ortiz pulled his professional career off of life support Saturday night by submitting young gun Ryan Bader with a first-round guillotine choke at...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 02, 2011
Four fighters walked away from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with a postfight bonus on Saturday night, pocketing $75,000 for their efforts at...

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 02, 2011
Dominick Cruz waited for more than four years for another crack at Urijah Faber, and he made sure he did not let the opportunity pass him by.

Jul, 02, 2011
Saturday's UFC 132 postfight news conference can be viewed here.

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 02, 2011
The surging Melvin Guillard recorded his fifth consecutive win, as he blitzed three-time collegiate All-American wrestler Shane Roller with speed and power in a preliminary lightweight bout at...

Jul, 02, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with play-by-play and live results of UFC 132. The card is to be headlined by a bantamweight title duel pitting champion Dominick Cruz against...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 02, 2011
Two women's contests have been signed for Strikeforce/M-1 “Fedor vs. Henderson,” as Ronda Rousey will meet Sarah D'Alelio and Julie Kedzie will face...

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 02, 2011
Mere hours away from his UFC 132 clash with Tito Ortiz, Ryan Bader finds himself swimming in uncharted waters.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 02, 2011
It appears a proposed Bellator 47 bantamweight scrap between Adrian Wooley and David Harris is not yet a certainty

By: Brian Knapp Jul, 01, 2011
UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and top contender Urijah Faber have made known their genuine dislike for one another. They will soon try to...

Jul, 01, 2011
A live video feed of the UFC 132 weigh-ins is also available.

By: Mike Whitman Jul, 01, 2011
Canadian promotion Maximum Fighting Championship has inked a new, five-year broadcast deal with HDNet, the parties announced Friday.