Sep, 30, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., at approximately 4 p.m. ET with live results of the UFC Live 6 weigh-ins.

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 30, 2011
Only once before have bantamweights shouldered the marquee in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Dominick Cruz and Demetrious Johnson hope it...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 30, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships moved one step closer to finding a No. 1 contender for Cole Konrad’s heavyweight title, as all eight Season 5...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 30, 2011
Golden Glory welterweight Siyar Bahadurzada announced Friday that he has inked a contract to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship

By: Tristen Critchfield Sep, 30, 2011
Not long ago, Demetrious Johnson quit his day job in construction to focus on fighting for a living. On Saturday, he will get a shot at the...

By: Tristen Critchfield Sep, 30, 2011
Much of the talk surrounding Pat Barry’s showdown with Stefan Struve at UFC Live 6 -- which will air on Versus -- has focused on the height...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 30, 2011
Alexis Vila did something no one else had been able to do when he knocked out Joe Warren on Sept. 24 at Bellator Fighting Championships 51

Sep, 29, 2011
UFC Champions: By the Numbers

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 29, 2011
Charlie Brenneman scored the biggest win of his career in June when he stepped in at the last minute and won a unanimous decision over Rick...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 29, 2011
The Bellator Fighting Championships 57 fight bill continues to develop, as the promotion on Thursday announced plans to return to Casino Rama in...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 29, 2011
Season 14 of “The Ultimate Fighter” maintained its momentum following the Sept. 21 season debut, as Spike TV officials on Thursday announced...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 29, 2011
A long-anticipated welterweight title scrap between Ben Askren and Jay Hieron is now set, as the bout will go down Oct. 29 at Bellator 56

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 29, 2011
Roger Huerta will return to competition on Nov. 26, when “El Matador” locks horns with fellow UFC veteran War Machine at Ultimate Warrior...

By: Tristen Critchfield Sep, 29, 2011
In any heavyweight bout, Stefan Struve’s tall, lanky frame draws plenty of attention

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 29, 2011
Dave Herman was wiped from the UFC 136 bill for undisclosed reasons on Wednesday, his bout with Mike Russow replaced by a featherweight rematch...

By: Jordan Breen Sep, 29, 2011
Jordan Breen will host his weekly MMA chat at 1 p.m. ET.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 28, 2011
Dan Henderson has been saying it for years: He does not enjoy fighting at middleweight.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 28, 2011
The Ultimate Fighting Championship apparently has big plans for February, as promotion president Dana White revealed Tuesday that the...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 28, 2011
Dave Herman has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled heavyweight bout with Mike Russow at UFC 136, promotion officials announced Wednesday. As a result, the matchup has been removed from the event’s pay-per-view broadcast and will be replaced by a...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 28, 2011
Injuries have wiped a planned welterweight scrap between Mark Scanlon and James Head from the UFC 138 slate, promotion officials announced Wednesday. Instead, another welterweight contest has been green-lit for the Nov. 5 event, as...

Sep, 27, 2011
A pair of bantamweight contests has been added to UFC 139, promotion officials announced Tuesday, as former WEC champion Miguel Torres will meet Nick Pace while rising prospect Michael McDonald will square...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 27, 2011
Jeff Hougland has suffered an unspecified injury and will not compete in a scheduled bantamweight contest against Mike Easton at Saturday’s UFC Live 6. Instead, Easton will lock horns with Octagon newcomer...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 27, 2011
Spike TV’s UFC 135 “Prelims Live” broadcast netted an average of 1.6 million viewers on Saturday night, network officials announced Tuesday.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 27, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships has undergone a change of plans for its Oct. 8 offering, as Bellator 53 will no longer take place at the Tachi...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 27, 2011
Travis Browne picked up his third UFC win on Sept. 24 when he earned a unanimous decision over Rob Broughton at UFC 135.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 26, 2011
Premium cable channel Showtime will broadcast five fights from M-1 Challenge 27, an event topped by an M-1 Global heavyweight title rematch between unbeaten Ukrainian Guram Gugenishvili and American...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 26, 2011
Bubba Jenkins will make his MMA debut inside the Tachi Palace Fights cage.

By: Gleidson Venga Sep, 26, 2011
Fabricio Werdum earned a new level of respect in the MMA world when he became the man to end Fedor Emelianenko’s 10-year dynasty. However, one year later, a poor performance against...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 26, 2011
Lorenz Larkin, Ryan Couture and Lavar Johnson were the top earners at Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 19, each pocketing $10,000 in purse...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 26, 2011
A complete list of significant new fights reported in the past week.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 26, 2011
Erik Koch did what he had to do to win.

By: Lutfi Sariahmed Sep, 26, 2011
CANTON, Ohio -- Bellator Fighting Championships 51 resulted in three knockouts from well-timed knees, two of them of the flying variety.

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 25, 2011
World-ranked flyweight Jussier “Formiga” da Silva will return to action in his home country next month when he defends his Shooto South America 123-pound title against Michael William Costa at...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 25, 2011
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson made no excuses following his loss to Jon Jones on Saturday night, giving the UFC’s 205-pound champion his due after an unsuccessful title bid at...

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 25, 2011
Newly minted Shooto 115-pound world champion Junji Ikoma will attempt to defend his belt for the first time against top contender Mikihito...

By: Tim Leidecker Sep, 25, 2011
Dream welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis is set to face Swedish-based Brazilian Bruno Carvalho in Stockholm on Nov. 26 under the banner of Swedish promotion...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 24, 2011
Jon Jones was superior, but not flawless.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 24, 2011
Jon Jones, Quinton Jackson, Josh Koscheck and Nate Diaz each pocketed an extra $75,000 on Saturday night for their performances at UFC 135.

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 24, 2011
The youngest champion in Ultimate Fighting Championship history has now successfully defended one of the sport’s most volatile titles.

Sep, 24, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the Pepsi Center in Denver at approximately 6:40 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of UFC 135 “Jones vs. Rampage,” which features the UFC light heavyweight title bout between...

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 24, 2011
For the second time in his career, an apparent broken jaw derailed Aaron Riley.

By: Lutfi Sariahmed Sep, 24, 2011
CANTON, Ohio -- In Bellator 51’s battle of wrestling world champions, it was fists that made the difference inside the Canton Civic Center, where 1996 Olympic Games bronze medalist Alexis Vila knocked...

By: Lutfi Sariahmed Sep, 24, 2011
CANTON, Ohio -- Taking a bout on less than two weeks notice usually is a detriment to a fighter once he steps into the cage. It proved not to be the case for Virginian bantamweight Jessie Riggleman, who upset Farkhad Sharipov to...

By: Tony Loiseleur Sep, 24, 2011
SAITAMA, Japan -- Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki racked up another submission finish in the main event of Dream 17 on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena, this time over former WEC lightweight champion...

By: Tony Loiseleur Sep, 24, 2011
SAITAMA, Japan -- If there were doubts about who the favorite in Dream's bantamweight grand prix might be, Bibiano Fernandes was quick to make a...

Sep, 24, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the Canton Civic Center in Canton, Ohio, at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Bellator...

By: Sam Genovese Sep, 24, 2011
Coming off a controversial decision defeat to Joe Warren in April, Marcos Galvao thirsts for revenge, as he believes he won the fight against the Greco-Roman wrestling world champion. Admittedly, Galvao (9-4-1) entered his...

Sep, 24, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, at approximately 3:00 a.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Dream...

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 23, 2011
Champion stood before challenger, muscles tensed, eyes locked. The scene has become as familiar as the Octagon itself.

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 23, 2011
Lorenz Larkin can turn the tide of a fight with one blow. On Friday, he entered Nick Rossborough into evidence.

Sep, 23, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas at approximately 9 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Strikeforce Challengers 19, which is headlined by a light heavyweight clash between unbeaten...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 23, 2011
All eight Bellator Fighting Championships Season 5 bantamweight tournament competitors hit their contracted weights at Friday’s Bellator 51 weigh-in

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 23, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships 115-pound women’s titleholder Zoila Gurgel will return to the circular cage on Nov. 12, as she will square off...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 23, 2011
On July 5, 2008, Quinton Jackson lost his UFC light heavyweight championship to Forrest Griffin. Four title changes and three years later,...

By: Tony Loiseleur Sep, 23, 2011
TOKYO -- Yoshihiro Koyama defended his 154-pound Shooto Pacific Rim title against Kenichiro Togashi on Friday at “ Shootor's Legacy 4,” but...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 23, 2011
Greg Jackson says he has the utmost respect for Quinton Jackson, but he does chuckle at Rampage’s claim that Jon Jones had someone spying on his training ahead of their fight at...

By: Ryan O’Leary Sep, 23, 2011
SEINAJOKI, Finland -- Diego Gonzalez silenced the rowdy crowd in the main event of Botnia Punishment “X” as he scrambled to a submission win against popular home-town favorite...

By: Tony Loiseleur Sep, 23, 2011
TOKYO -- All fighters, with the exception of Abel Cullum, made weight on their first attempt for Dream 17, which kicks off the promotion’s...

By: Jordan Breen Sep, 23, 2011
Sherdog.com Administrative Editor Jordan Breen will host his weekly live mixed martial arts chat at 1 p.m. ET.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 23, 2011
The Strikeforce “Challengers 19” main event will move forward as planned, as both Lorenz Larkin and Nick Rossborough hit their contracted...

By: Sam Genovese Sep, 22, 2011
Some things are not lost in translation. Like many other fighters, bantamweight Wilson Reis was drawn to MMA through an icon of traditional...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 22, 2011
The UFC 140 fight bill continues to develop, as the promotion on Thursday announced that a light heavyweight confrontation between Igor Pokrajac...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 22, 2011
Two new contests have been added to the dance card for Strikeforce Challengers 20, promotion officials have announced

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 22, 2011
Tim Boetsch likes the fact that Nick Ring is undefeated. The way he sees it, he gets to hand Ring his first loss when they meet Saturday at UFC 135.

By: Joe Myers Sep, 22, 2011
Well-traveled lightweight Aaron Riley takes on “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 13 winner Tony Ferguson on the UFC 135 “Jones vs. Rampage”...

By: Ryan O’Leary Sep, 22, 2011
Up-and-coming light heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson has been tasked with facing veteran Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 141.

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 21, 2011
Long-running Japanese indy promotion Deep will once more abandon its ring on Oct. 29 to stage “Cage Impact 2011 in Tokyo,” a day-night...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 21, 2011
Former UFC talent Paul Kelly will headline SportFight30 on Oct. 22, locking horns with WEC veteran Ryan Healy, the promotion announced Wednesday.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 21, 2011
Heavyweight submission specialist John Olav Einemo Wednesday announced that he will return to the Octagon, though no debut date was mentioned. The news comes on the heels of an announcement from Einemo's Golden...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 21, 2011
Vitor Belfort will no longer fight Cung Le at UFC 139, UFC President Dana White announced on Wednesday. Instead, Le will square off with former Pride Fighting Championships 205-pound champion...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 20, 2011
Dream light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi will return to the Strikeforce cage on Dec. 17, as the former Strikeforce titleholder locks horns with rising prospect...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 20, 2011
Junior dos Santos has fought seven times in the UFC, and seven times, his hand has been raised.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 20, 2011
Recent UFC signee Alistair Overeem announced Tuesday via Twitter that he has separated from Dutch fight team and management firm Golden Glory.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 20, 2011
UFC Fight Night 25 netted an average of 1.8 million viewers on Saturday night, Spike TV officials announced Tuesday.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 20, 2011
Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has suffered an injury that will prevent him from defending his title next month against Michael...

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 20, 2011
With only four days left until Dream 17, a bout between Japanese fan-favorite Ikuhisa Minowa and Mongolian wrestler Baru Harn has been added to...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 20, 2011
Jake Ellenberger knew he’d beat Jake Shields. Just not in 53 seconds.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 20, 2011
Gegard Mousasi learned a lesson in his April draw against Keith Jardine, and he applied it in his July win over Hiroshi Izumi.

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 19, 2011
Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson will return to the Octagon in November against former UFC titleholder Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 19, 2011
Shinya Aoki will be back in the headlining slot for the first time in 14 months this Saturday when the spindly submission artist tangles with “Razor” Rob McCullough in the main event of...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 19, 2011
The fight was just announced Monday, but Johny Hendricks has already begun strategizing for his Dec. 30 matchup against Jon Fitch at UFC 141.

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 19, 2011
Australian welterweight prospect Robert Whittaker and Korean “Tornado” Un Sik Song are among the latest additions to the fight card for Legend...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 19, 2011
The UFC announced a monumental seven-year deal with Fox on Aug. 18, and the discussion from matchups to production possibilities has been alive...

Sep, 18, 2011
Erik Koch analyzed his performance in victory against Jonathan Brookins at UFC Fight Night 25 with Sherdog.com’s Jeff Sherwood.

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 18, 2011
One well-placed knee was all Jake Ellenberger needed to bring down Jake Shields.

Sep, 18, 2011
Court McGee broke down his win at UFC Fight Night 25 with Jeff Sherwood.

Sep, 17, 2011
Jake Shields recently pieced together an impressive 15-fight win streak. Now, the 32-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt has dropped...

Sep, 17, 2011
UFC middleweight contender Alan Belcher discussed his stoppage of Jason MacDonald at UFC Fight Night 25 with Jeff Sherwood.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 17, 2011
Jake Ellenberger may have entered the Octagon as an underdog on Saturday night, but he walked away from the cage as only the second man to beat Jake...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 17, 2011
Evan Dunham looked like a contender once more on Saturday night, earning his first win of 2011 at UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 17, 2011
Jake Ellenberger, T.J. Waldburger, Lance Benoist and Matt Riddle left the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans with post-fight bonuses on Saturday, as each man pocketed an extra $55,000 for his...

Sep, 17, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans at approximately 5:30 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of UFC Fight Night "Shields vs. Ellenberger," which features a welterweight headliner between...

By: Jordan Breen and Jesse Denis Sep, 17, 2011
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- With the quarterfinals wrapped up, Bellator's Season 5 middleweight tournament will resume at Bellator 54 on Oct. 15 at the...

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 17, 2011
Evan Dunham simply had more tools with which to work.

By: Jordan Breen Sep, 17, 2011
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Most onlookers saw Bellator’s middleweight tournament quarterfinal between former bracket finalists Bryan Baker and Jared...

By: Jesse Denis Sep, 17, 2011
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Brett Cooper might not be one of Florida's fighting favorites, but the middleweight puncher was the unquestioned star of the...

Sep, 17, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., at approximately 5:00 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 17, 2011
Jake Ellenberger could position himself for a welterweight title shot with a win Saturday over Jake Shields at UFC Fight Night 25.

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 16, 2011
Less than three weeks after the death of his father, former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields climbed on to the scales in New...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 16, 2011
Bellator's fifth-season middleweight tournament is now official, as all eight qualifiers hit their contracted weights at the Bellator 50...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 16, 2011
After nearly seven years as owner of MMA Agents, Ken Pavia has sold the fighter representation firm to serve as vice president of business...

By: Jordan Breen Sep, 16, 2011
HOUSTON -- Pete Spratt did all he could in the cage to shake his rep as easy submission fodder.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 16, 2011
Shooto’s 183-pound South American champion, Carlos Alexandre Pereira, has signed with Bellator Fighting Championships and is expected to debut...

By: Mike Whitman and Joe Ortiz Sep, 16, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships will return to a pair of familiar locations during its fifth season, as the Chicago-based promotion will hold...

By: Joe Ortiz Sep, 16, 2011
HIGHLAND, Calif. -- A raucous and very partisan crowd made for a highly charged atmosphere, as local unbeaten Marvin Garcia challenged King of the Cage 135-pound champion Jared Papazian at KOTC’s aptly titled...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 16, 2011
Muhammed Lawal bounced back from the first loss of his career by knocking out Roger Gracie on Sept. 10 at Strikeforce “Barnett vs. Kharitonov.”

Sep, 16, 2011
Sherdog.com Administrative Editor Jordan Breen will host his weekly live mixed martial arts chat Friday at 1 p.m. ET.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 15, 2011
According to a report filed by the Apple Valley Patch, former Strikeforce heavyweight title contender Brett Rogers plead guilty Thursday to one...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 15, 2011
A heavyweight title rematch between Guram Gugenishvili and Kenny Garner is now official, as M-1 Global announced Thursday that M-1 Challenge 27...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 15, 2011
An expected heavyweight attraction between Fedor Emelianenko and Jeff Monson is now official, as M-1 Global announced on Thursday that the...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 15, 2011
The Legacy Fighting Championship 8 main event is now official, as headliners Jorge “Macaco” Patino and Pete Spratt hit their marks at...

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 15, 2011
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 13 winner Tony Ferguson will lock horns with the well-traveled Aaron Riley in a lightweight duel at UFC 135...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 15, 2011
On the heels of Strikeforce’s announcement that Strikeforce Challengers 19 competitor Jerron Peoples had withdrawn from the Sept. 23 event due...

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 15, 2011
Unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Lorenz Larkin will lock horns with Nick Rossborough in the Strikeforce Challengers 19 main event on Sept. 23...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 15, 2011
American Kickboxing Academy trainer Javier Mendez didn’t want Daniel Cormier to fight in the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix....

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 15, 2011
No banned substances were found in the UFC 134 postfight drug screens, the promotion announced Thursday.

By: Guilherme Pinheiro Sep, 14, 2011
It was an emotional Thursday night in the Amazon for the Gracie family.

With brother Royce Gracie in his corner and his daughters crying at ringside, 45-year-old Royler Gracie made the walk to the cage for the very last time in his career, where he lost to former Shooto world...

Sep, 14, 2011
Sherdog.com reports live from the Amadeu Teixeira Gymnasium in Manaus, Brazil, with full play-by-play and results of Amazon Forest Combat, featuring headlining bouts between Masakatsu Ueda and Royler Gracie, as well as Paulo...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 14, 2011
Season 14 of “The Ultimate Fighter” -- including the live finale -- will be broadcast on Fox-owned cable network FX in the United Kingdom.

UFC director of communications Dave Sholler announced the news during Wednesday's...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 14, 2011
Heavy-handed Brazilian Fabio Maldonado has suffered an undisclosed injury and will not compete against Aaron Rosa as originally anticipated at UFC...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 14, 2011
According to a report from the Las Vegas Sun, 10-year mixed martial arts veteran Mike Whitehead is expected to be sentenced to probation after...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 14, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships has added another international signing to its ranks.

Sherdog.com confirmed Wednesday with a source close to the negotiations that Bellator has signed “Ultimate Fighter 11”...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 14, 2011
A rumored lightweight scrap between Nik Lentz and Mark Bocek is now official, as UFC officials Wednesday announced that the bout will go down at UFC...

By: Sam Genovese Sep, 14, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships Season 1 middleweight tournament finalist Jared Hess remembers well his encounter with Alexander Shlemenko at...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 13, 2011
Headliner Virgil Zwicker has suffered an unspecified injury and will be unable to compete at Strikeforce Challengers 19, the promotion announced...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 13, 2011
Strikeforce ratings dropped sharply on Saturday night, as the promotion’s Showtime-televised heavyweight grand prix semifinals drew an average...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 13, 2011
It appears Bellator Fighting Championships will return to the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino on Oct. 8, as the venue will likely play host to...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 13, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships’ fifth-season debut reached an average of 235,000 viewers during its Saturday broadcast on MTV2, promotion...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 13, 2011
Undefeated bantamweight prospect Rodrigo “Ratinho” Lima and once-beaten German middleweight Jonas Billstein have signed with Bellator Fighting...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 13, 2011
Seven months after Mike Kyle broke his hand on Antonio Silva’s skull, teammate Daniel Cormier has done the same thing.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 13, 2011
Gegard Mousasi says he’s “definitely” intrigued by the possibility of a move to the UFC, but he also plans on getting his Strikeforce...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 12, 2011
Chris Camozzi was released by the UFC in February after only one loss with the promotion, but it only took him one win to get back inside the Octagon.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 12, 2011
Only five days before a scheduled showdown with T.J. Waldburger in New Orleans, an unspecified injury has forced welterweight Daniel “Ninja”...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 12, 2011
Onetime welterweight title challenger Jon Fitch will come down off the shelf to face once-beaten contender Johny Hendricks on the Ultimate...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 12, 2011
Heavyweight Josh Barnett took home an event-high $150,000 for his win over Sergei Kharitonov in the titular headliner of Saturday’s...

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 12, 2011
With recently crowned Tachi Palace Fights featherweight champion Eddie Yagin UFC-bound, officials from the Californian promotion revealed Monday that Bellator veteran Georgi Karakhanyan will take on former...

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 12, 2011
Fighting for the first time inside a cage, Frenchman Gael Grimaud used a superior ground game to topple “Ice Viking” Arni Isaksson and claim...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 12, 2011
A complete list of significant new fights reported in the past week.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 11, 2011
Bruno “Carioca” Santos will soon bring his talents and unblemished record stateside, as the Brazilian middleweight recently inked an exclusive contract with...

By: Tony Loiseleur Sep, 11, 2011
TOKYO -- In a clash between in-house titlists, Jewels 115-pound champion Ayaka Hamasaki took a commanding decision over 2010 Rough Stone grand prix winner Mizuki Inoue on Sunday in the main event of...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 11, 2011
Josh Barnett punched his ticket to the finals of Strikeforce’s heavyweight grand prix Saturday night by submitting hard-hitting Pride veteran...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 11, 2011
Just because it’s a cliché doesn’t mean it’s not true: Speed kills, and Daniel Cormier proved it on Saturday night.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 10, 2011
Luke Rockhold defied the bookmakers on Saturday night, using a varied striking attack and consistent takedown defense to wrest the Strikeforce middleweight title from...

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 10, 2011
American Kickboxing Academy representative Mike Kyle cruised to a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Brazilian prospect Marcos Rogerio de Lima in a preliminary light heavyweight matchup at...

By: Sam Genovese Sep, 10, 2011
xATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Many tabbed Brent Weedman as a dark horse in Bellator's Season 5 welterweight tournament. In the main event of Bellator 49 Saturday night at Caesars Atlantic City, Cleveland's...

By: Guilherme Pinheiro Sep, 10, 2011
SAO PAULO -- Although it did not come as easily as many thought it would, John Lineker finally captured the Jungle Fight bantamweight title in the main event of...

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 10, 2011
Former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett backed up his bravado in the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix semifinals.

Sep, 10, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati at approximately 8 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Strikeforce"Barnett vs. Kharitonov," which features the semifinals of the...

By: Sam Genovese Sep, 10, 2011
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Another Bellator undercard stolen by Alexandre Bezerra.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 10, 2011
“Batman” has a new home.

By: Joseph Zigler Sep, 10, 2011
WOODLAKE, Calif. -- Doug Marshall rebounded from his recent loss to Giva Santana, and he did it in impressive fashion.

By: Mick Bower Sep, 10, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, England -- After years in the shadows, “Judo” Jim Wallhead hit the big time, scoring a split decision win over Frank Trigg in the headliner at...

Sep, 10, 2011
Sherdog.com will report from Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, N.J., at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 10, 2011
Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le has reportedly reached a deal to join the UFC and will make his Octagon debut against Vitor Belfort.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 10, 2011
UFC middleweight Aaron Simpson announced Saturday that he will compete at UFC 136, squaring off with the returning Eric Schafer at the Oct. 8 event.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 10, 2011
After winning a decision over Eric Wisely last month at Strikeforce Challengers 18, Pat Healy had a feeling he should stay in fight shape.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 09, 2011
A light heavyweight contest between Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Tito Ortiz is in the works for UFC 140, the promotion announced Friday night.

By: Tristen Critchfield Sep, 09, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Jan Finney figured to serve as a decent measuring stick in the burgeoning mixed martial arts career of world champion boxer...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 09, 2011
Joseph Hyungmin Son, better known as Joe Son, on Friday was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the 1990 gang rape of...

By: Sam Genovese Sep, 09, 2011
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- After a 30-minute delay in the main event of Ring of Combat 37 to wait for emergency medical staff, headliners Deividas Taurosevicius and...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 09, 2011
Former UFC talent Chris Camozzi will square off with former EliteXC competitor Matt Lucas in the main event of Shark Fights 20, the Texas-based...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 09, 2011
A new player has emerged in the field of mixed martial arts media distribution

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 09, 2011
The Bellator Fighting Championships Season 5 welterweight tournament should go on as planned, as seven of the eight quarterfinalists hit their contracted weights at Friday’s weigh-in for...

By: Brian Knapp Sep, 09, 2011
Four men will enter the cage in the Queen City, and two finalists will emerge in the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett tipped the scales at 261 pounds for his semifinal matchup with...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 09, 2011
UFC light heavyweight Rich Franklin announced Friday that he injured his shoulder 10 days ago while training and, as a result, will undergo...

By: Sam Genovese Sep, 09, 2011
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Once-beaten Bellator Fighting Championships welterweight Chris Lozano has only been fighting professionally for two years,...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 09, 2011
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal fights Roger Gracie on Saturday at Strikeforce “Barnett vs. Kharitonov.”

Sep, 09, 2011
Sherdog.com Administrative Editor Jordan Breen will host his weekly live mixed martial arts chat Friday at 1 p.m. ET.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 08, 2011
Dennis Hallman will return to the lightweight division for the first time in a decade when he squares off with Canadian striker John Makdessi at UFC...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 08, 2011
UFC President Dana White on Thursday confirmed a rumored bout between Nick Diaz and B.J. Penn at UFC 137.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 08, 2011
Light heavyweight MMA prospect Philip Masterson of Westlake, Ohio, was found dead in the woods of South Bass Island on Tuesday.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 08, 2011
As announced Wednesday by UFC President Dana White, Georges St. Pierre will no longer defend his welterweight title against Nick Diaz at UFC 137...

By: Andy Cotterill Sep, 08, 2011
French fighter Francis Carmont has signed on with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and will make his promotional debut at UFC 137 on Oct. 29,...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 08, 2011
No need to file a missing person report. Nick Diaz is alive, and he still wants to fight.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 07, 2011
UFC 140 just got a major dose of talent, as promotion officials Wednesday announced that former heavyweight champions Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 07, 2011
Nam Phan will get his shot to set the record straight on Oct. 8, as he will once again meet Leonard Garcia in a featherweight clash at UFC 136.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 07, 2011
Nick Diaz apparently wouldn’t play the game.

After a pair of no-shows at two press conferences on consecutive days, the former Strikeforce welterweight champion has been removed from his UFC 137 showdown...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 07, 2011
On Aug. 18, the UFC announced a seven-year broadcast deal with Fox that UFC President Dana White called the biggest milestone in his company’s...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 07, 2011
Jeff Monson is apparently next in line for Fedor Emelianenko, as “The Snowman” tweeted on Tuesday evening that he will face the former Pride heavyweight king at...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 07, 2011
A planned UFC 136 contest between Matt Grice and Nam Phan will not go down as expected, as Grice has been forced to withdraw from the bout due...

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 07, 2011
After 15 months away from competition, former Shooto world 115-pound champion Rambaa “M16” Somdet will return in October against Ryota Uozumi at the Grabaka-produced...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 06, 2011
A rumored UFC 135 clash between Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck was confirmed late Tuesday when UFC president Dana White announced the matchup via...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 06, 2011
A pivotal lightweight bout is in the works for UFC on Fox 1, as former WEC champion Benson Henderson will square off with fellow contender Clay...

By: Chris Nelson Sep, 06, 2011
Bantamweight slugger Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto will make his sophomore trip to the Octagon against another veteran of the Japanese ring, Darren...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 06, 2011
A pair of welterweight bouts has been added to the UFC 140 fight bill, as promotion officials announced Tuesday that Brian Ebersole will take on Rory MacDonald while Claude Patrick meets...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 06, 2011
Former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem will make his UFC debut on Dec. 30, as “The Demolition Man” is set to square off against the returning...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 06, 2011
For the first time in its two-and-a-half year existence, Bellator Fighting Championships will make its preliminary bouts available live to...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 06, 2011
Former UFC lightweight Efrain Escudero will not make his U.K. debut Saturday as expected, as the fighter has encountered unspecified visa issues which will prevent him from competing for the...

By: Colin Foster Sep, 06, 2011
Following the success of its recent “Fight for B.O.P.E.” special, Shooto Brazil appears primed to return to North American airwaves in short...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 06, 2011
Josh Barnett takes on Sergei Kharitonov in the semifinals of the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix Sept. 10 in Cincinnati.

By: Tony Loiseleur Sep, 05, 2011
TOKYO -- Nearly 14 years after its debut in the country, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will finally return to Japan.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 05, 2011
Diego Sanchez has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming bout with Matt Hughes, a welterweight contest which would have served as the co-main event of...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 05, 2011
Paul Buentello seemed to think Cole Konrad was going to try to take him down when they met Aug. 20 at Bellator Fighting Championships 48.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 05, 2011
Pat Curran has won two $100,000 Bellator tournament prizes....

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 05, 2011
Californian featherweight Robert Peralta will make his UFC debut against Mike Lullo on the undercard of UFC Fight Night 25.

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 05, 2011
For many industry insiders, Mike Afromowitz was the go-to guy when it came to Strikeforce.

By: Joe Myers Sep, 04, 2011
During his 12-year professional mixed martial arts career, Ivan Salaverry has fought all over the world

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 04, 2011
A complete list of significant new fights reported in the past week.

By: Yael Grauer Sep, 04, 2011
ISLAND LAKE, Ill. -- The 41st event from Jeff Curran’s Xtreme Fighting Organization was postponed for more than an hour due to rain Saturday, but the show -- XFO’s seventh annual...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 04, 2011
World Extreme Cagefighting veterans Cub Swanson and Ricardo Lamas are set to tangle in November on the undercard of the inaugural UFC on Fox event.

By: Tony Loiseleur Sep, 04, 2011
TOKYO -- Shooto and King of the Cage veteran Takumi Nakayama trumped Tomonari Kanomata on the judges’ scorecards to claim the title of interim featherweight King of Pancrase in the main event of...

By: J.P. Yates Sep, 03, 2011
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Hot on the heels of UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro, the second instalment of the fledgling Australian Fighting Championships,...

By: Tony Loiseleur Sep, 03, 2011
Universal Reality Combat Championship welterweight titleholder Eduard Folayang took a hard-fought decision over Heat champion A Sol Kwon in the One...

By: J.R. Riddell Sep, 02, 2011
On August 23rd, Fedor Emelianenko and M-1 Global filed a notice of settlement in their federal lawsuit against courtroom adversary Affliction...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 02, 2011
The fighter announced on Friday's edition of “Inside MMA” on HDNet that he will square off with UFC veteran Eddie Sanchez at Titan Fighting...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 02, 2011
Nine-time UFC veteran Din Thomas will fight for the first time in 20 months when he competes in the main event of Fight Time 7 “The Return.”

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 02, 2011
UFC President Dana White dispelled all potential rumors that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar may retire during a media conference...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 02, 2011
The Culinary Workers Union filed a request with the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, asking the FTC to investigate the business practices of...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 02, 2011
The UFC’s first network television headliner is now official, as UFC President Dana White on Friday announced that Cain Velasquez will make the first defense of his heavyweight title against...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Sep, 02, 2011
The board has been set for once-beaten Filipino prospect Eduard Folayang and outspoken South Korean import A Sol Kwon

Sep, 02, 2011
Jordan Breen will host his weekly chat at 1 p.m. ET.

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 01, 2011
Christopher Schnake -- best known to mixed martial arts fans by his ring persona “Big Poppa” Schnake -- died Monday morning. He was 37.

By: Tomasz Marciniak Sep, 01, 2011
Dallas Jakobi became EFC Africa's welterweight champion and earned revenge on titleholder Adam Speechly in the headliner of EFC Africa 10...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 01, 2011
Bellator Fighting Championships on Thursday announced the signing of kickboxing specialist Cosmo Alexandre to its lightweight roster. “Good...

By: Jordan Breen Sep, 01, 2011
If Tachi Palace Fights flyweight champion Ian McCall is the best flyweight in the world, he'll be forced to defend that throne. That first...

By: Colin Foster Sep, 01, 2011
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- After a stunning first-round knockout over fast-rising prospect Brendan Schaub provided another crowning achievement...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 01, 2011
Carlos Condit and Benson Henderson have re-upped with the UFC, according to the fighters’ management. Both men have signed multi-fight...

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 01, 2011
Multiple injuries have altered the UFC 135 “Jones vs. Rampage” undercard, as two bouts have been scratched from bill

By: Mike Whitman Sep, 01, 2011
Four UFC 134 competitors could face six-month medical suspensions following their respective performances