In a year during which the featherweight division has played a pivotal role, perhaps it is fitting that the division's hottest prospect will close out 2009 as its top-ranked competitor. ... Read More
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 8 lightweight winner Efrain Escudero will lock horns with fellow unbeaten Evan Dunham in the co-featured bout at UFC Fight Night 20 on Jan. 11 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va. ... Read More
A month full of MMA is already stirring movement in Sherdog’s rankings. Check out the latest update as we move into the second half of a very busy November. ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- On November 14, UFC veteran and world jiu-jitsu champion Alberto Crane is scheduled to fight fellow world class jiu-jitsu player Wander Braga at the CALLED OUT MMA II event being held at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. ... Read More
Yet again in 2009, the judges’ call in a five-round main event led to some hot-tempered backlash. Outrage aside, Mauricio Rua’s performance against light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at UFC 104 on Oct.24 proved revelatory ... Read More
While UFC 104 was marked by main event controversy, up-and-comer Cain Velasquez left little doubt about his status as an elite heavyweight prospect. ... Read More
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 5 lightweight winner Nate Diaz will square off with the unbeaten Gray Maynard in the UFC Fight Night 20 headliner on Jan. 11 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va. The Diaz camp announced the matchup Tuesday on Graciefighter.com. ... Read More
This update is exclusively on the slighter end of the scale. The marquee matchups of early October have come strictly at lightweight and below. Dream 11 on Oct. 6 saw Shinya Aoki finally capture Dream’s lightweight title, as he won the rubber match in his trilogy against his Norwegian nemesis Joachim Hansen. ... Read More
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 Kurt Pellegrino will square off Dec. 5 on Spike TV, according to a news release distributed by the UFC. ... Read More