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Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings For the first time in nearly six years, someone other than Demetrious Johnson has taken up residence in the flyweight penthouse.

Tristen Critchfield

Aug 07, 2018

Above The Law The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s failure to punish Conor McGregor for his action in April shouldn’t be surprising, but Jacob Debets is...

Jacob Debets

Aug 03, 2018

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Dustin Poirier cemented himself as a legitimate title contender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s lightweight division, with a little...

Tristen Critchfield

Jul 31, 2018

Redemption Comes in All Shapes and Sizes Few fighters reclaim the titles they have lost, but at UFC on Fox 30, Jose Aldo and Joanna Jedrzejczyk showed they could be the exceptions to...

Jacob Debets

Jul 31, 2018

The New Status Quo The Ultimate Fighting Championship has handed over meritocracy to theatrics, and fans better get used to it, writes Jacob Debets.

Jacob Debets

Jul 24, 2018

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings MMA has a way of informing even its greatest competitors that time may have passed them by. As Mauricio Rua discovered, rarely is the message...

Tristen Critchfield

Jul 24, 2018

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings A season of tumult in the women’s flyweight division has given rise to Valentina Shevchenko.

Tristen Critchfield

Jul 17, 2018

Debets: The UFC Screwed Robert Whittaker What are the long-term ramifications for how the promotion handled its undisputed middleweight champion? Sherdog contributor Jacob Debets takes...

Jacob Debets

Dec 28, 2017

MMA’s Greats of the States | Minnesota: Sean Sherk When Sean Sherk was at his best, few could match him. The stocky wrestler from St. Francis, Minnesota, used his combination of pure physical...

Mike Sloan

Jul 25, 2016