Pentagon Combat: The Riot that Got MMA Banned in Rio and Inspired ADCC Marcelo Alonso shares memories and exclusive photos from the 1997 style-versus-style showdown that ended in disaster, but also helped birth...

The Lion's Den and the Greatest that Never Were The Lion's Den was MMA's first famous team, yet the pioneering gym held back several outstanding talents who might otherwise be considered some...

Opinion: Miguel Torres Was a Builder, Not a Bridge I thought I would be writing about the death of the World Series of Fighting in this space, its forthcoming “Professional Fighters League” rebirth notwithstanding. Instead, with the retirement of former...

Stories From the Road: Frank Shamrock The former UFC champion looks back on his remarkable career, from rides to the emergency room with a fan to stage dives with Bas Rutten.

Sherdog’s Top 10: Most Influential Fighters Thousands of fighters have come and gone from MMA’s highest levels, but only a handful of them have left their marks on it over the long term.

Sherdog.com’s 2013 All-Violence Team These are the fighters that helped produce an unprecedented amount of five-round classics and a scintillating slate of stoppages

UFC on FX 8 Prelims: 5 Reasons to Watch Following a three-week absence, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has returned to corrupt our hearts and minds with the caged violence we so...

The Last Emperor: A Retrospective Fedor Emelianenko has, at least for now, hung up his well-worn-and-pounded gloves and called it a career. Given his all-time greatness and...

Tito Ortiz: Defining a Legacy As Tito Ortiz approaches the twilight of his career, mixed marital arts has transformed itself from a backwater niche attraction into a...

WEC Post-Mortem: Cruz Control, Pulver’s Farewell, and More Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com Great fights tell stories, and great fight cards are able to tell multiple stories at a time. Saturday’s WEC...