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SHERDOG ARTICLES OCTOBER 2016
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Sergei Kharitonov: A Bellator MMA Introduction The Pride Fighting Championships veteran will make his long-awaited organizational debut at Bellator 163 on Friday in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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Opinion: UFC Fright Night and Other Spooky MMA Musings Sherdog columnist Eric Stinton tackles everything from Tim Kennedy’s run-in with the United States Anti-Doping Agency to Fabricio Werdum’s being muzzled by the...
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10 November Tussles Worth Watching Shinya Aoki will defend his One Championship lightweight title against Filipino standout Eduard Folayang on Nov. 11 in Kallang, Singapore.
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Diego Sanchez: 5 Defining Moments “The Nightmare” won his first 17 professional bouts, captured a King of the Cage championship, became a reality show star and has enjoyed...
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Opinion: It Feels Good to Miss the UFC The absence of Ultimate Fighting Championship events over the last month provided a welcome respite for the sport, writes Andreas Hale.
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Tom Breese’s Jiu-Jitsu Journey The once-beaten Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight turns his attention back to submission grappling at Polaris 4 on Saturday in his...
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Opinion: Urijah Faber is Great, But Not Like You Think Urijah Faber appeared on “The MMA Hour” with Ariel Helwani on Monday and announced that his forthcoming bout against Brad Pickett on Dec. 17 would be the final one in his distinguished career. It struck me as fitting that...
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Sherdog’s Top 10: Ghoulish MMA Moments Limbs have been broken, body parts severed and blood shed in horrifying happenings that might have made Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and...
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The Hit List: Undefeated Fighters in the UFC Of the 648 fighters the Ultimate Fighting Championship has on its roster, only 28 -- 4.3 percent -- are undefeated and have posted at least one...
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Daniel Cormier’s Technique of the Week: Double-Leg Takedown Basics Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier walks us through the ins and outs of the double-leg takedown in this...
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The Bottom Line: Concerns Pile Up for New UFC Owners From disgruntled talent to the continued rise of Bellator MMA, WME-IMG has its hands full after taking the Ultimate Fighting Championship wheel...
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Hendo: A Sherdog Retrospective Over a career that covered nearly two full decades, Dan Henderson became a complicated figure, heroic to some, polarizing to others.
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Jose Aldo: 5 Defining Moments The former World Extreme Cagefighting and Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight titleholder wields a resume few can touch.
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Opinion: Emerging Markets and World Domination The juice has not yet been worth the squeeze on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s international expansion front, writes Eric Stinton.
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Pictures: Bellator 162 ‘Shlemenko vs. Grove’ Former Bellator MMA middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko stopped Kendall Grove with a body shot at Bellator 162 at the FedEx Forum in...
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Matt Hughes: 5 Defining Moments From his iconic “A Country Boy Can Survive” entrance to his no-nonsense, blue collar approach, the Hillsboro, Illinois, native was an agent...
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Boxing’s Heavyweights of the 1970s: Muhammad Ali Simply known as “The Greatest,” Ali’s commitment to craft and his desire to surround himself with brilliant minds are often overlooked...
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Matches to Make After Bellator 162 In Alexander Shlemenko’s world, the key to a man’s heart is through his liver.
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Bellator 162 Slideshow Quik images from Friday night's Bellator 162 card:
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Sherdog Remembers: Pride Fighting Championships Leaves the Nest On Oct. 21, 2006, the Japanese powerhouse arrived on American soil for the first time, with the great Fedor Emelianenko on the marquee.
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Opinion: The Silver Lining of a Mass Firing We all knew when the Ultimate Fighting Championship was sold, people would be fired. This week, the exodus began and was more profound than...
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Bellator 162 Weigh-in Pictures Quick images from Thursday's weigh-ins:
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Gilbert Smith’s Undivided Attention Renewed focus has “The Ultimate Fighter 17” alum energized ahead of his Bellator 162 battle with Ricky Rainey on Friday in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Opinion: The Cost of UFC vs. GSP The Ultimate Fighting Championship vs. Georges St. Pierre saga is a code-red level of fail and pretty much one of the worst ways that the...
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What to Watch For: Bellator 162 Former middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko returns to the Bellator MMA cage opposite Kendall Grove on Friday in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Sherdog’s Top 10: American Mixed Martial Artists The United States has produced a healthy share of all-time greats, from hated villains and blood-and-guts warriors to larger-than-life heroes...
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The Bottom Line: No Vale La Pena No fighter has combined terrible points with awful presentation quite as spectacularly as Julianna Pena, writes Todd Martin.
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Daniel Cormier’s Technique of the Week: Clinch Inside-Out Trip Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier walks us through the ins and outs of the inside-out trip in this...
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Opinion: Lies, Damned Lies and Everything Else It is hard to appreciate the mindset required to compete at a high level and harder still to appreciate how difficult it can be to recover from the kind of loss...
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Kazushi Sakuraba: 5 Defining Moments They broke the mold when they made “The Gracie Hunter,” a Japanese icon who carried the MMA torch for an entire people.
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Sherdog’s Top 10: Greatest Single Strikes in MMA History They represent a holy convergence in hand-to-hand combat, a place where timing, speed, power, technique and creativity meet in glorious displays...
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Sherdog Remembers: The Ascent of ‘The Spider’ On Oct. 14, 2006, Anderson Silva authored a beatdown of almost unthinkable proportions in claiming the undisputed UFC middleweight championship.
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Max Holloway: Hawaiian Kickboxer The 24-year-old featherweight is among the few fighters who have found the single best song to represent who they are and how they fight.
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Opinion: The ‘Return’ of MMA’s Not-So-Gone Girl As we all found out Wednesday courtesy of UFC President Dana White sitting down to chat with Colin Cowherd, Ronda Rousey is “back” to face Amanda Nunes at...
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‘TUF 24’ Recap: Episode 7 The episode kicks off at night at the “TUF” house with the fighters all circled around the hot tub outside, drinking and talking trash, but...
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Opinion: When Will Michael Bisping’s Luck Run Out? The entire UFC middleweight division has to be salivating over the thought of facing “The Count” for the 185-pound title, writes Andreas Hale.
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The Bottom Line: Michael Bisping’s Character Revealed The career of “The Count” has been defined by perseverance. Never was that more apparent than in his rematch with Dan Henderson at 204,...
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UFC Veteran Pedro Rizzo’s Technique of the Week: Chaining Punches with a Low Kick Old-school UFC title contender Pedro Rizzo demonstrates a beautiful striking combination in this edition of Sherdog.com's Technique of the Week.
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Beating the Odds: UFC 204 Jimi Manuwa thrived in his role as the underdog, as he took out Ovince St. Preux in style on Saturday at UFC 204 “Bisping vs. Henderson 2”...
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Opinion: A Beautifully Weird Twisted Reality The Michael Bisping-Dan Henderson rematch at UFC 204 had the spectacle and the substance that makes MMA easy to love, writes Eric Stinton.
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The Walkmen: UFC 204 ‘Bisping vs. Henderson 2’ Blur, Toby Keith, Duran Duran and T.I. were all part of the musical playlist on Saturday in Manchester, England.
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By the Numbers: UFC 204 Michael Bisping got his revenge, but it didn’t come easy.
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Michael Bisping: 5 Defining Moments One of MMA’s most consistent and prolific fighters, “The Count” has embraced his role as the villain and ridden his talents to the top of...
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Preview: UFC 204 ‘Bisping vs. Henderson 2’ Michael Bisping defends his middleweight championship against old nemesis Dan Henderson on Saturday in Manchester, England.
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10 October Tussles Worth Watching Newly minted One Championship strawweight titleholder Yoshitaka Naito risks his 115-pound belt against Joshua Pacio on Oct. 7 in Myanmar.
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Jason High’s Positive Path After an incident involving a referee led to his UFC release and a yearlong suspension, the 34-year-old found salvation of sorts in the World Series...
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UFC 204 Statistical Matchup Analysis: Bisping vs. Henderson 2 Michael Bisping answers the first challenge to his middleweight title reign in a rematch with rival Dan Henderson. What do the numbers tell us?
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‘TUF 24’ Recap: Episode 6 Wednesday’s episode begins at the “The Ultimate Fighter” house at night with Matt Rizzo and Matt Schnell (with others) lounging around the...
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Opinion: The Misconception Surrounding Intelligent Defense Fans should be neither surprised nor outraged when fighters like John Dodson choose to fight with their heads instead of their hearts, writes...
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UFC Veteran Pedro Rizzo’s Technique of the Week: Counter Step-in Knee Old-school UFC title contender Pedro Rizzo demonstrates a beautiful step-in knee counter off a straight right hand in this edition of...
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Ozzy Dugulubgov: Out of Anonymity Still a relative unknown in MMA circles, the Russian lightweight will challenge Justin Gaethje for the World Series of Fighting championship on...
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The Bottom Line: Best of Defenses, Worst of Defenses On the surface, Michael Bisping’s first UFC middleweight title defense against Dan Henderson in the UFC 204 main event on Saturday in...
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Photos: Andre Ward Trains for Sergey Kovalev Check out these training photos of Andre Ward as he preps to face Sergey Kovalev on Nov. 19's HBO Pay-Per-View lineup.
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Fact Check: World Series of Fighting 33 Lightweight champion Justin Gaethje risks his title in a showdown with Ozzy Dugulubgov in the World Series of Fighting 33 main event on Friday...
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UFC 204 Primer: ‘Repeat, or Revenge’ in England’s Second City If you had told MMA fans a year ago that Michael Bisping-Dan Henderson 2 would headline a UFC pay-per-view, they probably would have laughed at...
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Beating the Odds: UFC Fight Night ‘Lineker vs. Dodson’ The 37-year-old Nate Marquardt led a parade of victorious underdogs Saturday night in Portland, Ore., from Andre Fili to Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos to...
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Opinion: The Nature of the Beast I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is yes: UFC Fight Night “Lineker vs. Dodson” also reminded me of the fable of The Scorpion and...
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The Walkmen: UFC Fight Night ‘Lineker vs. Dodson’ UFC Fight Night “Lineker vs. Dodson” was full of surprises on Saturday at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, and the music selections made...
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UFC Portland: By the Numbers If only John Lineker could make weight.


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