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SHERDOG ARTICLES JANUARY 2021
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How a UFC Impostor Became Australia's First NHB Event Within minutes of the great Mario Sperry beating Chris Haseman to win the “Australasian Ultimate Fighting Championship,” the eight-sided...
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How a UFC Impostor Became Australia’s First NHB Event Opening an eight-man openweight tournament billed as the inaugural “Australasian Ultimate Fighting Championship,” the first modern MMA fight on Australian soil pit Mario Sperry against...
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Rivalries: Royce Gracie When the lanky Brazilian marched to the Octagon in his trademark gi for his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut, few outside of his inner...
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The FF-Files: Of Forgeries and Falsehoods In this installment of the FF-Files, we give a peek behind the curtain at some of the laughable fakes we get from crooked managers trying to...
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How a UFC Impostor Became Australia’s First NHB Event The day of the inaugural “Australasian Ultimate Fighting Championship” in Sydney, nobody in Australia—least of all the tabloid...
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How a UFC Impostor Became Australia’s First NHB Event An American expat living in Australia staged a no-holds-barred, winner-take-all tournament called the “Australasian Ultimate Fighting...
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Rivalries: Anthony Smith “Lionheart” serves as a model of perseverance, the onetime journeyman having transformed himself into an unlikely Ultimate Fighting...
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How to Watch KSW 58 Two-time Olympic medalist Szymon Kolecki will put his modest two-fight winning streak on the line when he faces Martin Zawada in the Konfrontacja...
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How to Watch Legacy Fighting Alliance 98 Middleweights will step into the Legacy Fighting Alliance spotlight when Josh Fremd confronts Bruno Oliveira in the LFA 98 main event on Friday...
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Pictures: One Championship 'Unbreakable 2' Judges weren't needed at One Championship "Unbreakable 2," as all six fights ended before the final horn.
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Rivalries: B.J. Penn “The Prodigy” straddled the line between genius and madness throughout his career, often leaning from one side to the other.
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How to Watch One Championship ‘Unbreakable 2’ Ambitious heavyweights will shoulder the latest marquee for One Championship, as former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder Mauro Cerilli locks horns with the once-beaten Abdulbasir Vagabov in the...
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How a UFC Impostor Became Australia’s First NHB Event An American expat living in Australia staged a no-holds-barred, winner-take-all tournament called the “Australasian Ultimate Fighting...
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By The Numbers: The UFC in January 2021 The Ultimate Fighting Championship kicked off its 2021 campaign with three events in seven days at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab...
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The Big Picture: A Motion for Meritocracy A lightweight title fight between Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira needs to happen, as it would put the division on the track it always...
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Opinion: An Eroding Immortal The aura that surrounds Conor McGregor continues diminish following his second loss in three appearances, writes Josh Gross.
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The Bottom Line: Forks in the Road The two meetings between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier and their resulting ripple effects show once again that timing is everything in MMA,...
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Fight Facts: UFC 257 UFC 257 featured a game-changing knockout, the emergence of a new star and an unusual alphabetical occurrence.
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The Bellator MMA Lightweight Title: A Visual History Now that Michael Chandler has declared himself a person of interest in the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title picture, let us...
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Stock Report: UFC 257 The spotlight feels just a little brighter when it’s a Conor McGregor fight night.
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Fight Facts: UFC on ESPN 20 The Ultimate Fighting Championship rolled on with a mid-week ESPN offering that stretched on for much of the day due to the quantity of bouts on...
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Matches to Make After UFC 257 Dustin Poirier closed the gap—and then some—that once existed between he and Conor McGregor.
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By the Numbers: UFC 257 Dustin Poirier evened the series with Conor McGregor in emphatic fashion.
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Pictures: UFC 257 Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier tussled in the UFC 257 headliner on Saturday.
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How to Watch UFC 257 The Ultimate Fighting Championship will turn to two of its premier lightweights when Dustin Poirier rematches Conor McGregor in the UFC 257 main...
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Who You Got? Sherdog Staff Pick 'Em: UFC 257 Sherdog's editors, writers and forum staff put their pride on the line as they pick the winners and losers for UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2.
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By The Numbers: UFC 257 Pre-Fight Edition Former two-division champion Conor McGregor will rematch Dustin Poirier in the main event on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.
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By The Numbers: Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor The lightweight contenders will meet for a second time when they collide atop UFC 257 this Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.
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Prime Picks: UFC 257 ‘McGregor vs. Poirier 2’ The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday concludes its three-event tour on “Fight Island” with a major pay-per-offering featuring the...
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How to Watch One Championship ‘Unbreakable’ Shinya Aoki will get back in the One Championship saddle for the first time in more than a year when he faces the unbeaten James Nakashima in...
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Preview: UFC 257 ‘Poirier vs. McGregor 2’ Dustin Poirier will look to avenge a 2014 knockout loss to Conor McGregor when they meet for a second time this Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.
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Matches to Make After UFC on ESPN 20 When Michael Chiesa announced his plan to move to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s welterweight division, he was greeted by widespread...
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By the Numbers: UFC on ESPN 20 Michael Chiesa went to the deep waters of the championship rounds for the first time in his UFC career, but it was Neil Magny who nearly drowned.
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Pictures: UFC on ESPN 20 ‘Chiesa vs. Magny’ Quick images from Wednesday's UFC on ESPN 20 card on Fight Island.
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Who You Got? Sherdog Staff Pick 'Em: UFC on ESPN 20 Sherdog's editors, writers and forum staff put their pride on the line as they pick the winners and losers for UFC on ESPN 20: Chiesa vs. Magny.
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Prime Picks: UFC on ESPN 20 ‘Chiesa vs. Magny’ Fresh off its scintillating debut on the ABC network, the Ultimate Fighting Championship strikes while the iron is hot with an ESPN card that is...
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How to Watch UFC on ESPN 20 Michael Chiesa’s move to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s welterweight division can perhaps best be described as revelatory, as “The...
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Preview: UFC on ESPN 20 Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny will collide in the five-round headliner on Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates, as the Ultimate Fighting...
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The Bottom Line: Handicapping Khabib Sherdog columnist Todd Martin examines six possibilities involving the possible return of the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight titleholder.
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The Big Picture: Breaking Curses, Records Punahele Soriano and Max Holloway lifted the dark cloud from what had been a house of horrors for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s...
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The UFC Welterweight Title: A Visual History On Wednesday, Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny will battle to scale the next rung of perhaps the toughest, most unforgiving divisional ladder in...
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Opinion: Michael Chandler and the Cruelty of Legacy Win or lose in his Octagon debut this Saturday at UFC 257, Michael Chandler's status as one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time...
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Fight Facts: UFC on ABC 1 On Saturday, Max Holloway practically rewrote the record book, setting or extending his own records previously thought unbreakable.
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Matches to Make After UFC on ABC 1 Calvin Kattar was matched with the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time and will forever serve as a reminder of the breathtaking brutality a motivated...
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By the Numbers: UFC on ABC 1 Max Holloway was an avalanche, and Calvin Kattar was the man at the bottom of the mountain.
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UFC on ABC 1 Pictures The Ultimate Fighting Championship took its talents to network television for UFC on ABC 1.
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Who You Got? Sherdog Staff Pick 'Em: UFC on ABC 1 Sherdog's editors, writers and forum staff put their pride on the line as they pick the winners and losers for UFC on ABC 1: Holloway vs. Kattar.
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By The Numbers: UFC on ABC 1 Pre-Fight Edition Calvin Kattar will get his shot at one of the golden geese of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s featherweight division when he toes the line against former 145-pound titleholder...
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By The Numbers: Carlos Condit vs. Matt Brown The welterweight veterans will collide in the UFC on ABC 1 co-main event this Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.
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How to Watch LFA 97 Nick Browne and Arthur Estrazulas will determine the fate of the vacant Legacy Fighting Alliance lightweight championship when they square off in the...
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Prime Picks: UFC on ABC 1 ‘Holloway vs. Kattar’ Returning to “Fight Island” this Saturday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has stacked its year-opening show with a main card full of...
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How to Watch UFC on ABC 1 Max Holloway appears to have embraced the no-rest-for-the-weary approach to matchmaking, as the former Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight titleholder will tackle another top contender when he meets Calvin Kattar in...
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By The Numbers: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Jingliang Li The welterweight hopefuls will lock horns at UFC on ABC 1 this Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Preview: UFC on ABC 1 ‘Holloway vs. Kattar’ Max Holloway draws Calvin Kattar in an intriguing featherweight main event, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship debuts on ABC this Saturday in...
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Preview: UFC on ABC 1 Prelims Resurgent middleweight prospect Phil Hawes will look to build on his momentum when he faces Nassourdine Imavov on Saturday in the United Arab...
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By The Numbers: Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar The featherweight contenders will lock horns in the UFC on ABC 1 main event this Saturday in the United Arab Emirates, as the Ultimate Fighting...
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The Bottom Line: Point of Contention Bellator MMA has bolstered its 205-pound weight class to such a degree that it now rivals the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s light...
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The UFC Men's Featherweight Title: A Visual History This Saturday, Ultimate Fighting Championship launches its 2021 campaign with a featherweight main event that carries major title implications.
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Opinion: Israel Adesanya, Wise Opportunist Israel Adesanya's decision to move up and challenge Jan Blachowicz shows that he is as crafty in managing his career as he is inside the cage,...
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5 Things You Might Not Know about B.J. Penn Not many fighters inspire debate around the water cooler quite like the Hawaiian, a man whose legacy only seems to grow more complicated with...
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5 Defining Moments: Corey Anderson “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 19 winner carries the look of a big fish in a somewhat smaller pond after leaving the Ultimate Fighting Championship to sign a multi-fight contract with...
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10 Fights Bellator MMA Should Book in 2021 Santa Claus was good to Bellator MMA President Scott Coker, who enters his latest campaign with some new toys with which to play—most notably Yoel Romero and...
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The MMA Hall of F@#$%&G Awesome: Rumina Sato The relentless grappler became all but synonymous with Shooto during a nearly two-decade career.
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UFC 9: When a Punch Could Send a Fighter to Jail Marcelo Alonso shares some first-hand memories and anecdotes from UFC 9, the event where punches to the head were infamously banned just hours...
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By The Numbers: Yoel Romero “The Soldier of God” in December announced he had signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA after spending the previous eight years as a prominent middleweight on the...
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10 Fights the UFC Should Book in 2021 The wheels on the Ultimate Fighting Championship machine keep on grinding into another year, global health crisis be damned.
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Rivalries: Georges St. Pierre Most observers place “Rush” on the short list for Greatest of All-Time consideration, so it should come as little surprise that he continues...
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UFC 9: When a Punch Could Send a Fighter to Jail Marcelo Alonso shares some first-hand memories and anecdotes from UFC 9, the event where punches to the head were infamously banned just hours...
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5 Defining Moments: Weili Zhang As the calendar flips to 2021, the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight titleholder finds herself on a 21-fight winning streak...
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The FF-Files: Say What? While the Sherdog Fight Finder team frequently fights frauds fervently, the staff also receives pushback from those that disagree with our...
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5 Things You Might Not Know About Joanna Jedrzejczyk The onetime strawweight queen may have passed her peak years, but she remains a foundational figure in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s...
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The Bottom Line: A Curious Approach The Ultimate Fighting Championship may look back on its first ABC show as a missed opportunity, writes Todd Martin.
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Rivalries: Nick Diaz While whispers of a possible return have become a constant source of speculation, more than 2,000 days have passed since the former Strikeforce and...
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Forecasting Bellator MMA Champions, Class of 2021 A disjointed schedule interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic did not prevent the Scott Coker-led promotion from keeping the lines moving in its...
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The Rizin Bantamweight Title: A Visual History Kyoji Horiguchi returned from a year-long injury layoff on New Year’s Eve at Rizin 26 and looked to be in outstanding form.
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Opinion: The Power of Simplicity, Even in 2020 As we look back on a year with a wealth of dazzling highlights and exotic techniques, Marvin Vettori is a reminder of the power of sound...
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Sherdog Redraft: 'The Ultimate Fighter' Season 18 With 20/20 hindsight, Sherdog’s Ben Duffy drafts the eight men and eight women from Season 18 of “The Ultimate Fighter” based on their...
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The FF-Files: A Reintroduction Sherdog Fight Finder is made up of dozens of international staff members singularly devoted to recording every fight that has ever happened....
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Forecasting UFC Champions, Class of 2021 The next 12 months shape up to be far more tumultuous than their predecessors. Who will be the last men and women standing when the calendar...
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Sherdog.com’s 2020 Year-End Awards: The Complete List As the worst global pandemic in more than a century hamstrung many sports leagues and brought others around the world to their knees in 2020,...


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