Pictures: Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley
YouTube star Jake Paul and former UFC welterweight champ Tyron
Woodley met in an eight-round professional boxing match.
Fight Facts: UFC on ESPN 30
UFC on ESPN 30 featured a ligament-tearing heel hook, the rise
of the “Giga Kick” launcher and the biggest in-Octagon upset of the
year so far.
Fight Facts: PFL 9
PFL 9: 2021 Playoffs featured an injury with an obvious cause,
a prospect with a way of influencing judges and a pulse-pounding
flying knee knockout.
Pictures: UFC Rio 1
On Aug. 27, 2011, 15,000 Brazilian fans packed HSBC Arena in Rio de
Janeiro to see some of their biggest idols starring in the debut of
UFC in...
Fight Facts: Bellator 265
Bellator 265 featured more last-second stoppages than any past
event, a triplicate of massive favorites prevailing and one of the
fastest brabo...
Fight Facts: PFL 8: 2021 Playoffs
PFL 8 featured an overwhelming favorite doing exactly what they
should do, a Brazilian bomber blasting his way through the
competition and that...
Would Pro Football Players Dominate MMA? | Part 2
In this second installment, Lev Pisarsky examines the possibility
of an NFL-level athlete dedicating himself to MMA instead of
football, using the example of former UFC light heavyweight champ...
Fight Facts: UFC on ESPN 29
UFC on ESPN 29 featured many fighters sound asleep after their
matches concluded, one of the most heavyweight contests ever and a
walkout battle...
Stand and Deliver: Olympic-Level Pressure
This week's tripleheader of PFL, Bellator and UFC cards features
several fighters under just a little extra pressure to perform.
Fight Facts: Bellator 264
Bellator 264 featured a middleweight destroyer who already has
his next opponent set, the new winningest welterweight in company
history and a...
A Man of ComplexityVadim
Nemkov has taken on many roles in his life, from scholar to
soldier to world-class mixed martial artist. He will defend his
Bellator
MMA light heavyweight championship against...
Opinion: Salvaging a Season
After a year-long hiatus, PFL returned in April and just about
everything that could go wrong did. Now the playoffs are set to
begin, with a...
The Bottom Line: Not Created Equal
The UFC has created interim titles for many reasons over the years,
but none so pointless as the rationale behind the heavyweight strap
won by Ciryl...
Rivalries: Eduard Folayang
The two-time lightweight titleholder will attempt to put an end to
a career-worst three-fight losing streak when he toes the line
against “The Ultimate Fighter China” winner Lipeng
Zhang in the...
Pictures: Jose Aldo Scouting Trip, Part 2
Japanese magazine Kakutougi Tsushin in June 2004 asked me to report
on Shooto
lightweight champion Vitor Ribeiro, who was scheduled to defend his
title for the first time against Mitsuhiro Ishida. After
interviewing Ribeiro and...
Fight Facts: UFC 265UFC
265 featured a relatively rare unbeaten champ at 265 pounds, a
brabo choke record that may never be matched and flying finish
never...
Stock Report: UFC 265
The incredible rise of Ciryl Gane
reached its penultimate milestone on Saturday, and it feels a bit
like the beginning of an era.
Opinion: A Comparison of Future GOATs
Is it possible to look at a young star and spot a future legend?
Sherdog's Lev Pisarsky takes three fighters who often occupy
"greatest of all-time" discussions, and compares their achievements
at age 26,...
Fight Facts: UFC on ESPN 28
Among other statistical curiosities,
UFC on ESPN 28 brought one of the quickest knockouts in UFC
strawweight history and a new middleweight...
Stock Report: Bellator 263/UFC on ESPN 28
It was a relatively rare case of MMA’s second-biggest promotion
going toe-to-toe with the biggest, and this time, Goliath took one
right...
