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Dec 30, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Ms. All-Violence Joselyne Edwards extended an unexpected run of finishes inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight division with a pair of...

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Dec 30, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year Joshua Van seemingly reached into the future and pulled himself forward, completing the journey from blue-chip prospect to UFC champion well...

Year-End Awards

Dec 29, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Mr. All-Violence As we bring back our annual tribute to the sublimely violent, there could be only one man to usher in the new era.

Year-End Awards

Dec 29, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Robbery of the Year “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 32 winner Mairon Santos escaped with a contentious and almost universally panned split decision over Francis Marshall as part of the...

Year-End Awards

Tyler Treese

Dec 28, 2025

MMA Roots: Super Challenge and the Rise of Demian Maia The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace made his first real waves in mixed martial arts during a one-night tournament in October 2006, roughly a year before he made his...

MMA Roots

Marcelo Alonso

Dec 28, 2025

Fight Facts: UFC 2025, a Year in Review The Ultimate Fighting Championship reaffirmed its place atop the MMA totem pole, offering fans a record-tying slate that closed out the...

UFC

Dec 28, 2025

Fight Facts: PFL 2025, a Year in Review Professional Fighters League turned in its busiest year to date, planted its flag in several overseas markets and bade farewell to its trademark...

Professional Fighters League

Dec 27, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Round of the Year Diego Lopes and Jean Silva engaged in an unforgettable firefight at UFC Fight Night 259 in Sept. 13 in San Antonio, and it reached peak...

Year-End Awards

Tyler Treese

Dec 27, 2025

Top 5: UFC Rookies of 2025 A productive pipeline of young talent remains the lifeblood of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and the latest wave provided plenty of...

Features

Dec 26, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Upset of the Year Petr Yan avenged a 2023 loss, recaptured the bantamweight strap and shocked the world with his one-sided handling of Merab Dvalishvili at UFC...

Year-End Awards

Dec 26, 2025

The FF-Files: It’s a Raid Regulation of MMA differs from country to country, but when a Russian SWAT team kicks down your doors, that's probably a good indicator that...

FF-Files

Dec 25, 2025

Opinion: Ilia Topuria’s Five-Alarm Warning The reigning lightweight titleholder’s ongoing flirtation with boxing provides further proof that the Ultimate Fighting Championship must up...

Boxing

Dayne Fox

Dec 25, 2025

Top 5: Jim Miller Submissions The Ultimate Fighting Championship mainstay beat the company’s most prolific submission specialist at his own game when he disposed of the previously unbeaten Charles Oliveira with a kneebar at...

UFC

Dec 25, 2025

Oktagon 81 Preview w/Bryan Lacey | The Sheehan Show Sean and Oktagon MMA play-by-play man Bryan Lacey preview Oktagon 81, which features the return of Martin Buday against Will Fleury for the...

Podcasts

Sean Sheehan

Dec 24, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Event of the Year When the smoke cleared at the conclusion of UFC 320 on Oct. 4, no other fight card could top it.

Year-End Awards

Dec 24, 2025

Top 5: Dustin Poirier Finishes The American Top Team ace avenged a previous defeat to Conor McGregor when he punched out the former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder in the second round of their...

UFC

Dec 24, 2025

Top 5: Donald Cerrone Knockouts “Cowboy” was in prime form when he cut down Rick Story with a crushing head kick and follow-up punches in the second round of their UFC 202...

UFC

Dec 23, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Beatdown of the Year For the second year in a row, Anthony Hernandez authored the signature beatdown of the year, this time with a pillar-to-post mauling of Roman Dolidze in the headliner of...

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Dec 23, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Submission of the Year Costello van Steenis wrested victory from the jaws of defeat—and separated Johnny Eblen from consciousness—in the dramatic main event of PFL...

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Dec 22, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Knockout of the Year Lerone Murphy authored a highlight for the ages when he vaporized Aaron Pico with a spinning back elbow in the first round of their UFC 319...

Features

Dec 21, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Fight of the Year Joshua Van needed proof that he belonged among the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s flyweight elite, and an unforgettable three-round...

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