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Top 5: Fastest Finishes in UFC Featherweight Title Fights Conor McGregor silenced his critics and sent shockwaves rippling through the mixed martial arts universe when he unified the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight crown with a shocking 13-second...

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Brian Knapp

Jan 07, 2026

Opinion: UFC Predictions for 2026 Sherdog columnist Dayne Fox peers into his crystal ball and dives into what he sees for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the days, weeks...

UFC

Dayne Fox

Jan 07, 2026

Top 5: Fastest Finishes in UFC Lightweight Title Fights Rafael dos Anjos laid waste to Donald Cerrone with a crushing body kick and follow-up punches in the first round of their UFC on Fox 17...

UFC

Brian Knapp

Jan 07, 2026

Top 5: Fastest Finishes in UFC Welterweight Title Fights Tyron Woodley leaned into a violent burst of offense to bring down one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most beloved competitors.

UFC

Brian Knapp

Jan 06, 2026

The FF-Files: The Do’s and Don’ts of Fight Finder – Lie, Cheat, Steal Don’t lie. Don’t cheat. Don’t try to bribe us. Please?

FF-Files

Jay Pettry

Jan 05, 2026

Sherdog Smashes: Slamming The Door on 2025 Normally at Sherdog, we give you the hard-hitting fight analysis and the numbers behind the results. This is not that.

Features

Ben Duffy Jay Pettry

Jan 04, 2026

Top 5: Fastest Finishes in UFC Middleweight Title Fights Rich Franklin retained the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title when he punched out Quarry in the first round of their...

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Brian Knapp

Jan 04, 2026

Top 5: Fastest Finishes in UFC Light Heavyweight Title Fights Preschoolers can hold their breath underwater longer than it took Frank Shamrock to breeze through his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut.

Features

Brian Knapp

Jan 03, 2026

Top 5: Fastest Finishes in UFC Heavyweight Title Fights Andrei Arlovski retained the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title when he punched out Paul Buentello in the first round of their...

UFC

Brian Knapp

Jan 02, 2026

Sherdog’s 2025 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another lively 12 months have somehow come and gone in mixed martial arts. Rulebooks were amended. Cream rose to the top. Alliances formed....

Year-End Awards

Sherdog.com Staff

Jan 01, 2026

Opinion: UFC Should Eye an Interim Champion Tom Aspinall’s plan to undergo surgery leaves the Ultimate Fighting Championship few other options through which to keep the heavyweight...

UFC

Dayne Fox

Jan 01, 2026

The Hit List: Undefeated Fighters in the UFC Farid Basharat will put his perfect 14-0 record on the line when he meets Jean Matsumoto in a UFC Fight Night 266 showcase on Feb. 7 in Las Vegas.

UFC

Brian Knapp

Jan 01, 2026

Top 5: Fastest UFC Finishes of 2025 Benoit St. Denis once again asserted his dominance in the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight division when he dismissed an overweight Beneil...

UFC

Brian Knapp

Dec 31, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Comeback Fighter of the Year Just two years removed from a 1-4 skid and roundly counted out of the title hunt in the division he once ruled, Petr Yan completed a stunning return to the bantamweight mountaintop at...

Year-End Awards

Ben Duffy

Dec 31, 2025

Sherdog’s 2025 Entrance of the Year Paul Hughes delivered a spine-tingling entrance at PFL Belfast on May 10, which he then punctuated with a brutal knockout in front of an arena...

Year-End Awards

Jay Pettry

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...

Year-End Awards

Brian Knapp

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

Ben Duffy

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

Jay Pettry

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

Jay Pettry

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

Jay Pettry

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

Brian Knapp

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

Ben Duffy

Dec 26, 2025

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