Sherdog.com editors peel back the curtain on the Fight Finder database.
The FF-Files: Taste of India
The FF-Files shines a light on a certain undefeated prospect from
the subcontinent who is set to compete this week in “Road to UFC”
Season...
The FF-Files: From Russia with Love
Thirty years removed from the dawn of modern no-holds-barred
fighting and over two decades since the introduction of the Unified
Rules, some...
The FF-Files: Sir, This is a Wendy’s
Sometimes—OK, often—people contact the Sherdog Fight Finder,
demanding services that we simply do not provide. These are a few
of their stories.
The FF-Files: Welcome to the Jungle
Lest you think the FF-Files is all about the team uncovering fights
that didn't happen, here's the story of one that actually did—and
the effort the...
The FF-Files: Dawn of a New Day
The kickoff of a Fight Finder database retooling has unearthed some
unorthodox and thrilling results, which deserve the full spotlight
from the...
The FF-Files: Master of Puppets
Sometimes, fighters and managers who submit fake results to the
Sherdog Fight Finder claim that there is a shadowy figure behind
the scenes,...
The FF-Files: See You in Court
In this episode of the FF-Files, a promoter traverses nearly the
entire spectrum of human emotion before threatening us with
ridiculous legal action.
The FF-Files: A Matter of Life and Death
The only thing worse than a Fight Finder scammer is an angry Fight
Finder scammer, and the only thing worse than that is a scammer who
comes...
The FF-Files: Huge If True
Far from the bright lights of the top global promotions, the
Sherdog Fight Finder staff is sometimes called upon to ask a
fundamental question:...
The FF-Files: Moissanite, Spurious, Not Genuine
In this installment of the FF-Files, we crack into the wild
imagination of promoters, fighters and managers that send in
submissions that you...
The FF-Files: Point of Clarification
Most fight results are easy to categorize, based on the hundreds of
thousands of fights we've recorded in our database. Armbar. Head
kick. Split...
The FF-Files: Say What Again
In this installment of the FF-Files, we take a look at a fresh
batch of folks cursing us out, sometimes in extravagantly poetic
language, for...
The FF-Files: Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote, “The ultimate measure of a man
is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but
where he...
The FF-Files: At Least You Tried
In this installment of the FF-Files, we take a look as some
hilariously bad fake documents we've received from fighters or
managers trying to...
The FF-Files: Smoke ‘Em if you Got ‘Em
Sometimes, the Fight Finder admins are called upon to distinguish
professional MMA from unsanctioned gym fights or just plain hard
sparring....
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...
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...
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....