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...

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...

Opinion: UFC’s ESPN Era Falls Somewhere Between Disappointment and a Mixed Bag There was some good, some bad and some ugly associated with the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s time on the Worldwide Leader in Sports,...

Opinion: Long Reigns May Be Extinct in the UFC A variety of factors are contributing to shorter shelf lives for Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholders, writes Dayne Fox.

Opinion: A Litany of Possibilities Exist for the UFC Flyweight Division The outcome of the UFC 323 co-main event between Alexandre Pantoja and Joshua Van will determine which direction the 125-pound weight class...

Opinion: Bite the Bullet and Move Kayla Harrison to 145 Pounds The Ultimate Fighting Championship would be best served by allowing its reigning women’s bantamweight titleholder to avoid the kinds of harsh...

An MMA Thanksgiving: 2025 All-Turkey Team ’Tis that time of year again, folks. While most Americans are sitting around shoveling turkey, dressing, various casseroles, candied yams and...

Opinion: Here’s Hoping the UFC Just Says No to Kamaru Usman Plenty of other, more palatable options beyond “The Nigerian Nightmare” exist for newly minted Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight titleholder...

Opinion: A Proposal to Solve the Issue of Missing Weight Stiffer penalties, much like those for PED violations, are needed to address the persistent problem of fighters failing to live up to their...

Opinion: Isaac Dulgarian Bout at UFC Vegas 110 Should Have Been Canceled Given the gambling scandal that rocked the NBA just a few weeks ago, the Ultimate Fighting Championship should have had its fight-fixing guard...

Opinion: A Call for Calm in the Tom Aspinall-Ciryl Gane Storm The anticlimactic conclusion to the UFC 321 headliner could ultimately create more buzz about a potential rematch for the Ultimate Fighting...

Opinion: Tom Aspinall’s Road to Greatness Begins at UFC 321 All possibilities in terms of legacy are still in play for the Englishman ahead of his Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title defense...

Opinion: Time for a Moratorium on UFC Events in Brazil The Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission’s woeful performance before and during UFC Fight Night 261 should give the Ultimate Fighting...

Opinion: Charles Oliveira and the Benefit of Scratching the UFC’s Back The Brazilian opted to take the route that maintains good standing with fans and his bosses by accepting a short-notice replacement opponent at UFC...

Opinion: PFL Sees New CEO John Martin as the Right Man at the Right Time The Professional Fighters League’s top executive served as chairman and chief executive officer of Turner LLC from 2014 to 2018, when he...

Opinion: Magomed Ankalaev Enters UFC 320 with More to Lose Given how the Ultimate Fighting Championship has handled him, the Russian needs to retain his title against Alex Pereira to ensure his long-term...

Opinion: The UFC’s Malpractice Involving Merab Dvalishvili Sherdog columnist Dayne Fox examines the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s baffling inability to promote one of its most dominant competitors.

‘The Smashing Machine’: A Review From Someone Who Was There Marcelo Alonso, who covered Mark Kerr’s early career extensively and coined his iconic nickname, provides his thoughts on the upcoming biopic set starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson—and shines the spotlight on a surprising performance from...

Opinion: Conor McGregor Not a Trustworthy Commodity for UFC White House Show Sherdog columnist Dayne Fox outlines why the polarizing former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder does not deserve to be...

Opinion: Harry Hardwick a Wake-Up Call for Future UFC Debutants The fact that the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder’s moment of “weakness” came on MMA’s largest stage could result...

Opinion: An Alarming Trend with UFC Champions A surge of vacated titles could soon bring their legitimacy into question in multiple Ultimate Fighting Championship weight classes, writes Dayne Fox.

Opinion: 2025 Felt Like a Turning Point for Adaptable PFL The Professional Fighters League’s ability to shift gears was a precursor to long-term success, writes Mike Pendleton.

Opinion: A UFC Molehill That Could Become a Mountain The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s decision to put official bouts on a “Road to UFC” card could be a sign of the times to come, writes...

Opinion: ‘Boring’ Performance Only Adds to Khamzat Chimaev’s Aura Post-UFC 319 criticisms of newly minted Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight titleholder Khamzat Chimaev are vastly overblown, writes...

Opinion: UFC 319 Brings Latest Glamor Division to Forefront Sherdog columnist Dayne Fox explores the suddenly deep and compelling 185-pound weight class ahead of the showdown between reigning champion Dricus Du Plessis and undefeated challenger...