Top 5: Ronda Rousey Submissions The Olympic bronze medalist never stood taller than when she put away Liz Carmouche with an armbar in the first round of their UFC 157 main...

The Hit List: Undefeated Fighters in the UFC Khamzat Chimaev will challenge Dricus Du Plessis for the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight crown in the UFC 319 main event...

Fight Facts: UFC 318 ‘Holloway vs. Poirier 3’ UFC 318 featured a remarkable achievement in MMA striking, a couple of upsets for the old guard and a few gladiators maintaining their perfect...

Matches to Make After UFC 318 The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its return to New Orleans with a finish-filled event featuring 14 fights in total. The UFC 318 main event featured a "BMF" title fight between Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway, which served as a retirement fight for "The Diamond." The pay-per-view also featured fights with fan-favorites, such...

Pictures: UFC 318 UFC 318 is expected to be a send-off party for Dustin Poirier.

Bracketology: 2025 PFL Africa Tournaments The Professional Fighters League launched its third International League with the debut of PFL Africa on Saturday, as they broke ground in Cape...

How to Watch UFC 318 Dustin Poirier will close out his remarkable career when he toes the line against Max Holloway for a third time on Saturday in New Orleans.

How to Watch 2025 PFL Africa 1 The Professional Fighters League on Saturday will break ground on a new continent when it touches down in Cape Town, South Africa.

How to Watch Oleksandr Usyk-Daniel Dubois 2 The fate of the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight championships will hang in the balance when the undefeated Oleksandr Usyk rematches Daniel...

How to Watch Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios Former eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao will come out of retirement to fight for the first time in nearly five years when he challenges...

Prime Picks: UFC 318 ‘Holloway vs. Poirier 3’ Sherdog’s Jay Pettry scours the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first event in New Orleans since 2015 and homes in on the best bets.

Prime Picks: 2025 PFL Africa 1 herdog soothsayer Jay Pettry peers into his crystal ball and finds a few ways to make a buck as the Professional Fighters League once again...

Top 5: Greatest Fails on the Scale Botched weight cuts litter mixed martial arts history, but none proved any more costly than the flub by then-Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight titleholder...

Opinion: MMA Needs More Dustin Poiriers Sherdog columnist Dayne Fox reflects on the career of the American Top Team star ahead of his retirement bout opposite Max Holloway at UFC 318...

Preview: UFC 318 ‘Holloway vs. Poirier 3’ The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday lands in New Orleans for the first time in more than a decade, as Max Holloway and a retiring...

Opinion: Why the PFL’s International Tournaments are the Future of MMA The Professional Fighters League looks to be on its way to usurping the Ultimate Fighting Championship one continent at a time, writes J.L. Kirven.

Preview: UFC 318 Prelims Bantamweights anchor the Ultimate Fighting Championship undercard on Saturday in New Orleans, where Vinicius Oliveira tangles with Kyler...

Top 5: UFC Heavyweight Title Fights of All-Time Randy Couture retained the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title with a five-round unanimous decision over Pedro Rizzo in the UFC 31...

The Fights You Have to Watch This Weekend The combat sports gods have spoiled us with action-packed cards loaded with some of the biggest names in boxing and mixed martial arts.

The Film Room: Dakota Ditcheva’s Wake of Destruction Sherdog’s J.L. Kirven puts the American Top Team star’s prodigious skills under the microscope ahead of her co-main event opposite Sumiko Inaba at...

Preview: 2025 PFL Africa 1 The Professional Fighters League will usher in a new era on Saturday with the launch of its third international league in Cape Town, South Africa.

Fight Facts: UFC on ESPN 70 ‘Lewis vs. Teixeira’ UFC Nashville, also known as UFC on ESPN 70, featured a knockout leader that may never be caught, an Aussie who has practically grown up in the...

Top 5: Donald Trump UFC Moments The president sent shockwaves through the mixed martial arts industry at a “Salute to America” event in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 3, when he revealed his desire to stage an...

Matches to Make After UFC Nashville The UFC Nashville main event featured a heavyweight clash featuring former title challenger Derrick Lewis and prospect Tallison Teixeira.

Pictures: UFC Nashville UFC Nashville was headlined by a heavyweight slug fest.

Johnny and Valter Walker: From the Streets of Brazil to the UFC An Ultimate Fighting Championship mainstay retraces the routes that brought he and his younger brother together, from the humblest of beginnings...

How to Watch UFC Nashville The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday will return from a one-week sabbatical when it pays a visit to Music City for the first time in...

No Hotel Room Safe from the UFC's Walker Brothers Johnny Walker and Valter Walker made their way into Tallison Teixeira’s hotel room ahead of UFC Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee. Shenanigans...

Prime Picks: UFC Nashville ‘Lewis vs. Teixeira’ Sherdog’s Jay Pettry peers into his crystal ball and finds where money can be made, as stoppages represent the name of the game.

Opinion: President Trump Puts UFC on the Front Burner The fact that an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House grounds is being discussed as part of one of the largest Independence...

Preview: UFC Nashville ‘Lewis vs. Teixeira’ Heavyweight knockout merchants take center stage on Saturday in Nashville, as Derrick Lewis and Tallison Teixeira meet in the main event of UFC on...

Top 5: Brightest Prospects in the UFC Eyes are now wide open to Joshua Van and his prodigious talents, as he leads the latest youth movement in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Preview: UFC Nashville Prelims Welterweights Max Griffin and Chris Curtis anchor the six-fight undercard of UFC on ESPN 70 on Saturday in Nashville.

5 Defining Moments: Calvin Kattar “The Boston Finisher” will set out in search of his first win in more than three years when he confronts Steve Garcia in a featured UFC on ESPN...

Top 5: Incredible Finishes in the First Half of 2025 Mauricio Ruffy, Mackenzie Dern, Ilia Topuria and a host of others made their marks during an eventful first six months in mixed martial arts.

Sherdog Smashes: More Spins Than a Washing Machine Normally at Sherdog, we give you the hard-hitting fight analysis and the numbers behind the results. This is not that.

The Hit List: Top Finishes of the Week In case you missed them, here are some of the wildest, wackiest and most violent moments in combat sports over the weekend.

The FF-Files: Mother Russia In this edition of the FF-Files, fight fraud perpetrators go from shifty to unhinged at the drop of an ushanka.

By The Numbers: Derrick Lewis vs. Tallison Teixeira The heavyweight knockout artists will collide in the UFC on ESPN 70 headliner on July 12 in Nashville, Tennessee.

By The Numbers: Kayla Harrison The two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time Professional Fighters League tournament winner vowed to take the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

MMA Roots: The Birth of ‘The Smashing Machine’ Mark Kerr’s induction into the Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Fame stirred up memories of his remarkable run of dominance between...

5 Things You Might Not Know About UFC 3 WOW Promotions and Semaphore Entertainment Group authored another chapter of the Ultimate Fighting Championship experiment as it crept ever...

Bracketology: 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament The 2025 Professional Fighters League Europe Tournament continued with its second event and bracket taking place in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday. For the first time ever, a major MMA promotion journeyed to Brussels and the action at...

Pictures: 2025 PFL MENA 2 Omar El Dafrawy and Hattan Alsaif stole the show at 2025 PFL MENA 2.

Bracketology: 2025 PFL MENA Welterweight, Bantamweight Semifinals Professional Fighters League’s Middle East and Northern Africa international league continued its 2025 tournament with the bantamweight and welterweight brackets on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at...

How to Watch 2025 PFL Europe 2 The Professional Fighters League on Saturday will touch down in Brussels, Belgium, with quarterfinal action in the bantamweight division.

Pictures – Birth of “The Smashing Machine” Ahead of the impending release of “The Smashing Machine” biopic, Marcelo Alonso—who gave Mark Kerr that famous nickname—shares some...

2025 PFL MENA 2 Pre-Fight Notebook The Professional Fighters League will get back to business with its Middle East and North Africa branch on Friday in Saudi Arabia.

Opinion: Islam Makhachev and the Cautionary Tale of Jon Jones Sherdog columnist Dayne Fox examines the tightrope the former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight titleholder must walk in order to avoid...

5 Things You Might Not Know About Xavier Alaoui “The Breadman” will toe the line against Ziad Ayman when their bantamweight quarterfinal helps buoy 2025 PFL MENA 2 on Friday in Saudi Arabia.

How to Watch 2025 PFL MENA 2 The Professional Fighters League on Friday will head to Saudi Arabia with quarterfinal action in the welterweight and bantamweight divisions.

Rivalries: Taylor Lapilus The MMA Factory export will make his Professional Fighters League debut when he squares off with Ali Taleb in the 2025 PFL Europe 2 bantamweight...

Top Reasons to Catch 2025 PFL Europe 2 Patrick Habirora will put his pristine 6-0 record on the line when he meets Danny Roberts in the Professional Fighters League headliner on...

By The Numbers: Omar El Dafrawy vs. Daniele Miceli The welterweights will lock horns under the Professional Fighters League marquee when they meet in the 2025 PFL MENA 2 main event this Friday in...

5 Things You Might Not Know About Danny Roberts The 37-year-old Englishman will make his Professional Fighters League debut against undefeated Belgian prospect Patrick Habirora in the 2025 PFL...

Top Reasons to Catch 2025 PFL MENA 2 Omar El Dafrawy will draw a marquee assignment when he locks horns with Daniele Miceli in the Professional Fighters League main event on Friday...

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Cristiane ‘Cris Cyborg’ Justino Turns 40 Whenever the Brazilian juggernaut decides to walk off into the sunset, she will do so as the most accomplished female mixed martial artist of...

The Hit List: Can’t-Miss Fights of July Reinier de Ridder will stay on the hunt for an Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title shot when he faces Robert Whittaker in the UFC on...