Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings It used to be a big deal when these rankings were updated to reveal a new fighter sitting atop his or her division. With all due respect to Tyron Woodley and his conquering the welterweight throne, his destruction of Robbie...

Preview: UFC Fight Night ‘McDonald vs. Lineker’ Rising bantamweight contenders Michael McDonald and John Lineker on Wednesday carry the Ultimate Fighting Championship flag into South Dakota.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The lightweight division has a new king and the bantamweight division has a new queen. And oh yes, Brock Lesnar is back.

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Murilo Bustamante Turns 50 Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight titleholder and Brazilian Top Team co-founder Murilo Bustamante will go down in the annals as...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings When Stephen Thompson showed up in the UFC just over four years ago and lamped Dan Stittgen with a beautiful Brazilian kick to the dome, there...

10 June Tussles Worth Watching The great Fedor Emelianenko returns to his native Russia for a heavyweight showdown with UFC veteran Fabio Maldonado on June 17.

Preview: UFC Fight Night ‘Overeem vs. Arlovski’ Aging heavyweight contenders lock horns, as Alistair Overeem confronts Andrei Arlovski on Sunday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Opinion: Debunking the Myth of Heavyweight Exceptionalism Heavyweights are the biggest and the baddest fighters in the game. They bring the knockouts. Everybody loves the heavyweights. The heavyweights...

Rashid Magomedov-Chris Wade, 2 Other Bouts Set for UFC Fight Night Rotterdam A lightweight bout pitting Rashid Magomedov against Chris Wade has been added to the UFC Fight Night Rotterdam lineup.

Vale Tudo Relics: Warriors War The event led to an alliance between Americans, Brazilians and Canadians, who pushed back against a Russian-Kuwaiti fight-rigging scheme in 2001.