‘Betao’ Brilliant as Bantamweights Bolster Bellator 42 Undercard CONCHO, Okla. -- Ballyhooed Brazilian prospect Luis Alberto Nogueira made a successful Bellator Fighting Championships debut, as he outdueled Jerod Spoon and took a unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 and 29-28) at...

Weekend Rundown: Nelson, Marshall, Imanari Victorious Undefeated European welterweight prospect Gunnar Nelson submitted Danny Mitchell with a first-round rear-naked choke in the Cage Contender 6

Soto Stops Saraiva; Askren, Hornbuckle Advance at Bellator 19 GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- Bellator Fighting Championships took a risk putting its featherweight titleholder, Joe Soto, in the cage against UFC veteran...

The Weekly Wrap: Feb. 13 - Feb. 19 Just about everything was going right as the Ultimate Fighting Championship marched toward its debut in Australia this Saturday.

The Weekly Wrap: Jan. 30 - Feb. 5 Nick Diaz, Robbie Lawler and, perhaps surprisingly, Herschel Walker, put forward the most talked-about performances on the first Strikeforce...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Urijah Faber and Mike Thomas Brown won their bouts, but that doesn't mean that 2010 hasn't already had some featherweight shake-up.

The Weekly Wrap: Dec. 12 - Dec. 18 The UFC’s final card of 2009 saw new chapters written in some of the year’s most interesting storylines: the return of B.J. Penn to...

The Weekly Wrap: Nov. 7 - Nov. 13 In MMA’s return to network television, Fedor Emelianenko showed millions of American households what all the fuss was about.

The Weekly Wrap: Oct. 24 - Oct. 30 Yet again in 2009, the judges’ call in a five-round main event led to some hot-tempered backlash. Outrage aside, Mauricio Rua’s performance against light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings This update is exclusively on the slighter end of the scale. The marquee matchups of early October have come strictly at lightweight and below. Dream 11 on Oct. 6 saw Shinya Aoki finally capture Dream’s...