By The Numbers: Kazushi Sakuraba The Japanese legend spent the better part of two decades entertaining audiences, tackling the impossible and torturing MMA’s First Family.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Rafael dos Anjos was once the best lightweight in the world. He’s not the greatest welterweight, at least not yet, but No. 2 is still awfully...

Preview: UFC Fight Night 123 ‘Swanson vs. Ortega’ With all due respect to Alexandre Franca Nogueira, the featherweight division is as hot it has ever been in the history of mixed martial arts....

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Francis Ngannou may not be the No. 1 heavyweight in a post-UFC 218 world, but when he challenges champion Stipe Miocic, he will be treated as such.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Maybe you still think Kelvin Gastelum is an elite welterweight with an extra 15 pounds on him, and you may be right. However, regardless of...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings It has been three years since Dustin Poirier fell out of our featherweight top 10 and moved up 10 pounds to arguably the most difficult and...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings UFC 217 on Nov. 4 produced a trio of new champions, with all three title changes coming in riveting fashion and resulting in a triumvirate of...

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Josh Barnett Turns 40 No matter where he goes from here, the former Pancrase and Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder will go down as one of the sport’s most...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Love him or hate him -- admittedly, it is probably the latter -- you can no longer deny Colby Covington is an elite welterweight. That is...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Just because your breakthrough win fails to break you into the top 10 does not mean you cannot have a real rankings impact. Being able to say you are a top-15 welterweight still carries clout,...