The Afro Cometh -- Again YOKOHAMA, Japan -- There is perhaps no more iconic a symbol of Shooto than Mamoru Yamaguchi and his afro, every bit as puffy as Shooto’s gloves.

Inside Shooto’s Scandal, Legacy and Future Since its inception in 1985, Shooto has provided a comprehensive and sporting account of mixed martial arts. However, that reputation and legacy...

Fine Tuning the WEC after ‘Cruz vs. Benavidez 2’ Joseph Benavidez file photo: Jeff Sherwood | Sherdog.com World Extreme Cagefighting is pound-for-pound the illest of all mixed martial...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings After 20 fights and seven and a half years, Fedor Emelianenko’s reign atop the heavyweight division is over.

No. 1 Flyweight ‘Formiga’ Seeks to Escape Humble Existence Edmilson de Oliveira Vieira da Silva died at 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 15 in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte,...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The flux in the heavyweight division continued to intensify on May 15 in St. Louis.

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings In a year during which the featherweight division has played a pivotal role, perhaps it is fitting that the division's hottest prospect will...

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...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The landscape is changing in the heavyweight division, but flyweight standouts are holding firm for now.

10 September Tussles Worth Watching When it came to top matchups around the globe, the United States had the market all but cornered in August. Not so in September....