The Bottom Line: The Difficulty of Proving UFC Isn’t Necessarily Best Rory MacDonald represents Bellator MMA’s best hope to combat the presumption of Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter superiority, writes...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Bellator MMA starts pushing its women's flyweight division and says it is going to crown its inaugural champion soon. Not long after that, the UFC officially opens its doors to women at 125 pounds and announces “The Ultimate...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings UFC 211 in Dallas served up several chances for MMA rankings upheaval. We could have had a new heavyweight king, and we could have had a new strawweight queen. Instead, Stipe Miocic and...

Opinion: The Anniversary of a Terminal, Beastly Sickness Fifteen years ago today -- April 28, 2002 to be exact – MMA caught a nasty virus. Today, most of its symptoms are dormant, but that destructive DNA still resides inside the host. This was the day of...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Following Bellator 178 in Uncasville, Connecticut, and UFC Fight Night 108 in Nashville, Tennessee, we have a pair of flyweight prospects on the...

Opinion: Miguel Torres Was a Builder, Not a Bridge I thought I would be writing about the death of the World Series of Fighting in this space, its forthcoming “Professional Fighters League” rebirth notwithstanding. Instead, with the retirement of former...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings In this edition of the Sherdog.com divisional rankings, Demetrious Johnson does not have to move a muscle, retaining his No. 1 spot at flyweight. However, the rest of the...

Sherdog’s Top 10: Light Heavyweights of All-Time Long considered a glamour division in MMA, the 205-pound weight class has been home to savages, trendsetters, technicians and pioneers.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings At UFC 209, Tyron Woodley finally topped Stephen Thompson. It may have been one of the worst UFC title fights ever, but it maintained Woodley's...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings UFC 208 on Feb. 11 was a letdown in the cage, but that does not mean it was without ranking relevance. In fact, this is one our biggest updates...