Sherdog's Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The Saitama Super Arena has hosted a healthy amount of great lightweight bouts. Few were ever as intense and competitive as Benson Henderson’s title capture against Frankie Edgar to cap a rousing ...

Sherdog.com’s 2011 All-Violence Team For those sick of mid-fight hugs and high fives, this is the list you waited all year for. This is the second annual All-Violence team, the...

Flyweights Formiga, Santos Make Weight for Web-Streamed Fort MMA All 18 competitors slated for action at Thursday’s inaugural Fort MMA Championships event made weight Wednesday in Natal, Brazil, including top-billed flyweights Jussier “Formiga” da Silva and...

Flyweight Formiga Tops Inaugural Fort MMA Card on Dec. 15 Brazil’s foremost flyweight, Jussier “Formiga” da Silva, will headline the December debut of Fort MMA Championships, an upstart promotion...

Nogueira Talks Internacional Deal; Next Fight with Lesnar or Mir RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- After a stunning first-round knockout over fast-rising prospect Brendan Schaub provided another crowning achievement...

Nogueira the Latest Soccer Signing; Inks with Internacional Following in the footsteps of UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has signed an endorsement deal with a Brazilian...

Ian McCall's Violent Delights Few things are more coveted in sports than a champion with a human interest story. This is especially true of prizefighting, a realm of...

10 August Tussles Worth Watching Business picks up in the mixed martial arts world during the month of August, as Rashad Evans meets fellow former light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz in a UFC 133 rematch and longtime middleweight king...

Weekend Rundown: BJJ Wiz ‘Demente’ Abreu Rolls in MMA Debut One week after Tito Ortiz’s improbable guillotining of Ryan Bader at UFC 132, the Brazilian submission ace responsible for Ortiz’s ground...

‘Junior PQD’ Places Pressure on Sandro in Bellator Debut With a 10-3 career record and five straight wins since dropping to featherweight in 2009, Genair da Silva is ready to realize his dream of...