Pros Pick: Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira vs. Bruno ‘Blindado’ Silva Much of the interest on an upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship card is not the main event or even the co-headliner, but the main card opener.

Kevin Lee: A Tragedy of Unrealized Potential When a fighter with the makings of greatness fails to make good on that promise, the sport as a whole suffers, writes Lev Pisarsky.

Derek Brunson's Amazing Late-Career Resurgence Once written off as a top contender, Derek Brunson has continually refined approach to fighting and at 37 is performing better than ever before,...

Opinion: Dana White, Lookin' For The Wrong Fights The UFC president is famously willing to go to war with rivals, critics and even his own fighters, but Dana White's decision to feud with Jon Jones and...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings UFC 215 certainly did not go according to plan, with the slated flyweight title headliner between champion Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg...

Opinion: Where is Nick Diaz? How Dare You Ask Nick Diaz was the betting favorite to be the first fighter potentially suspended for not reporting their whereabouts to the U.S. Anti-Doping...

Opinion: 'Real Sports,' Hard Truths and Fuzzy Numbers MMA is a violent sport, and not always in the most sublime way. On Tuesday night, HBO's “Real Sports” probed that idea in necessary fashion,...

The Doggy Bag: The Lemonade Edition Everyone answers to somebody, so we, the staff at Sherdog.com, have decided to defer to our readers. In this edition of The Doggy Bag, readers...

Thiago Motivated by Recent Losses, Local Love Against Mitchell One of Brazil's most notable UFC fighters, Paulo Thiago was one of the first athletes announced for UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro. This Saturday, the Brasilia native will face once-beaten...

Strikeforce Challengers 18 Results & Play-by-Play Sherdog.com will report from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas at approximately 9 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Strikeforce “Challengers 18,” which is headlined by a lightweight duel pitting Jorge Gurgel against...