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Another year has come and gone in mixed martial arts, and while the Ultimate Fighting Championship remains the industry leader, Bellator MMA, the Professional Fighters League, One Championship and...

By: Sherdog.com Staff
Another year in mixed martial arts has come and gone, and while the UFC was again at the forefront the sport, Bellator, the PFL and One...

By: Sherdog.com Staff
Another eventful 12 months have come and gone in mixed martial arts. Bellator MMA, the Professional Fighters League, Invicta Fighting Championships, Rizin Fighting Federation and One Championship all made significant moves, but...

By: Sherdog.com Staff
Another memorable year has come and gone in the sport of mixed martial arts. Though Bellator MMA, the World Series of Fighting, Rizin Fighting Federation, One Championship and Invicta Fighting Championships all made moves, the...

A monumental 12 months of mixed martial arts is outlined by Sherdog.com staff and contributors.

A monumental 12 months of mixed martial arts is debated by Sherdog.com staff and contributors.

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The year is examined and critiqued by Sherdog.com staff and contributors.

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Sherdog.com honors the best of mixed martial arts in 2012.

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From its very first day, when Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard staged a 25-minute classic for the ages at UFC 125 in Las Vegas, it was clear that...

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All of Sherdog's awards for 2010 in one place: Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Submission of the Year and much more.

By: Sherdog.com Staff
All of Sherdog's awards for 2009 in one place: Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Submission of the Year and much more.

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2008 was an amazing year for the mixed martial arts landscape.

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Stardom had hung over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's considerable shoulders since he stepped into the cage seven years ago against Marvin Eastman.

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There may have been more impressive in-ring performances from fighters over the past 12 months, but no mixed martial artist in 2006 had the same impact on the sport as...

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Sherdog.com has selected Brazilian Mauricio Rua and Japanese Takanori Gomi as its 2005 Fighter of the Year recipients. This is the first time...

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Sherdog.com has selected PRIDE middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva as its 2004 Fighter of the Year. Silva went unbeaten in three fights in...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jan, 07, 2020
Another year has come and gone in mixed martial arts, and while the Ultimate Fighting Championship remains the industry leader, Bellator MMA, the Professional Fighters League, One Championship and...

By: Jay Pettry Jan, 07, 2020
The repeating siren from “The Purge” carried the sound of fear as Kron Gracie walked to the cage at UFC on ESPN 1 on Feb. 17.

By: Tyler Treese Jan, 06, 2020
Paulo Henrique Costa and Yoel Romero combined for an unforgettable five minutes of chaos at UFC 241 on Aug. 17.

By: Jay Pettry Jan, 06, 2020
UFC 236 on April 13 in Atlanta spawned two “Fight of the Year” contenders, as Israel Adesanya-Kelvin Gastelum and Dustin Poirier-Max...

By: Keith Shillan Jan, 05, 2020
Bryce Mitchell on Dec. 7 executed the second twister in Ultimate Fighting Championship history at UFC on ESPN 7.

By: Tyler Treese Jan, 05, 2020
The Ben Askren-Robbie Lawler showdown at UFC 235 resulted in the worst kind of controversial referee stoppage—one that was detrimental to both...

By: Brian Knapp Jan, 04, 2020
Mike Davis administered one of the worst beatings in Ultimate Fighting Championship history when he knocked out Thomas Gifford at UFC Fight Night...

By: Jay Pettry Jan, 04, 2020
Jorge Masvidal delivered one of the greatest knockouts in mixed martial arts history at UFC 239.

By: Brian Knapp Jan, 03, 2020
Tristan Connelly emerged from the shadows of the Canadian regional scene to stun Michel Pereira as a short-notice replacement at UFC Fight Night...

By: Tristen Critchfield Jan, 03, 2020
Up until UFC 236, Israel Adesanya’s professional mixed martial arts career had been defined by the type of show he would put on in the cage....

By: Ben Duffy Jan, 02, 2020
Vaulting from cult favorite and reliable action fighter to welterweight contender and superstar in the sport, Jorge Masvidal is the kind of...

By: Jay Pettry Jan, 02, 2020
With a record number of fights spread across 42 events in 17 states and 15 countries around the world, the Ultimate Fighting Championship went...

By: Tyler Treese Dec, 30, 2019
The past two years of Stipe Miocic’s life couldn’t have ended more differently, and it’s easy to see why he wound up being Sherdog’s...

By: Tristen Critchfield Dec, 27, 2019
The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s pairing with “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” is Sherdog’s story of the year for 2019.

By: Brian Knapp Dec, 24, 2019
Israel Adesanya kept his perfect professional record intact, participated in a potential “Fight of the Year” and laid claim to the undisputed...

By: Ben Duffy Jan, 02, 2019
The past 12 months presented a field crowded with worthy contenders, but Yair Rodriguez’s no-look elbow strike finish of Chan Sung Jung at UFC...

By: Sherdog.com Staff Jan, 01, 2018
Another eventful 12 months have come and gone in mixed martial arts. Bellator MMA, the Professional Fighters League, Invicta Fighting Championships, Rizin Fighting Federation and One Championship all made significant moves, but...

By: Brian Knapp Dec, 28, 2017
Rose Namajunas as a 7-to-1 underdog unseated Joanna Jedrzejczyk to capture the women’s strawweight championship at UFC 217 on Nov. 4 in New York.

By: Jordan Colbert Dec, 27, 2017
Justin Gaethje and Michael Johnson made violent magic in the second round of “The Ultimate Fighter 25” headliner on July 7 in Las Vegas.

By: Anthony Walker Dec, 27, 2017
UFC 217 on Nov. 4 at Madison Square Garden had something for everyone, including the triumphant return of one of MMA’s true icons.

By: Todd Martin Dec, 27, 2017
Jaws across the MMA universe hit the floor in response to Edson Barboza’s knee strike KO against Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night 106 on March 11.

By: Tristen Critchfield Dec, 24, 2017
Maybe it’s true, as Floyd Mayweather once said, that “an elephant don’t beef with ants,” but maybe it’s also true that if that ant...

By: Edward Carbajal Dec, 23, 2017
Under the radar in the same calendar year he made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut, Volkan Oezdemir has managed to fight his way into a title bout in 2018 against...

By: Jordan Breen Dec, 22, 2017
In 2018, much of the MMA landscape will be dictated by competition between talent behemoth WME-IMG’s cagefighting league and Viacom’s fighting...