This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Rose Namajunas Turns 25 The No. 1 contender for the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight crown will celebrate her 25th birthday on June 29.

Opinion: Invicta and the Legitimacy of the ‘Others’ Opportunities available outside the Ultimate Fighting Championship are invaluable and serve to better the fighters themselves and the sport as...

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: ‘Kid’ Yamamoto Turns 40 The Krazy Bee rep started his career 17-1 and won tournaments in Shooto and K-1 Hero’s. He will celebrate his 40th birthday on March 15.

What to Watch For: Bellator 168 Alessio Sakara meets Joey Beltran in a makeshift main event, as the Bellator MMA organization on Saturday returns to Italy.

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Royce Gracie Turns 50 He was the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first household name, blazing a trail for all those who followed him. Three-time UFC tournament...

What to Watch For: Bellator 162 Former middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko returns to the Bellator MMA cage opposite Kendall Grove on Friday in Memphis, Tennessee.

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Matt Hughes Turns 43 The two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight titleholder retired with a career record of 45-9 and was inducted into the UFC Hall of...

Bellator 161 Results: Play-by-Play & Round-by-Round Scoring Sherdog's live Bellator 161 kicks off Friday at 6:50 p.m. ET. Also, a free live stream of the undercard can be watched here.

The Calm Before the Sirwan Kakai Storm It has been a difficult stretch for Sirwan Kakai. He was released from his Ultimate Fighting Championship contract in 2015 and now on the first two-fight losing streak of his career, the Swede plans to right his ship at the expense of...

The 2016 MMA National Olympic Teams: Australia Mark Hunt, Robert Whittaker and Jake Matthews tip the spear for the mixed martial arts squad from Down Under.