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...

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...

The Bottom Line: Scott Coker’s Savvy Gamble By mixing together legendary fighters, current champions, future stars and a premier location, Bellator is planting its flag and announcing its...

Opinion: The Complicated Decline of B.J. Penn The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced on Wednesday night’s edition of “UFC Tonight” that B.J. Penn, apparently undaunted by his second round technical knockout loss to...

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 Top 10: Lightweights of All-Time The cutthroat 155-pound weight class has given rise to some of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts history.

Patricky Freire and the Art of the Rebound The lightweight “Pitbull” has bounced back from defeat before and plans to do so again when he meets Josh Thomson in the Bellator 172...

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...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings There was a time -- and honestly, a time not that long ago -- when the UFC's Super Bowl weekend cards were massive festivities, double title...