Controversy Creeps as 170 Tourney Kicks Off Bellator Season 4 LEMOORE, Calif. -- Saturday night at the Tachi Palace, Bellator’s fourth season got underway as four welterweights advanced to the semifinals of the promotion’s 170-pound tournament. However, the quarterfinals were not without controversy.

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Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings There’s no turning back for Jon Jones. August is a month bursting at the seams with MMA, and ‘Bones’ got it started in a major way on...

Strikeforce 'Miami' Analysis: The Main Card Stirkeforce CEO Scott Coker’s first foray into Florida was mostly a success on Saturday, as the show proved highly entertaining on several fronts.

Strikeforce/M-1 'Fedor vs. Rogers' Analysis The favorites prevailed, but light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi, newly minted middleweight titleholder Jake Shields and pound-for-pound...

10 August Tussles Worth Watching The ultimate catastrophe that was the Affliction “Trilogy” cancellation robbed fight fans around the globe of several anticipated matchups

Where Should Affliction’s Top Fighters Go? A lot can happen in 96 hours. It all started with the small cup of urine Josh Barnett handed over to a California State Athletic Commission...

Doggy Bag: Affliction for All This week, readers weigh-in on the collapse of Affliction “Trilogy”

Dream 10 Preview Dream’s past events always offered something to which hardcore fans could cling, from Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic’s return to Japan and the postponed match between...

‘Trilogy’ Taking Shape for Affliction Two of the world’s premier middleweights will collide when Sengoku champion Jorge Santiago meets the mercurial Vitor Belfort at Affliction...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Rich Franklin was looking to get his light heavyweight run back on track