Ghosts of the Fallen Remnants from the defunct EliteXC and Strikeforce promotions still loom large in today’s Ultimate Fighting Championship.

This Week’s MMA Birthdays: Gilbert Melendez Turns 32 Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez turns 32 this week. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com One of MMA’s most accomplished and consistent...

MMA At 20: Japan’s Splintered Origins When it comes to reviewing the last 20 years of history on the Japanese MMA scene, there is one name predominantly involved from start to...

Let There Be Fight The Ultimate Fighting Championship was born on Nov. 12, 1993 in Denver. This is the story of how it happened.

The Weekly Wrap: Dec. 11 - Dec. 17 In a performance that led UFC brass to acknowledge he has cleaned out his division, welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre dismantled Josh...

Post-Mortem: Overeem in Overdrive, Dull Shine and More Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com Two tales of the weekend: Alistair Overeem flew into the States, suffered repeated questions about his...

Strikeforce Weigh-ins: 3 Title Fights Greenlit NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Under an all but cloudless sky in The Music City, three champions and the men who would dethrone them passed their final pre-fight test.

Middleweights Jake Shields (184.75) and Dan Henderson (185), lightweights...

The Weekly Wrap: Dec. 26 - Jan. 1 The final MMA event of 2009 drew the biggest crowd of the year for the sport. The annual “Dynamite” presentation on New Year’s Eve in...

The Weekly Wrap: Dec. 5 - Dec. 11 The Ultimate Fighting Championship and Spike TV didn't get the dream scenario of ratings juggernaut Kimbo Slice reaching the finals of Season 10 of “...

Buentello Not Welcome at AKA Paul Buentello’s decision to switch managers and return to the UFC has also resulted in his extraction from his longtime training team at the...