Even with a 26-second main event, the main card did an overnight average 1.1 rating. Even without a big college basketball lead-in, and going head-to-head with the NBA All-Star Game, Sunday night’s Francis Ngannou vs. Cain Velasquez-headlined show looks to have drawn the highest viewing numbers for a cable Fight Night main card in three […]

One of the best fights of the year earned top honors at UFC Phoenix on Sunday night. The welterweight clash between Vicente Luque and Bryan Barberena was ended by Luque via third-round TKO at the 4:54 mark. Luque and Barberena both earned $50,000. Luke Sanders, who defeated Renan Barao via second-round KO, and Kron Gracie, […]

There may have been several more bouts remaining when Vicente Luque and Bryan Barberena concluded their wild welterweight duel, but it was clear that one post-fight award was already secured. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Streaking Brazilian welterweight Michel Prazeres will face a new opponent at UFC Prague, as Ismail Naurdiev has stepped in to replace Ramazan Emeev. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

The UFC’s first pay-per-view event of the year took place on Saturday with UFC 234. The main card followed prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass. In the main event, Israel Adesanya (16-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) extended the undefeated start to his MMA career with a signature unanimous decision victory over former longtime UFC middleweight […]

Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva were thrust into the main event role on short notice, and they delivered. The duo, originally scheduled for a co-feature bout at UFC 234 on Saturday night, became the headline bout when Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum was scrapped due to Gastelum’s hernia. And the went it it for a […]

The UFC 234 main event bout between Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva was more competitive than expected, and for their quality work, the middleweights received “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

A trio of contests were officially announced for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s March 23 visit to Nashville. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Nearly two years ago, Marlon Moraes lost a disputed split decision to Raphael Assuncao and he’s vowed vengeance ever since. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

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Markus Perez could only smile at his handiwork. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

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Sherdog’s live UFC Fight Night 144 coverage kicks off Saturday at 5 p.m. ET. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

UFC light heavyweight Darko Stosic is out of his scheduled tilt at UFC Fight Night Prague. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – MMAjunkie was on the scene for UFC on ESPN+ 1 on Saturday night, and staff reporters John Morgan and Mike Bohn have you covered with reaction to the wild night of fights. In the main event, Henry Cejudo (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) successfully defended his flyweight title with a 32-second TKO win […]

Alexander Hernandez was not quite ready for Donald Cerrone’s brand of primetime. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Sherdog.com’s live UFC Fight Night 143 coverage kicks off Saturday at 6 p.m. ET. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Check out these photos highlighting Luke Rockhold’s TKO win over Costas Philippou at UFC Fight Night 35 from The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga. (Photos by Joshua S. Kelly, USA TODAY Sports) View full post on MMAjunkie

After some trial-and-error, Kyle Stewart will step in to face Chance Rencountre at UFC Fight Night 143 in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Daniel Teymur will square off against Chris Fishgold in a featherweight duel at UFC Fight Night 145 in Prague, Czech Republic. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com