Dan Hardy and John Gooden break down tape on UFC 204 co-headliners Vitor Belfort and Gegard Mousasi.

Marc Diakiese talks with new Sherdog.com European partner SevereMMA ahead of his Octagon debut at UFC 204.

Number one lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov says if he isn't given a lightweight title shot after UFC 205, he will never fight in the UFC again.

B.J. Penn's comeback has been delayed ... again.

Sergio Moraes was left without a UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo opponent when Michael Graves was removed from the event after being charged with domestic violence.

Watch the entire episode of “UFC 204 Countdown” here to experience the Michael Bisping-Dan Henderson rivalry through a different lens.

Michael Bisping finally claimed UFC gold at UFC 199, defeating Luke Rockhold by knockout to become champ.

Michael Bisping may be 37 years old, but according to his head coach, "The Count" is just now coming into his own as a fighter.

The Las Vegas native captured the IBF junior middleweight championship with an upset over the heavily favored Cornelius Bundrage in 2013.

UFC middleweight fighter Josh Samman has passed away at the age of 28 in a hospital in Hollywood, Fla.

They may share a country, but Polish strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz don't share a sense of sincerity. At least, that's what Jedrzejczyk says. She sees Kowalkiewicz as a 'fake person.'

UFC Manila has just lost its main event, as B.J. Penn is out of his featherweight showdown vs. Ricardo Lamas.

Middleweight champion Michael Bisping feels "massive pressure" heading into his first title defense against Dan Henderson in the UFC 204 main event on Saturday.

Michael Bisping is defending his UFC middleweight title on Saturday, October 8th, against Dan Henderson. Watch Bisping take the belt away from Luke Rockhold in the UFC 199 main event.

Chechnya’s strongman ruler Ramzan Kadyrov placed his own children (oldest of which is 11) in MMA fights on a professional show.

The John Lineker vs. John Dodson fight promised explosive action, and largely delivered, but the general public wasn't interested as the audience was down 41 percent from the Cris Cyborg-headlined show the previous Saturday.

Jason High was cut from the UFC after a postf-ight skirmish with an official. But he doesn't believe the same should happen to Roy Nelson after he kicked John McCarthy following a fight last month.

Heading into what he plans to be his final fight, Dan Henderson recounted what he considers to the be the highlight of his MMA career.

At WSOF33, the lightweight division figures to become a much clearer picture. With most of the top 155-pound fighters vying for a future title shot, one of them remains haunted by the past. Coming into WSOF29, Brian Foster had all the momentum in the world. WSOF25 was the site of a one-night, lig

UFC president Dana White spoke to TMZ about Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather, and his skepticism over whether there was ever a serious push to make that fight happen.

The passing of Josh Samman leaves a void in the fight world, as he was one of the game's good guys who was trying — always — to become a better man.

Agora, o líder do Team Nogueira medirá forças com Ryan Bader na luta principal de cinco rounds a ser realizada no Ginásio do Ibirapuera. O confronto será uma revanche do duelo realizado em setembro de 2010, no qual o norte-americano, atual quarto lugar no ranking dos meio-pesados, saiu vitorioso por decisão unânime.

Zane Simon sits down with Julie Kedzie to talk about the past and future of women's MMA, and just what goes into being a matchmaker in MMA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13PYdqsXU2c Conor McGregor will be stepping into the octagon at "UFC 205" ready to challenge Eddie Alvarez for his lightweigh

On Episode 2 of UFC 204 Embedded, middleweight title challenger Dan Henderson spends time with a fan in California before heading to Manchester for fight week, and middleweight champion Michael Bisping embarks on his homecoming journey. Dutch middleweight Gegard Mousasi shows off one of his real estate projects, Mousasi’s opponent Vitor Belfort gets a pre-workout massage, and the event headliners get acclimated to the UK. UFC 204 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the world middleweight championship at UFC 204, taking place Saturday, October8 on Pay-Per-View. SUBSCRIBE to get all the latest UFC content: https://www.youtube.com/ufc Connect with UFC Online and on Social Website: http://www.ufc.com Follow UFC Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ufc Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ufc Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ufc Snapchat: UFC Periscope: http://Periscope.tv/ufc Shop: http://www.ufcstore.com Follow Michael Bisping Twitter: https://twitter.com/bisping Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Official.Mic... Instagram: https://www.

Samman first debuted as part of the UFC roster when he joined Jon Jones' team on the 17th season of "The Ultimate Fighter".  Samman went onto win his first three fights in the UFC including back-to-back 'Performance of the Night' victories over Eddie Gordon and Caio Magalhaes.

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Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sherdog.com, its affiliates and sponsors or its parent company, Evolve Media. * * * When Tyron Woodley actively lobbied for a first title defense against Georges St. Pierre or Nick Diaz rather than Stephen Thompson , it reflected an exceedingly straightforward calculation. Fighting St. Pierre or Diaz meant more money and fame for the new welterweight champion; it also meant an opponent without a win since at least 2013 rather than the top contender on the upswing. That’s just how fight matchmaking works: Sometimes a fighter gets a more desirable opponent, and sometimes he or she gets a less desirable opponent. It’s pretty much always clear which is which, as much as Mickey Gall was strangely lavished with praise by the media for his revelatory observation that Sage Northcutt is in the former category. On the surface, Michael Bisping ’s first Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title defense against Dan Henderson in the UFC 204 main event on Saturday in Manchester, England, appears to be a gift wrapped with a bow for the long-tenured Brit.

UFC middleweight Nate Marquardt’s veteran status paid dividends, according to disclosed salaries for this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 96.

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Samman first debuted as part of the UFC roster when he joined Jon Jones' team on the 17th season of "The Ultimate Fighter".  Samman went onto win his first three fights in the UFC including back-to-back 'Performance of the Night' victories over Eddie Gordon and Caio Magalhaes.

"I'm thinking he's trying to stay on top as long as he can," Dillashaw said. "He's already pushing for a second job in commentating, which he does a great job of, I do think he does a great job of commentating. He's got a great knowledge base of the sport and he does his homework and I think he's looking to his second career and he's trying to stay on top until he does that and I think he knows that I'm going to steal it from him."

John Lineker won his UFC Fight Night main event over John Dodson in a thrilling split decision on Oct. 1 in Portland, Oregon. It was the kind of victory that should have vaulted the Brazilian into these bantamweight rankings. Lineker says he wants a UFC bantamweight title shot against Dominick Cruz . On the other hand, Lineker cannot make weight, so he remains on our bubble list. With his split decision win over Dodson, Lineker is now 10-2 in the UFC and, more importantly, 4-0 in the bantamweight division proper. Yet, the reason we have to write “bantamweight division proper” and the reason we mitigate his win over “The Magician” is the fact that “Hands of Stone” has a major problem with the scale. By missing weight for his bantamweight bout with Dodson, Lineker has now blown it on the scales an unprecedented five times in the UFC; no other fight has ever missed weight more than three times. Weight issues play a prominent role throughout this rankings update. Example: For a top 10 lightweight like Will Brooks , a knockout loss would typically mean a major tumble, especially in such an outstanding division.

Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sherdog.com, its affiliates and sponsors or its parent company, Evolve Media. * * * It seems from the outside looking in that the sports world in the United Kingdom is very London-centric. The national soccer team plays in Wembley; the rugby team plays in Twickenham; most of the big fights take place in the O2 Arena; and the likes of Wimbledon and Lords hold huge events in the city that hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics. While London undoubtedly ranks as the No. 1 sports city in the U.K., Manchester runs a close second. Manchester United and Manchester City are the two biggest-spending soccer clubs in the world, and much of the rugby league is centered in Manchester, along with the world’s premier cycling team. Meanwhile, local world boxing champions Anthony Crolla and Tyson Fury were both scheduled to fight for world titles in the city this year. That puts the Ultimate Fighting Championship ’s latest visit to the Northern capital of England in good company.

Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sherdog.com, its affiliates and sponsors or its parent company, Evolve Media. * * * I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is yes: UFC Fight Night “Lineker vs. Dodson” also reminded me of the fable of The Scorpion and The Frog. In case you’re not familiar with the fable, a scorpion asks a frog to carry it across a river. The frog is worried that it might get stung, but the scorpion assures it that nothing of the sort will occur. After all, if the frog goes down, the scorpion would drown, too. Of course, when the frog decides to give it a ride, it gets stung and they both descend into their watery fate. Before they die, the frog asks the scorpion why it stung him, to which the scorpion replied, “It’s my nature.”   Humor me for a minute. UFC Fight Night 96 was a solid billing as far as these sorts of events go. It had a few fights with varying degrees of divisional relevance and a few fights for quasi-name value action; and some fights were just there.

Ozzy Dugulubgov believes he has the blueprint he needs to succeed where all others before him have failed. Dugulubgov will challenge the undefeated Justin Gaethje for the World Series of Fighting lightweight championship in the WSOF 33 main event on Friday at the Municipal Auditorium Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. In the five-round co-headliner, David Branch puts his light heavyweight crown on the line against “The Ultimate Fighter 8” finalist Vinny Magalhaes . The rest of the six-fight main card features a welterweight clash matching former Ring of Combat champion John Howard with Abubakar Nurmagomedov , a heavyweight scrap pitting Ultimate Fighting Championship castaway Shawn Jordan against Ashley Gooch and a pair of lightweight tilts, as American Top Team ’s Jason High meets Joao Zeferino and Luiz Firmino faces Brian Foster . With the Gaethje-Dugulubgov and Branch-Magalhaes title bouts on the marquee, here are 10 facts surrounding World Series of Fighting 33: FACT 1: Gaethje wrestled collegiately at the University of Northern Colorado, a Division I institution in Greeley, Colorado, where in 2010 he became the first wrestler in school history to earn NCAA All-America honors.

In the weeks leading up to his rematch with Nate Diaz, UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor called upon one of the best grapplers in the world in Dillon Danis to help him hone his skills on the mat. McGregor was submitted with ease during his first fight with Diaz, and he wanted to do anything and everything in his power to prevent that from happening again.

Since winning the title, Bisping has heard from virtually every middleweight contender on the planet as they've all clamored for a shot at the gold now. Bisping can't help but laugh when hearing some of the comments from fighters like Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold, who now have to watch while he sits on the throne as the king of the division.

Doane may be putting his UFC job on the line in the fight. He is on a three-fight losing skid after a submission loss to Pedro Munhoz at UFC Fight Night 90 in July in Las Vegas. Prior to that, he had consecutive decision losses to Jerrod Sanders and Iuri Alcantara. He had started his UFC tenure 2-0 with a bonus-winning submission of L eandro Issa at UFC Fight Night 34 and a decision over Marcus Brimage at UFC 175.

UFC Interim Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo still sits at the top of the rankings just below Conor McGregor, but it appears as if he won’t be there for long. The interim champion says that not even a fight with McGregor could fix the damage done by UFC officials constantly going back on their word…

Donald Cerrone is not a fan of Conor McGregor . That became apparent when the two fighters crossed paths at the UFC’s “Go Big” press conference at the end of 2015. At the time, McGregor was set to face Jose Aldo for the featherweight title, while Cerrone was to challenge Rafael dos Anjos for lightweight gold. “He’s real good at talking out in front of the public, but when we all stand in the back he ain’t got nothing to say,” Cerrone said then. “I stood back there for 30 minutes right next to him, and [he had] nothing to say to me, but he was very cordial with my man [Mendes] next to me. “Of course we get out here he wants to run his mouth, but it’s good, you know, he sells the fights. But if he comes to 155 I’m gonna bend his little ass over.” At the time, McGregor vs. Cerrone looked like a potential dream matchup in 2016. However, Cerrone moved to 170 pounds after losing to dos Anjos, and he appears to have a new lease on life in that division. Meanwhile, McGregor captured 145-pound gold but spent the majority of the past year engaged in a rivalry with Nate Diaz , splitting a pair of bouts with the Stockton, Calif.

Seven years ago, Bisping (29-7 MMA, 19-7 UFC) took on Henderson (32-14 MMA, 9-8 UFC) at UFC 100 after they stirred bad blood as opposing coaches on “The Ultimate Fighter 9.” But any edge Bisping might have had in the trash-talking department was erased when he felt the power of Henderson’s punches; an early shot seemed to lower his fight IQ and led him to circle into the range of his opponent’s notoriously concussive right hand.

Since winning the title, Bisping has heard from virtually every middleweight contender on the planet as they've all clamored for a shot at the gold now. Bisping can't help but laugh when hearing some of the comments from fighters like Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold, who now have to watch while he sits on the throne as the king of the division.

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Former Bellator MMA champion Will Brooks has been suspended indefinitely following his loss to Alex Oliveira at UFC Fight Night 96 in Portland, Ore., this past weekend. Brooks must provide ER documentation and provide evidence of physical clearance before he can fight again. “Ill Will” suffered a third-round technical knockout loss to Oliveira in Saturday’s co-main event at the Moda Center. After the bout, Brooks confirmed on Twitter that he broke his rib in the first round of the bout against the larger Oliveira, who missed weight by 5.5 pounds the previous day. The Oregon State Athletic Commission recently released a full list of medical suspensions to MMAjunkie.com . The evening’s headliner saw John Lineker take a hard-fought split decision over John Dodson at bantamweight. Lineker was suspended 30 days with 21 days of no contact, while Dodson got a precautionary seven-day sit. UFC Fight Night 96 Medical Suspensions: John Lineker : suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact John Dodson : susp

He has a last name that is hard to pronounce and difficult to spell, but if Ozzy Dugulubgov has his way, many more people will soon know all about him. Dugulubgov will find himself in the most significant fight of his MMA career on Friday, when he collides with unbeaten World Series of Fighting lightweight champion Justin Gaethje in the WSOF 33 main event at the Municipal Auditorium Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. While the mixed martial arts community has become enamored with Gaethje’s talents, Dugulubgov has chosen to approach him like any other test. “It’s a great fight,” he told Sherdog.com. “He’s a challenging opponent, but he’s nothing special to me. It’s the same training camp, the same cage, the same fight. We’ll see what happens.” Dugulubgov understands the dangers Gaethje poses and knows any mistake he makes could prove disastrous, lest anyone think the Russian has overlooked the champion. “I’m actually concerned about everything, every aspect of this fight,” Dugulubgov said. “I never want to look at my opponent and try to be concerned with just one or two areas of what he does well or what he does poorly.

Monday’s Nevada Athletic Commission meeting just lost three-quarters of its star power. Sherdog.com confirmed with NAC Executive Director Bob Bennett on Wednesday that disciplinary hearings for Jon Jones , Nate Diaz and Brock Lesnar -- all of which were on the Oct. 10 agenda -- have been postponed to a later date. MMAFighting.com first reported the news. Jones, the interim 205-pound champ, was granted a continuance after failing an out-of-competition drug test ahead of his light heavyweight title unification bout against Daniel Cormier at UFC 200. The Jackson-Wink MMA standout tested positive for two estrogen blocking substances, hydroxyclomiphene and letrozole metabolite, in a drug screening administered by USADA on June 16. Jones faces up to a two-year suspension for the potential anti-doping violation but has expressed optimism that his return could be sooner than anticipated. Diaz, meanwhile, likely faces a fine for his part in a water-bottle throwing melee between his camp and Conor McGregor at a press conference prior to UFC 202.

Every Wednesday, Administrative Editor Jordan Breen welcomes a member of the mixed martial arts media into “Press Row” on the Sherdog.com blog. This week, Breen is joined by SevereMMA's Andrew McGahon . To say that UFC 204 's main event this Saturday in Manchester between Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson is not your usual UFC title fight. Breen and McGahon discuss the likeability of Henderson and how it's benefitted his career, Bisping's role as a promotional martyr for the UFC over the last decade and why Henderson's cheap shot of Bisping at UFC 100 has become the only “popular” cheap shot in MMA history. The pair also dig into why the UFC 204 headliner could spell retirement for “The Count” as well as Henderson, despite no one expecting Bisping to hang up the gloves. Breen and McGahon also take a look at all the win-or-lose scenarios coming out of UFC 204, the forthcoming Yoel Romero - Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold - Ronaldo Souza 2 bouts, why the musical chairs atop the 185-pound division may continue and who will be wearing the middleweight strap come early 2017.

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Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sherdog.com, its affiliates and sponsors or its parent company, Evolve Media. * * * Here we are again: Another fight with a close decision and a similar misconception of what the fight game is all about. Back in August, Conor McGregor won a majority decision in his rematch with Nate Diaz , and a decent portion of MMA fans cried foul over the verdict and how McGregor chose to fight. A little over a month later, John Dodson dropped a split decision to John Lineker at UFC Fight Night 96, and the same outburst over Dodson’s fighting style erupted on social media. The object of the game is to hit and not be hit, correct? That’s what Dodson did against Lineker, and somehow, someway he’s called a “runner.” He did lose the fight, but he executed his game plan and nearly took home a decision that would have inched him closer to a title fight, where the real money is in the Ultimate Fighting Championship .

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MMA H.E.A.T.’s Karyn Bryant spoke via Skype with the #UFC ’s 9th-ranked #Middleweight Gegard Mousasi, and heard what he had to say about his upcoming fight with #5 Vitor Belfort, scheduled for #UFC204 . Gegard talks about his strategy against the still-dangerous Brazilian, the respect he has for the old school fighter and what he hopes a win over Belfort would do in terms of the climb to a title shot. Gegard also talks about the main event match-up between #Champ Michael Bisping and former opponent Dan Henderson, his relationship with retiring matchmaker Joe Silva, how he feels about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and more! #GegardMousasi #KarynBryant #VitorBelfort #MichaelBisping #DanHenderson #Hendo #UFC204 #UFC #Manchester #Dutch #Brazilian #Legends #UriahHall #ThiagoMarreta #UFC200 #UFC205 #ConorMcGregor #JoseAldo #JoeSilva #MMAHEAT #MMA #Fight #Fighting #Politics #Election #DonaldTrump #HillaryClinton #LastManOnEarth Please remember to subscribe and be sure to check out our new (and FASTER!) website. Bookmark: http://www.

Four times world champion, André Galvão always shows a lot of pressure in his positions. Here, the Atos leader teaches step by step a classic position in BJJ for passing the guard and getting to the mounted position. #BrazilianJiuJitsu #JiuJitsu #BJJ

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Straus, Bellator’s featherweight champion, said he has been cleared to resume full training in anticipation of a title defense. He has been out dealing with a hand injury and subsequent surgery since winning the title against Patricio Freire this past November.

Dan Hardy and John Gooden take their unique insight back across the pond to UFC 204 as Michael Bisping defends his middleweight belt against Dan Henderson in Manchester, England. Don't miss UFC 204 on Oct. 8 live on Pay-Per-View. ITO: Vitor Belfort vs. Gegard Mousasi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCB8L...

Cecilia Brækhus took to the squared circle and went toe-to-toe with Anne Sophie Mathis in a bout that lasted just two rounds, as Brækhus was able to knock out Sophie-Mathis in the second round. The dominant world-class boxer retained her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and IBO female welterweight titles, and it seems as if she has conquered all the opponents the boxing world has to offer her because she called out one of the biggest names mixed martial arts has to offer.

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Which one is better, the infamous Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or the traditional German Jiu-Jitsu?

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As soon as it was revealed that Conor McGregor would be challenging Eddie Alvarez for the UFC Lightweight Championship at “UFC 205”, Jose Aldo revealed his retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts. He was told by Dana White that he would either unify the titles with McGregor in their next fight or be crowned the undisputed champion after McGregor got stripped of his featherweight gold.

Ultimate Fighting Championship may be on the brink of losing one of the most dominant champions the promotion has seen in Jose Aldo after UFC President Dana White let him down, yet again. Aldo dominated the featherweight title scene, fighting for nearly eight years without suffering a loss.

Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor stepped onto the scales the eve of “UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor” and both made the welterweight limit for their main event scrap. After months of talking trash and nearly breaking out into a brawl just days before at the “UFC 202” Pre-Fight Press Conference, both Diaz and McGregor were ready to put the drama aside and just throw down.

In April of 2013, a 25-year-old Conor McGregor waved goodbye to a job as a plumber’s apprentice and made a successful UFC debut with a first-round TKO of Marcus Brimage. In the moments after the win, McGregor would famously call for a knockout of the night bonus. He would receive that bonus, and return home to Ireland $60,000 richer.