Ewerton Teixeira-Vinicius ‘Spartan’ Heavyweight Tilt Completes Bellator 143 Main Draw A heavyweight contest pitting Ewerton Teixeira against Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz will be the final main card bout at Bellator 143.

Sherdog’s Top 10: Rising Stars, 2015 First Edition A tremendously diverse crop of young men and women can and will take mixed martial arts into the future.

Fabricio Werdum, From the Beginning A chance meeting in a shoe store led “Vai Cavalo” to Brazilian jiu-jitsu and set him on a path to mixed martial arts greatness.

Bellator Champ Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Talks First Knockdown, Karakhanyan Rematch After beating Pat Curran and capturing the Bellator MMA featherweight belt in September, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire made his first title defense last Friday, as he choked out Daniel Straus in the main event of...

Interim Heavyweight Champ Fabricio Werdum Optimistic About Facing Cain Velasquez in June While it has not been officially announced by the promotion, Fabricio Werdum recently revealed through his social media accounts that his heavyweight title unification bout against...

Machida Believes Champs Weidman, Jones Will Retain Titles Against Belfort, Cormier Former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida had a dream of becoming the third fighter in UFC history to win titles in multiple weight classes. He was awoken from that dream in July, when he suffered a...

Renan Barao in No Rush to Reclaim UFC Title, Wants to ‘Put on a Show’ in Next Fight It has been a tough year for Renan Barao.

UFC 179 Post-Mortem: The King, the Prince and the Joker Featherweight champion Jose Aldo stokes the flames for a potential future showdown with Irishman Conor McGregor.

Hostage Standoff in Brazil Took Place at Hotel Where Nogueira Brothers Were Guests A bellboy was taken hostage by a 30-year-old man Monday at St. Peter Hotel in Brasilia, Brazil. Among the hotel’s guests were veteran fighters Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, who told Brazilian news outlet...

10 September Tussles Worth Watching Adriano Moraes and Geje Eustaquio will decide the fate of the vacant One Fighting Championship flyweight title in Cambodia.