The Sheehan Show: 2024 Year-End Awards Sean wraps up the year with the very first Sheehan Show Awards, giving a much-deserved pat on the back to some of the fighters, promoters and officials who made 2024 memorable for combat sports fans, paying special attention to the global MMA scene.

Sherdog’s 2024 Entrance of the Year Artur Szpilka’s flair for the dramatic reached new heights when he walked out for KSW 94 on May 11 in Gdansk, Poland.

Sherdog’s 2024 Knockout of the Year In the last second of the last round of his remarkable “Fight of the Year” with Justin Gaethje at UFC 300, Max Holloway unleashed a nuclear right hand and brought their violent clash over the symbolic BMF title to an instant close.

By The Numbers: Alexandre Pantoja The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight titleholder will carry a seven-fight winning streak into his 2025 campaign, where challenges figure to abound at 125 pounds.

Community Crosstalk: Usyk vs. Fury 2 Come join the Sherdog Forum community as we discuss the boxing event of Usyk vs. Fury 2, headlined by a heavyweight championship rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, live at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT!

By The Numbers: Ilia Topuria The undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight titleholder has rattled off 16 consecutive wins to start his career, 14 of them finishes.

Sherdog’s 2024 Robbery of the Year Carlos Leal Miranda appeared to have a victory over Rinat Fakhretdinov in hand at UFC 308 on Oct. 26. Then the judges got involved.

Sherdog’s 2024 Round of the Year Esteban Ribovics and Daniel Zellhuber engaged in an unforgettable final five minutes of hand-to-hand combat at UFC 306 on Sept. 14.

Sherdog’s 2024 Fight of the Year Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje locked horns in a UFC 300 lightweight showdown for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s symbolic BMF title on April 13. Breathtaking human drama ensued.

Sherdog’s 2024 Story of the Year The gravitational pull of former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder Conor McGregor was simply too strong to ignore.

Sherdog’s 2024 Comeback Fighter of the Year Released by the UFC two years ago on a four-fight winless skid, Youssef Zalal made a triumphant return to the promotion in 2024 and notched three straight submission wins, making waves in one of the toughest divisions in all of mixed martial arts.

Opinion: 5 Boxers Who Could Smoothly Transition to MMA Sherdog columnist J.L. Kirven weighs in on those fighters he believes to be best equipped to move from the Sweet Science to the cage.

The Hit List: Undefeated Fighters in the UFC Umar Nurmagomedov will carry a perfect 18-0 record into his bid for the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight title at UFC 311 on Jan. 18.

Opinion: Is the UFC Stacking the Deck against Merab Dvalishvili? Given some of the available evidence and the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s past history, Sherdog columnist Dayne Fox wonders if the promotion has set up its current bantamweight titleholder to fail.

PFL’s New King of the Lightweight Jungle Fresh from his title win at the PFL 2024 World Championship, new lightweight king Gadzhi Rabadanov talked about his road less traveled to the top and his plans for next season.

Sherdog’s 2024 Fighter of the Year Ilia Topuria made two extraordinary appearances during the calendar year, as he punched out Alexander Volkanovski to become the fifth undisputed featherweight champion in UFC history, then retained the title by smashing through the great Max Holloway in a little more than three rounds.

Sherdog’s 2024 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year Saddled with all the pressure and expectations of having been anointed Professional Fighters League’s new poster girl, Dakota Ditcheva answered in style.