Bellator 59: What to Watch For It was the confrontation many envisioned at the start of the Bellator Fighting Championships Season 5 bantamweight tournament: the grizzled,...

‘Magrao’ Chokes Rota Cold to Earn First Jungle Fight 185 Title ITU, Brazil -- A master of ground-and-pound and one of Brazil's toughest wrestlers, Marcelo "Magrao" Guimaraes kept his unbeaten record and...

Weekend Rundown: BJJ Wiz ‘Demente’ Abreu Rolls in MMA Debut One week after Tito Ortiz’s improbable guillotining of Ryan Bader at UFC 132, the Brazilian submission ace responsible for Ortiz’s ground...

Weekend Rundown: Aldo’s Nova Uniao Campmates Win Big in Brazil Sherdog.com Illustration This past weekend, as UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo defended his belt before 55,000 people in Toronto,...

Pictures: Shooto Brazil 22 Ronny Markes, Hacran Dias and Carlos "Indio" Pereira all left the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brazil's capital, Brasilia, with gold around their waists at...

Ronny Markes Shines in Shooto Brazil 22 Title Tripleheader BRASILIA, Brazil -- The crowd that showed up in force at the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brazil's capital witnessed heavy fighting at Shooto Brazil 22, where three Shooto South American titles were on the line. No one was...

10 Brazilians to Watch in 2011 Anderson Silva, Jose Aldo, Mauricio Rua, Cristiane Santos, Ronaldo Souza, Rafael Cavalcante -- suffice to say, there’s no shortage of...

Bitetti, Bando de Loucos and Brazilian MMA Soccer isn’t just Brazil’s most popular sport, it’s the tool by which all other sports are understood. Even in the home of vale tudo, MMA is...

Strikeforce ‘Miami’ Preview Looking for a card that captures the matchmaking dichotomy of a certain San Jose, Calif.-based promotion? Look no further than Strikeforce...

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...