UFC 223: By the Numbers It took a little longer than expected, but at long last, Khabib Nurmagomedov is the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s new lightweight king.

Preview: UFC 223 ‘Nurmagomedov vs. Iaquinta’ Khabib Nurmagomedov and Al Iaquinta will face off for the lightweight championship in the UFC 223 main event on Saturday in Brooklyn, New York.

Rizin FF Adds Diego Nunes-Yusuke Yachi, Ante Delija-Ricardo Prasel Bouts to May 6 Fukuoka Card Rizin Fighting Federation has bolstered its next offering with a pair of bouts, especially intriguing if you missed two of mixed martial arts’...

Preview: UFC 222 ‘Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya’ With all of the embarrassing insanity Jon Jones foisted on us this week, perhaps you forgot there was an Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view on Saturday -- a UFC pay-per-view headlined by a title fight, no...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Francis Ngannou may not be the No. 1 heavyweight in a post-UFC 218 world, but when he challenges champion Stipe Miocic, he will be treated as such.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Maybe you still think Kelvin Gastelum is an elite welterweight with an extra 15 pounds on him, and you may be right. However, regardless of...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings It has been three years since Dustin Poirier fell out of our featherweight top 10 and moved up 10 pounds to arguably the most difficult and...

Opinion: The UFC’s Old Epidemic Knowing when to call it a day has proven exceedingly difficult for fighters who remain warriors at heart but not in body, writes Eric Stinton.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings UFC 217 on Nov. 4 produced a trio of new champions, with all three title changes coming in riveting fashion and resulting in a triumvirate of...

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Josh Barnett Turns 40 No matter where he goes from here, the former Pancrase and Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder will go down as one of the sport’s most...