Brian Knapp

An award-winning writer and editor based near Atlanta, Brian Knapp has spent the last 28 years as a journalist and serves as features editor for Sherdog.com. Prior to his move to the MMA world, Brian worked as sports editor and managing editor of The Covington News, a tri-weekly newspaper in Covington, Georgia. His work has appeared on Yahoo, ESPN.com, FoxSports.com, TheFightNetwork.com, CagePotato.com, Covers.com, Mandatory.com and in Real Fighter, ChopTalk, Ultimate MMA, Sports Spectrum, We Are Henry and The Newton Community magazines.

Brian married his wife, Holly, in 2001. They have two sons, Gehrig and Gibson.

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Top 5: UFC Featherweight Title Fights of All-Time Alexander Volkanovski drifted as close to the ledge as possible when he put his 145-pound championship on the line against Brian Ortega at UFC...

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Brian Knapp

Sep 17, 2025

Thomas Gantt Highlights UFC’s Latest Talent Grab on Dana White’s Contender Series Thomas Gantt could soon be a problem for those who call the 155-pound weight class home.

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Brian Knapp

Sep 16, 2025

Top 5: UFC Welterweight Title Fights of All-Time Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald engaged in a blood-and-guts war for the ages in the UFC 189 co-main event on July 11, 2015 in Las Vegas.

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Brian Knapp

Sep 16, 2025

Diego Lopes’ Spinning Elbow Torpedoes Jean Silva in Raucous Noche UFC Main Event Diego Lopes appears to have plenty of staying power in the dog-eat-dog Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight division.

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Brian Knapp

Sep 13, 2025

Noche UFC Prelims: Dusko Todorovic Throttles Jose Medina in San Antonio Dusko Todorovic returned to victory lane in the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division for the first time in nearly three years.

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Brian Knapp

Sep 13, 2025

5 Things You Might Not Know About UFC 4 Semaphore Entertainment Group moved beyond the one-year mark with its Ultimate Fighting Championship experiment and took its roadshow to Tulsa,...

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Brian Knapp

Sep 10, 2025