Gone Too Soon Shawn Tompkins’ untimely and unexpected death at the age of 37 shook those closest to him to their core. Still, they move forward with his...

Sherdog's Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The Saitama Super Arena has hosted a healthy amount of great lightweight bouts. Few were ever as intense and competitive as Benson Henderson’s title capture against Frankie Edgar to cap a rousing ...

By the Numbers: UFC 142 Thanks to back-to-back five-round decisions in his first two featherweight title defenses in the UFC, people seemed to forget about Jose...

UFC 142 Results and Play-by-Play Sherdog.com will report from the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro at approximately 7:30 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of UFC 142, which is headlined by a featherweight title clash between champion Jose...

UFC 142 Prelims: Gonzaga Choke Submits Oliveira Former heavyweight title contender Gabriel Gonzaga made a triumphant return to the Octagon, as he submitted the previously unbeaten Ednaldo Oliveira with a first-round rear-naked choke at...

UFC 142 Prelims: 5 Reasons to Care When Gabriel Gonzaga leveled Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic with a head kick in April 2007, it felt as if a star had been born. Reality has a way...

Aldo, Mendes Given UFC 142 Green Light; Johnson Misses Weight Chad Mendes wants what rests around the waist of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, and, nearly 7,000 miles from his California home, he will...

145 King Aldo Signs Sponsorship Deal with Soccer Team Flamengo RIO DE JANEIRO -- In the latest in a rush of MMA-soccer sponsorships, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo signed a sponsorship contract with...

Prater, Funch Return to Provide Injury Relief at UFC 142 Welterweights Ricardo Funch and Carlo Prater have answered the call to compete at UFC 142, stepping up as injury replacements for the sidelined Paulo Thiago and...

Thiago-Pyle, Broughton-‘Lula’ Added to UFC’s January Rio Return Ultimate Fighting Championship officials Tuesday confirmed a pair of rumored matchups for UFC 142.