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This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Reinier de Ridder Celebrates No. 35 “The Dutch Knight” arrived in the Ultimate Fighting Championship with little to no fanfare in 2024 and proceeded to rattle off four...

Brian Knapp

Aug 30, 2025

MMA Roots: The Birth of ‘The Smashing Machine’ Mark Kerr’s induction into the Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Fame stirred up memories of his remarkable run of dominance between...

UFC

Marcelo Alonso

Jul 06, 2025

Joshua Silveira and the Carlson Gracie Dynasty As he moves down to middleweight and embarks on his fourth attempt at a Professional Fighters League championship, the son of American Top Team head coach...

Professional Fighters League

Marcelo Alonso

Apr 16, 2025

Family Feud: Wallid Ismail leaves Royce Gracie Unconscious in a Packed Arena in Copacabana On Dec. 17, 1998, Wallid Ismail rocked the BJJ world, putting Royce Gracie to sleep with a clock choke in front of 7000 stunned fans.

Grappling

Marcelo Alonso

Mar 17, 2025

Vale Tudo Relics: Grappling with Greatness Sherdog correspondent Marcelo Alonso travels through time and relives the historic 2000 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Fighting World Championship.

Grappling

Marcelo Alonso

Oct 16, 2023

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Johny Hendricks Turns 40 The former Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight titleholder will celebrate his 40th birthday on Sept. 12.

Brian Knapp

Sep 05, 2023

Sherdog's Top 10: Greatest Fighters Never to have Competed in the UFC Lev Pisarsky presents Sherdog's list of the greatest fighters never to have competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Sherdog’s Top 10

Lev Pisarsky

Jul 03, 2023

Nostalgia vs. Reality: Igor Vovchanchyn Lev Pisarsky re-examines the body of work left by the "Ice Cold" Ukrainian, one of the most accomplished fighters of the 1990s.

Lev Pisarsky

May 26, 2023

Renzo Gracie vs. Wallid Ismail: The Beginning of Jiu-Jitsu’s Greatest Rivalry Thirty years ago, representatives of two of Brazilian jiu-jitsu's greatest schools sparked a rivalry that has only grown over the years.

MMA Roots

Marcelo Alonso

Mar 14, 2023