Author: Mike Sloan

The raucous crowd inside the Consol Energy Arena in Pittsburgh, PA, got what they came to see as local hero Sammy Vasquez, Jr. beat up Emmanuel Lartey in the main event of the ShoBox: the New Generation-televised card.

Sherdog.com will have live ShoBox play-by-play at 10 p.m. ET.

Sherdog.com will provide live HBO Boxing play-by-play at approximately 5:45 p.m. ET.

It was the proverbial passing of the torch in the main event of the Gracie Nationals 2015 as Garry Tonon submitted Javier Vazquez in their no-gi match with a superb triangle choke.

Their first encounter was one for the ages: Brandon Rios waged a memorable war and took out Mike Alvarado in the seventh round. The rematch was exciting, but Alvarado used much better boxing to win the decision. The rubber match? It had nothing from either bout.

Sherdog.com’s Mike Sloan will be providing live HBO Boxing undercard results and play-by-play of the televised card at approximately 8 p.m. ET.

LAS VEGAS — It was billed as the answer to the bottomless pit that has been boxing’s heavyweight division.

Sherdog.com reports from ringside at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with live Showtime Boxing updates.

Keenan Cornelius, one of the brightest young stars in the jiu-jitsu world, controlled long-time grappling legend Dean Lister in the main event of the inaugural Polaris Pro Jiu-Jitsu Invitational in Cardiff Wales.

Sherdog.com has live coverage of Saturday’s Polaris Professional Jiu Jitsu Invitational at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT.