Category: Sherdog News

Mirko Filipovic has an opponent for the opening round of Rizin Fighting Federation’s open-weight tournament set for Sept. 25.

Ever since his signing was announced in late 2014, CM Punk’s tenure in the UFC has faced intense scrutiny.

With football season just underway and the baseball season winding down, there’s always more than enough ways to try to earn some extra cash if you’re a knowledgeable sports fun. But maybe we’re a bit jaded at Sherdog because we favor wagering on the various fightsports across the globe, and this weekend is loaded with enough fistic action to satiate even the most degenerate of gamblers.

Rashad Evans will try his hand at middleweight when he faces Tim Kennedy at UFC 205 on Nov. 12.

Quicken Loans Arena, home of the world champion Cleveland Cavaliers NBA team, will serve as the host location to the first world champ the “Plum City” has seen since the 1950s as he makes his title defense.

HBO will be bringing fight fans two separate boxing cards on Saturday but the one that the majority of the fight world is talking about is the showdown between Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Kell Brook.

It makes sense that Stipe Miocic’s title-winning victory over Fabricio Werdum in May would spawn a lengthy goodwill victory tour.

Sherdog.com’s live Gennady “GGG” Golovkin vs. Kell Brook coverage kicks off Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Fabricio Werdum’s heavyweight title reign ended before it began, as the Brazilian carelessly rushed directly into a counter right hook from Stipe Miocic in front of some 40,000 of his countrymen at UFC 198.

Reza Madadi will welcome Marc Diakiese to the Octagon at
UFC 204 on Oct. 8.