This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic Turns 43 He was one of MMA’s original boogeymen and a pillar of the Pride Fighting Championships promotion in Japan. Mirko Filipovic will celebrate his...

10 April Tussles Worth Watching Former UFC flyweight title contender Kyoji Horiguchi returns home for his Rizin Fighting Federation debut on April 16 in Yokohama, Japan.

Hendo: A Sherdog Retrospective Over a career that covered nearly two full decades, Dan Henderson became a complicated figure, heroic to some, polarizing to others.

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Fedor Emelianenko Turns 40 His prime years long since passed, but Fedor Emelianenko remains the measuring stick for all mixed martial arts heavyweights, past present and...

Dan Henderson: 5 Defining Moments Generations from now, combat sports aficionados will talk about a handful of MMA legends. “Hendo” will be one of them.

Yuki Motoya Vacates Deep Flyweight Title; Org Announces Plans for 115-, 125-Pound Belts Deep already had plans to crown its inaugural strawweight champion in 2016. Now, the company also finds itself in need of a new flyweight ace.

Late Replacement Gordon Ryan Takes 16-Man Tournament, $25,000 at Eddie Bravo Invitational 6 Garry Tonon might have been the star of the 16-man, openweight tournament bracket at the sixth Eddie Bravo Invitational, but it was his pupil...

Jiri Prochazka KOs Kazuyuki Fujita in Rizin 1 Headliner, Gabi Garcia Gets Easy Submission Jiri Prochazka didn't come out on top of Rizin Fighting Federation's eight-man tournament back in the New Year's Eve season, but the 23-year-old Czech prospect still scored a first-round stoppage over Japanese veteran...

Notable Quotables: Rizin Fighting Federation 1 The participants in the first Rizin Fighting Federation event of 2016 had plenty to say at the pre-fight press conference.

Jiri Prochazka, Kazuyuki Fujita on Point for Rizin FF 1; Yuki Motoya Misses FLW Limit Czech prospect Jiri Prochazka and longtime Japanese MMA veteran Kazuyuki Fujita both hit the scales Saturday morning in Nagoya, Japan, to make their...