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No fighter directly impacted the sport of mixed martial arts, or the promotion under which he competed, in 2012 more than UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. A handful of fighters might be able to argue that they had a better overall indivi...

A panel of ESPN.com writers and editors provide their experts' picks for the year-end MMA awards of 2012.

Josh Gross dishes out awards for 2011.

Editor's note: Next week, the ESPN MMA page will roll out its official end-of-the year awards. With winners in each of the most popular categories seemingly pretty clear cut, however, ESPN staffers Chuck Mindenhall and Chad Dundas will take the final...

If Donald Cerrone doesn't get a few "Fighter of the year" nods when the smorgasbord of end-of-2011 MMA retrospectives breaks out across the Internet next week, it sure won't be for lack of trying. Perhaps only because Jon Jones put together the gr...

The experts weigh in on the best fighter in 2010.

If you're looking for Jose Aldo, you can probably find him polishing his WEC featherweight belt -- and on top of Sherdog's list of best fighters in 2009.

A motorcycle accident was supposed to derail Frank Mir's career for good, but a pair of upset wins in '08 proved the heavyweight still has a lot of fight left in him.

You can call him a late bloomer. You can also call him an underachiever. He likes to go by "Rampage," but Sherdog calls Quinton Jackson 2007's fighter of the year.

Two of UFC's top fighters, light heavyweight Jon Jones and heavyweight Cain Velasquez, do battle in our side-by-side analysis.

Story | Conversation | April 11, 2013

Urijah Faber earned his second submission victory in six weeks by choking out Scott Jorgensen in the main event of "The Ultimate Fighter" 17 finale on Saturday.

UFC suspended the contract of Matt Mitrione on Monday after the heavyweight made disparaging remarks about transgender female fighter Fallon Fox.

Adam Hill offers his ranking of Top 10 athletes competing today in MMA. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo leads the list.

Story | Conversation | February 28, 2013

No matter what you think of Jon Fitch as a fighter, Dana White's justifications for letting the welterweight go from the UFC don't work. Let's start with White's assertion that Fitch is "super f---ing expensive." Zuffa paid the eight-year UFC ...

T.R. Foley examines the top 25 MMA fighters under the age of 25.

Story | Conversation | January 31, 2013

MMA10 ranks the top 10 all-time light heavyweight MMA fighters, including Chuck Liddell, Jon Jones, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Randy Couture.

Story | Conversation | January 03, 2013