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Seven years ago, Mike Tyson did what prizefighters are rarely willing or able to do: recognize when their time is up. A mercurial figure of the '80s and '90s who often courted as much trouble outside the ring as he did inside of it, Tyson walked ...

Since we're in the business of musing over the clay perceptions of casual fans, you have to wonder how lay viewers took in the Demian Maia/Chris Weidman fight that opened a national television broadcast on Saturday night. For instance, if you'd t...

Eighteen years ago, a slender Brazilian wearing white gi tied off with a black belt introduced himself, his family and his sport to the world. Not many people watched on Nov. 12, 1993, as Royce Gracie won three times in a matter of hours to captu...

Yesterday, I broke the news of which Pride fighters gamers will be able to beat each other down with in "UFC Undisputed 3." Today, check out 33 exclusive images from Pride mode that show off, not only the great detail in each MMA athlete, but the pag...

From vicious head stomps to soccer kicks upside the dome, there's more to fighting under Pride rules than simply trading the Octagon for a ring. And that viciousness is captured, not only with brutal imagery in the video game "UFC Undisputed 3," bu...

Who should Matt Hughes' swan song bout be against?...

DENVER -- It was nearly 18 years ago that the first UFC was held in Denver. And on the day it came back to the Mile High City, one of the sport's pioneers fought in his last bout. The company's sweet homecoming turned into a sayonara of sorts. Ma...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- You had to be invited, but the Shooto event that happened on Thursday on a local Rio hillock was fireworks. Yes, Marvin Eastman was knocked out by Glover Teixeira in the first round, but that in itself was not altogether unexpec...

Royce Gracie has confessed that his UFC 60 loss to Matt Hughes still haunts him, and he admits he is finding it difficult to end his fighting career. More »...

Royce Gracie is poised to make a return to the Octagon after confirming he is planning to feature on the card at UFC Rio. The 44-year-old was one of the key figures in the early years of UFC, winning the tournaments at UFC 1, 2 and 4, and he expec...

Sherdog.comBlame it on Rio: Royce Gracie, 44, is pondering an August return to the Octagon in Brazil.When the UFC held a press conference in Rio de Janeiro last week to announce only its second show there in 12 years, Royce Gracie appeared and told g...

When the UFC held a press conference in Rio de Janeiro last week to announce only its second show there in 12 years, Royce Gracie appeared and told gathered media that a slot for him in the August event was being "negotiated." Assuming that Gracie w...

My lone concession to MMA merchandising remains a seven-inch plastic replica of Royce Gracie, which sits on a desk I don't use and resembles ancient character actor Henry Silva more than it does the UFC's first tournament champion. (I once ...

My lone concession to MMA merchandising remains a seven-inch plastic replica of Royce Gracie, which sits on a desk I don't use and resembles ancient character actor Henry Silva more than it does the UFC's first tournament champion. (I once purchased ...

Disturbed drummer Mike Wengren talks about the band's new album, MMA and the urgency in seeing his Blackhawks win the Cup while he was working in Berlin.

There's a big lesson buried in the UFC of 1994-95, and it's something Scott Coker and Strikeforce should have done some remedial reading on prior to last weekend. After UFC 1, an event at which Royce Gracie squeezed Ken Shamrock into submission, the...