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Breaking down the UFC 106 main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

In what otherwise might have been an injury-depleted disaster, Saturday's UFC 106 event was rescued by the matchmakers. Perhaps the finest piece of handiwork: a rematch between rivals Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin.

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Breaking down the UFC 105 main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

Stop us if you've heard this one before: With his best days seemingly behind him, Randy Couture is set to face a decades-younger phenom -- in this case, Brandon Vera. It will be a familiar plotline at UFC 105, but some stories never get old.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Breaking down the Strikeforce card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

As MMA's resident unbreakable heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko has yet to meet an opponent he can't reduce to rubble. Can Brett Rogers parlay his massive frame and heavy hands into an upset for the ages Saturday in Chicago?

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Breaking down the UFC 104 main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

Undefeated UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida is leading a martial arts revival in the sport. Mauricio Rua gets the title shot that once seemed to be his birthright. Why wouldn't you watch UFC 104?

Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Breaking down the WEC 43 main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

For an event that kept coming up lame, WEC 43 has recovered quite nicely. Donald Cerrone-Benson Henderson will be the main course in a bounty of the fight game's finest talent in the lighter divisions Saturday in San Antonio.

Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Breaking down the UFC 103 main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

Like confrontation? Take your pick: MMA versus boxing, the UFC versus Floyd Mayweather Jr., Rich Franklin versus Vitor Belfort, Mirko Filipovic versus his fading reputation. It all goes down Saturday in Dallas at UFC 103.

Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009

Breaking down the UFC 102 main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

Randy Couture is 46 years old, yet MMA fans are talking about Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira as if he were the over-the-hill contender at Saturday's UFC 102. Time to find out which fighter has Father Time whipped.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Breaking down the UFC 101 main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

In the minds of their harshest critics, B.J. Penn and Anderson Silva still have something to prove. Both will get their chance Saturday at UFC 101.

Story | Conversation | August 05, 2009

Affliction's demise is a gain for fight fans

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

What brought about Affliction's downfall? It wasn't Josh Barnett's drug test or bad ticket sales or even going up against the UFC; it was the way Affliction chose to tackle its competitors.

Story | Conversation | July 27, 2009

UFC's odd couple strike right balance

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

Who is the better man to lead MMA's charge into the mainstream: Brock Lesnar or Georges St. Pierre? Forget about choosing one or the other. The UFC's odd couple offers something for everyone.

Story | Conversation | July 15, 2009

Breaking down the UFC 100 main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

MMA events don't get any bigger as the UFC hits the promotional century mark and rolls out the big guns -- Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Georges St. Pierre, to name a few -- at Saturday's UFC 100 event.

Story | Conversation | July 08, 2009

Five best fights of 2009 (so far)

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

Sherdog takes a look at five bout in the not-so-distant past that we might consider "fight of the year" come December.

Story | Conversation | July 04, 2009

More weight classes, more problems

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

Catchweight bouts like Rich Franklin-Wanderlei Silva might be entertaining, but do they do more harm than good to MMA?

Story | Conversation | June 15, 2009

Breaking down the UFC 99 main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

Forget highfalutin draws and cheesy prefight glitz. With Franklin-Silva and Kongo-Velasquez headlining, UFC 99 is a lean-meat delicacy sure to satisfy the hungriest fight appetite.

Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009

Breaking down Strikeforce's main card

Tomas Rios, Sherdog.com

Can Jake Shields handle the step up in weight against Robbie Lawler? Is Brett Rogers ready for the step up in competition against Andrei Arlovski? Sherdog answers all your burning questions about Saturday's Strikeforce event.

Story | Conversation | June 03, 2009