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Although hes feasted on several sturdy contenders at 155 pounds and snatched up an unprecedented three Fight of the Night" awards from the UFC, Tyson Griffin (Pictures) says hes just getting started.

The Sacramento native has racked up four consecutive victories inside the Octagon - [Read more]

While some of you may see the brief reprieve were enjoying from a whirlwind last few weeks of high-profile throwdowns as a bit of welcome rest for the weary, youre all wrong. Yes, every last one of you - [Read more]

From disappointing defeats to triumphs over the likes of Joachim Hansen (Pictures) and Gleison Tibau (Pictures), Eiji Mitsuokas (Pictures) road to respect has been one of the most interesting paths in mixed martial arts - [Read more]

The UFC has finally made official the rumoured bout between Lethbridge, Albertas Jason Day (Pictures) (17-7) and Jason Lambert (Pictures) (23-8), set for UFC 88 "Breakthrough" at the Philips on Sept. 6 in Atlanta - [Read more]

Sherdog.coms Dave Mandel captured this exclusive photo gallery of Sundays Long Beach Fight Night - [Read more]

Light heavyweight James Irvin (Pictures) admitted to allegations of painkiller use prior to his July 19 UFC bout with Anderson Silva (Pictures) in a letter received by the Nevada State Athletic Commission Monday - [Read more]

Spike TV executives on Monday made public the cast for season eight of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series, set to premiere on Sept. 17 at 10 p.m. EST - [Read more]

Jay Hierons (Pictures) month of anxiety ended with a phone call Friday afternoon.

The International Fight Leagues weary welterweight champion finally got word that a three-fight - [Read more]

File this one under "Further Humiliation of the International Fight League Department": Former IFL standout Roy Nelson (Pictures) was recently advised by UFC brass that it would be in his best interests to doff the excess weight surrounding his midsection.

Nelson, for the uninitiated - [Read more]

Greg Savage and Jeff Sherwood returned to the Sherdog Radio Network on Monday, and were joined by middleweight contender Frank Trigg (Pictures) - [Read more]

The pending demise of the International Fight League meant it was time for one-time middleweight champion Matt Horwich (Pictures) to call in a few favors - [Read more]

TJ De Santis and Jordan Breen were live Monday on the Sherdog Radio Network, and were joined by PureCombats Al Joslin - [Read more]

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Ismael Gonzalez (Pictures) earned one more mixed martial arts paycheck on his way to the police academy, as he defeated Eric Meaders (Pictures) - [Read more]

Stephen Martinez was on location in Tokyo to photograph Deep "37 Impact" for Sherdog.com - [Read more]

TOKYO -- Deeps first bantamweight championship bout between Masakazu Imanari and Hiroshi Umemura didn’t get out of the first minute Sunday at Korakuen Hall.

Imanari, known as the Ashikan Judan, lived up to his nickname by putting away - [Read more]

Trevor Williams shot this exclusive photo gallery at Okayama, Japans Momotaro Arena, where Ikuhisa Minowa submitted Don Frye in the main event of Deep "Gladiator" - [Read more]

Sherdog.coms Jeff Sherwood captured this exclusive photo gallery of PureCombat "Hard Core," which saw SLO Kickboxings Scott Lighty (Pictures) and Jason Von Flue (Pictures) score impressive victories - [Read more]

Jared Hamman (Pictures) needed less than one full round to avenge the only loss of his career -- a disputed 15-second stoppage at the hands of Poai Suganuma - [Read more]

VISALIA, Calif. -- Emanuel Newton (Pictures) returned to action after a year-long layoff with a dominant submission victory over B.J. Lacy in the main event at Pure Combat "Hardcore" - [Read more]

OKAYAMA, Japan -- Ikuhisa Minowa (Pictures) defeated Don Frye (Pictures) in the main event at Deep “Gladiator” on Saturday at the Momotaro Arena, as the Japanese journeyman submitted the American with a first-round kneebar - [Read more]