Joseph Santoliquito

Joseph Santoliquito Joseph Santoliquito is the president of the Boxing Writer's Association of America and a frequent contributor to Sherdog.com's mixed martial arts and boxing coverage. He is also an award-winning writer who has written for ESPN The Magazine, Sports Illustrated, SI.com and ESPN.com. He's a two-time Emmy Award nominee in 2006 for feature stories for ESPN/ESPN.com on blind baseball and ESPN SportsCenter/HBO Real Sports feature on high school wrestler A.J. Detwiler. He was formerly a long-time sportwriter for the Philadelphia Daily News and Managing Editor of Ring Magazine for 14 years, where he began in October 1997. He has been a contributing feature writer for Sherdog since September 2011.

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Conor McGregor Becomes UFC’s First Two-Division Champion in UFC 205 Main Event Conor McGregor stops Eddie Alvarez in second round of UFC 205 headliner to capture lightweight crown on Saturday in New York.

Joseph Santoliquito

Nov 12, 2016

UFC 205 Prelims: Edgar Tops Stephens, Nurmagomedov Dominates Johnson NEW YORK -- As he entered the Octagon, the chants were already beginning to stir: “Let’s go Frankie, let’s go Frankie, let’s go Frankie.”

Joseph Santoliquito

Nov 12, 2016

Eddie Alvarez: From North Philly to MSG Eddie Alvarez knows what hard work is about -- real man work. The type of pounding that could beat anyone down. Make their bones brittle. Make...

Joseph Santoliquito

Nov 03, 2016

Amanda Nunes Pulls Off UFC 200 Shocker; Lesnar, Cormier, Aldo Claim Wins LAS VEGAS -- There was something about the eyes. They were intense and beaming forward, yet as Amanda Nunes walked through the tunnel leading out to the main floor of the T-Mobile Arena for...

Joseph Santoliquito

Jul 09, 2016

UFC 200: Are Fighters More Technically Sound Today? Like everything, mixed martial arts has evolved. As UFC 200 approaches, how much is a matter of opinion, from where fighters are technically...

Joseph Santoliquito

Jul 08, 2016

What’s Brock Lesnar’s MMA Legacy? At first glance, Brock Lesnar doesn’t really seem to be human—even after all of these years. He wears the scars of those converging worlds...

Joseph Santoliquito

Jul 06, 2016

From UFC 100 to 200: A World Of Difference Reaching 100, let alone 200, seemed to be unthinkable in the late-1990s. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was hemorrhaging money....

Joseph Santoliquito

Jul 04, 2016

Stories From the Road: Frank Shamrock The former UFC champion looks back on his remarkable career, from rides to the emergency room with a fan to stage dives with Bas Rutten.

Joseph Santoliquito

Jul 03, 2016

Boxing: Keith Thurman Edges Shawn Porter in Thriller BROOKLYN, NY -- Up through the rafters of Barclays Center, it seemed, you could hear it. The dull thud, thud, thud of each punch hitting a...

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Joseph Santoliquito

Jun 25, 2016