This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Tito Ortiz Turns 40 One of 11 men to have captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight crown, Tito Ortiz will celebrate his 40th birthday on Jan. 23.

What to Watch For: Bellator 130 Emanuel Newton will defend his light heavyweight title against Englishman Linton Vassell on Friday in Mulvane, Kan.

Fact Check: Bellator 112 Bellator MMA returns to Indiana on Friday, wreathed with plenty of statistical minutiae and obscure factual tidbits.

This Week’s MMA Birthdays: ‘The Mauler’ Turns 27 Alexander Gustafsson turns 27 this week. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com Entrenched as one of MMA’s premier light heavyweights,

UFC Fight Night 29 Preview Two of MMA’s most accomplished grapplers collide, as Demian Maia meets Jake Shields on Wednesday in Brazil.

Sherdog.com’s 2012 All-Violence Team The pestilence of injuries and absences of MMA stars in 2012 dominated nearly every conversation of the sport, permeating any line of discussion...

UFC on Fox 5 Preview Benson Henderson on Saturday will look to defend his lightweight crown against Nate Diaz on network television.

UFC 141 Headliner Lesnar to Earn Event-High $400,000 Purse Win or lose, Brock Lesnar will walk away from UFC 141 with the event’s largest paycheck.

UFC 141 ‘Lesnar vs. Overeem’ Results and Play-by-Play Sherdog.com will report from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas at approximately 7:30 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of UFC 141, headlined by a heavyweight clash between former UFC heavyweight champion...

Lesnar, Overeem Official for UFC 141 Title Eliminator More than 500 pounds of bravado, muscle and skill will collide in the cage when Brock Lesnar meets Alistair Overeem in the final Ultimate Fighting...