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Dec 26, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Walkout Song of the Year The Cranberries’ “Zombie” brought Peter Queally to the cage for the Bellator 270 main event on Nov. 5, unleashing a wave of emotion that...

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Dec 25, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Upset of the Year Julianna Pena shocked the combat sports world when she dethroned Amanda Nunes in the UFC 269 co-headliner on Dec. 11 and ended the Brazilian’s historic 1,981-day reign atop the...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 24, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Comeback Fighter of the Year Riveting victories over Pedro Munhoz and Rob Font thrust former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder Jose...

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Lev Pisarsky

Dec 23, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Story of the Year Starting with UFC on ABC 1, UFC on ESPN 20 and UFC 257 in the United Arab Emirates, the return of fans to the fights was met with a mixture of...

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Dec 22, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Fighter of the Year Charles Oliveira’s career-defining campaign stood out above all the rest, as he captured the vacant Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight crown with a thrilling technical knockout of Michael Chandler in...

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Josh Gross

Dec 21, 2021

Sherdog.com’s 2020 Year-End Awards: The Complete List As the worst global pandemic in more than a century hamstrung many sports leagues and brought others around the world to their knees in 2020,...

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Jan 01, 2021

2020 Sherdog Year-End Awards Despite a global pandemic hampering many sports and industries around the world, mixed martial arts had a year to remember. MMA was one of the...

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Dec 31, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Robbery of the Year A number of factors—most notably an officiating error by referee Chris Tognoni—conspired against Mike Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night 177 on...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 31, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Event of the Year UFC 249 on May 9 delivered in spades for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which had the eyes of the sports world all to itself.

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Dec 30, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Upset of the Year Roxanne Modafferi stunned the previously unbeaten Maycee Barber as a +700 underdog at UFC 246 on Jan. 20.

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Brian Knapp

Dec 30, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Fighter of the Year Deiveson Figueiredo in this exclusive Q&A outlines a historic campaign that took him to the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s...

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Josh Gross

Dec 30, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Walkout Track of the Year Darren Till was the first fighter of the modern era to walk out to intentional silence.

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Dec 29, 2020

Sherdog's 2020 Fight of the Year Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk put on a fantastic five-round slugfest at UFC 248.

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Dec 28, 2020

Sherdog's 2020 Knockout of the Year Joaquin Buckley flattened Impa Kasanganay on Oct. 10 with a spinning kick for the ages.

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Dec 28, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Round of the Year Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker combined to provide one of the most electrifying rounds of action ever seen in an MMA cage or ring.

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Dec 27, 2020

Fight Facts: Bellator 2020, a Year in Review The coronavirus pandemic hit every MMA promotion hard this year, and Bellator MMA was no different.

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Dec 26, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Beatdown of the Year Fans will not soon forget the horrific beating Anthony Smith absorbed at the hands of Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night 171.

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Dec 26, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Comeback Fighter of the Year Sean Strickland overcame substantial adversity en route to being named Sherdog's 2020 Comeback Fighter of the Year.

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Tyler Treese

Dec 25, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Submission of the Year Undefeated Bellator MMA star A.J. McKee on Nov. 19 pulled off an amazing submission of Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 253.

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Dec 24, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year Kevin Holland’s 5-0 campaign and knack for the spectacular made him a no-brainer for Sherdog’s 2020 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year.

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Dec 23, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Story of the Year The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on the mixed martial arts industry is Sherdog’s story of the year for 2020.

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Dec 23, 2020

Sherdog.com’s 2019 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another year has come and gone in mixed martial arts, and while the Ultimate Fighting Championship remains the industry leader, Bellator MMA, the Professional Fighters League, One Championship and...

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Jan 07, 2020

Sherdog’s 2019 Walkout Song of the Year The repeating siren from “The Purge” carried the sound of fear as Kron Gracie walked to the cage at UFC on ESPN 1 on Feb. 17.

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