J.L. Kirven

5 New Faces to Watch Out For in 2025 PFL World Tournament The Professional Fighters League heads into its 2025 slate on Thursday, April 3, with a host of new changes and new faces. Gone are the days of...

Will Fleury Eyes Double-Champ Status Ahead of Oktagon MMA 68 After stints in Bellator MMA and Professional Fighters League, it took Will Fleury only three fights to cement himself as a force in Oktagon MMA.

How Training with Dricus Du Plessis Prepared Mark Hulme for Oktagon 67 Mark Hulme is a bonafide submission specialist, but the South African welterweight never believed he could bang with the best. That all changed when Hulme joined Team CIT and started training with Ultimate Fighting...

Opinion: Why Tatiana Suarez is Primed to Dethrone Weili Zhang at UFC 312 Weili Zhang is arguably the most dangerous female fighter on the planet, but the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight’s belt...

Opinion: Israel Adesanya at a Crossroads The outcome of his UFC Saudi Arabia main event opposite Nassourdine Imavov will likely determine just how the story ends for “The Last...

Preview: PFL Champions Series 1 ‘Road to Dubai’ The Professional Fighters League kicks off its 2025 campaign on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates, where Usman Nurmagomedov defends his Bellator MMA lightweight title opposite...

Opinion: Why Paul Hughes is Primed to Become the New Face of Irish MMA The former two-division Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder has the necessary goods to usurp Conor McGregor as the country’s biggest star and could do so in his next...

Opinion: Is Eagles MMA on the Cusp of Becoming the Best MMA Team Ever? With a handful of the most dominant fighters in the sport under the tutelage of one of the greatest of all time, Eagles MMA is doing nearly...

Sherdog’s Top 10: Films Based on Real-Life Boxers Boxing and Hollywood have been a match made in cinematic heaven since the turn of the 20th century.

Opinion: 5 Cities That Need a Major MMA Event in 2025 Sherdog columnist J.L. Kirven examines the global locales that deserve their piece of the mixed martial arts pie.