Just like any other sport, high-level competition in MMA is subject to trends. One of the big ones in 2025 was the rise in spinning back elbow knockouts. One-fifth of all spinning back elbow knockouts ...

The best MMA highlight of the entire week may already have taken place even before UFC 321 goes down this Saturday. The UFC is set to return to the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE this weekend for UFC ...

One name, in particular, caught the eye of a fighter who’s no stranger to knockouts himself. Lerone Murphy’s win over Aaron Pico stood out among several highlight-reel finishes, taking Bloody Elbow’s ...

2025 is the year of the spinning back elbow. At UFC 319 earlier this year, we saw Carlos Prates and Lerone Murphy score incredible back-to-back knockouts with the strike. Spinning elbows are still all ...

We have seen some devastating knockouts this year, but one technique has reigned supreme. While you’re always bound to forget about a crazy finish that happened earlier in the year, many of the best ...

The UFC is in a strange state going into 2026. A new broadcast deal with Paramount+ looms for US viewers, imploding the pay-per-view model but with what ramifications for fighters and their pay? For ...

In this Sherdog exclusive recorded days before the untimely passing of his longtime coach and mentor Duke Roufus, Sergio Pettis broke down his incredible spinning back elbow knockout of Magomed ...

Jacobe Smith may have an early contender for Knockout of the Year ...