Brian Knapp

An award-winning writer and editor based near Atlanta, Brian Knapp has spent the last 27 years as a journalist and serves as features editor for Sherdog.com. Prior to his move to the MMA world, Brian worked as sports editor and managing editor of The Covington News, a tri-weekly newspaper in Covington, Georgia. His work has appeared on Yahoo, ESPN.com, FoxSports.com, TheFightNetwork.com, CagePotato.com, Covers.com, Mandatory.com and in Real Fighter, ChopTalk, Ultimate MMA, Sports Spectrum, We Are Henry and The Newton Community magazines.

Brian married his wife, Holly, in 2001. They have two sons, Gehrig and Gibson.

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By The Numbers: Tom Aspinall The interim Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder has cleared every available hurdle ahead of a potential blockbuster unification bout opposite current champion...

UFC

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Dec 27, 2024

Rivalries: Mackenzie Dern The decorated grappler will look to avenge one of her five career defeats when she rematches Amanda Ribas in the UFC Vegas 101 main event on Jan. 11.

Rivalries

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Dec 27, 2024

Sherdog’s Top 10: Fastest Knockouts in UFC History The bearers of sudden violence in the Ultimate Fighting Championship have been many, from journeymen to titleholders and everything in between.

Sherdog’s Top 10

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Dec 27, 2024

5 Things You Might Not Know About Islam Makhachev The pound-for-pound ace and reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight titleholder will defend his undisputed crown when he rematches Arman Tsarukyan in the...

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Dec 26, 2024

5 Defining Moments: Dricus Du Plessis The 30-year-old South African tank will put his 185-pound championship on the line when he rematches Sean Strickland in the UFC 312 headliner on...

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Dec 25, 2024

By The Numbers: Julianna Pena “The Venezuelan Vixen” will enter 2025 in possession of the 135-pound crown for the second time, having dethroned Raquel Pennington by...

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Dec 24, 2024

Sherdog’s 2024 Knockout of the Year In the last second of the last round of his remarkable “Fight of the Year” with Justin Gaethje at UFC 300, Max Holloway unleashed a nuclear...

Year-End Awards

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Dec 22, 2024

By The Numbers: Alexandre Pantoja The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight titleholder will carry a seven-fight winning streak into his 2025 campaign, where...

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Dec 22, 2024

By The Numbers: Ilia Topuria The undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight titleholder has rattled off 16 consecutive wins to start his career, 14 of them finishes.

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Dec 21, 2024