Pictures: Bellator 117 Keith Mills photographed Bellator 117 for Sherdog.com readers.

Bellator 117 Results: Play-by-Play & Updates Sherdog.com reports from the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with live Bellator 117 updates and play-by-play.

Douglas Lima Chops Down Rick Hawn, Becomes Bellator’s Third Welterweight Champion Four-time national judo champion and 2004 Olympian Rick Hawn could not withstand repeated Douglas Lima kicks to his lower leg.

Bellator 117 Weigh-In Results: Lima, Hawn Cleared for Welterweight Title Fight The belt that belonged to Ben Askren for three years will go home with a new owner on Friday night.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings One year after Ronda Rousey's first UFC title defense, female bantamweights make their debut in Sherdog.com’s divisional rankings.

Steve Bosse to Make Octagon Debut Opposite Ryan Jimmo at UFC Fight Night 41 Once-beaten light heavyweight Steve Bosse will step into the Octagon for the first time on April 16, when “The Boss” locks horns with fellow Canadian Ryan Jimmo at...

TIM MEANS DEFEATS ARTENAS YOUNG BY TKO ON ‘AXS TV FIGHTS: LEGACY FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 27’ (PRESS RELEASE) -- LOS ANGELES – Watch highlights from tonight’s AXS TV FIGHTS: LEGACY FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 27 in Houston. Michael Schiavello and Pat Miletich provided highlights and analysis from the fights as UFC veteran Tim Means met Artenas Young in the main event and Olympic wrestling gold medalist...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings He was crowned the bantamweight division’s undisputed champion before UFC 169 even began, but Renan Barao needed a little less than four...

Sherdog.com’s 2013 Fighter of the Year Chris Weidman became the sixth middleweight champion in UFC history, knocking Anderson Silva from his long-held perch.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Beat a legend once, and it might be regarded as a fluke. Turn the trick twice in row, however, and suddenly the doubters begin to fade into the...