Jack Encarnacao

Jack Encarnacao is a Boston-based writer and radio host for Sherdog.com. He has a journalism degree from Emerson College, where he was his class valedictorian. Jack has been working as a newspaper reporter for seven years, and has won regional and national awards for his work. He hosts the Sherdog Radio Network "Rewind" every Sunday night, which includes the popular in-depth "Sunday Sitdown" interview. In addition to Sherdog, his MMA writing and analysis has appeared in The Boston Globe and Ultimate MMA Magazine and on ESPN.com, FoxSports.com, The Fight Network, WWZN 1510 AM The Zone, and theScore.

Beatdown: An Interview with Mike Afromowitz Two weeks after Strikeforce was sold to Ultimate Fighting Championship parent company Zuffa, LLC, Mike Afromowitz found himself in an entirely...

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Aug 31, 2011

Currans Turn Back the Clock UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- At first, Pat Curran did not feel comfortable throwing a head kick in camp, but his cousin, accomplished UFC, Pride Fighting Championships and WEC veteran...

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Aug 21, 2011

Spike TV Executives Attend Bellator 48 UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- The presence of Spike TV executives at Saturday night’s Bellator Fighting Championships event in Connecticut stoked...

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Aug 21, 2011

Simple Man Not Satisfied Jim Miller is not a complicated guy. He can build a kitchen, he can brew a beer and he can win fights.

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Aug 09, 2011

Fedor vs. Hendo: Maybe ‘Minotauro’ Knows Best The fight resumes of Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson are chock full of memorable battles over more than a decade.

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Jul 30, 2011

TRT: The Lessons of the Hartman Case Before Nate Marquardt cemented “Testosterone Replacement Therapy” into the mixed martial arts vocabulary; before Chael Sonnen made “hypogonadism” a relevant subject for fight fans; and before most...

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Jul 22, 2011

Sherdog Rewind: An Interview with Travis Tygart The most rigorous performance-enhancing drug testing in the country is conducted by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, which screens athletes...

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Jul 22, 2011

9 Questions for Frank Mir Frank Mir is constantly experimenting. He has tried all the diets, gone up and down in weight and gone too far in interviews, all in the last...

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May 28, 2011

Hominick’s Ultimate Homecoming In 1993, Joe Carter stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6 of the World Series. Eleven-year-old...

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Apr 24, 2011

From Spectator to Breathtaker UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- In referring to much more than his performance on Saturday night, Patricky Freire simply said that everything was perfect.

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Apr 03, 2011