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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Top 5: Greatest Knees in UFC History Jorge Masvidal posted the fastest knockout in Ultimate Fighting Championship history at UFC 239, where he froze Ben Askren with a flying knee on...

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Aug 07, 2025

ABC Issues Clarification Regarding Judging, Further Emphasizes Importance of Damage The Association of Boxing Commissions on Wednesday issued clarifications regarding judging mixed martial arts bouts, and the changes—made at...

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Aug 06, 2025

Top 5: Scariest Knockouts of All-Time Josh Emmett cut down Bryce Mitchell with a savage right hook at UFC 296 in December 2023. It was violent, sudden and unsettling.

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Aug 06, 2025

Split Scorecards Push Team Sonnen’s Joseph Morales into ‘TUF 33’ Flyweight Final Joseph Morales did not leave himself much wiggle room in what turned into a white-knuckle affair.

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Aug 05, 2025

Top 5: Worst Cuts in UFC History It was if Jason Voorhees had lured Marvin Eastman into the woods at Camp Crystal Lake, leaped out from the shadows and struck him above the...

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Aug 05, 2025

Tatsuro Taira Face Crank Dismisses Hyun Sung Park in UFC Vegas 108 Main Event Tatsuro Taira could not have been more dominant.

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Aug 02, 2025

UFC Vegas 108 Prelims: Rinya Nakamura Body Kick Folds Nathan Fletcher Rinya Nakamura made the necessary course correction in the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight division.

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Aug 02, 2025

PFL 2025 World Tournament 8: Finals Play-by-Play, Results & Round Scoring Sherdog's live 2025 PFL World Tournament 8: Finals coverage will begin Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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Aug 01, 2025

Andrew Tackett Taps Renato Canuto, Retains Welterweight Title in UFC BJJ 2 Headliner Andrew Tackett aced his first test as an Ultimate Fighting Championship Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu titleholder.

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Jul 31, 2025

Top 5: Head Kick Knockouts in UFC History Holly Holm’s second-round stoppage of Ronda Rousey in the UFC 193 headliner on Nov. 14, 2015 represented a seismic shift in women’s mixed...

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Jul 30, 2025