Brian Knapp

An award-winning writer and editor based near Atlanta, Brian Knapp has spent the last 28 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 Reasons to Catch UFC 319 Dricus Du Plessis will defend the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title when he faces the unbeaten Khamzat Chimaev this...

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Aug 13, 2025

Violent Means Carry Daniil Donchenko into ‘TUF 33’ Welterweight Final Daniil Donchenko trades in fight-ending damage.

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Aug 12, 2025

Dana White's Contender Series 2025 Week 1 Play-by-Play and Results Sherdog’s live coverage of DWCS 2025: Week 1 will begin Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET.

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Aug 12, 2025

2025 PFL Africa 2 Play-by-Play, Results & Round Scoring Sherdog’s live 2025 PFL Africa 2: First Round coverage will begin Saturday morning at approximately 12 p.m. ET.

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Aug 09, 2025

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