Just like any other sport, high-level competition in MMA is subject to trends. One of the big ones in 2025 was the rise in spinning back elbow knockouts. One-fifth of all spinning back elbow knockouts ...

In this Sherdog exclusive recorded days before the untimely passing of his longtime coach and mentor Duke Roufus, Sergio Pettis broke down his incredible spinning back elbow knockout of Magomed ...

Lerone Murphy only has to watch his knockout win over Aaron Pico if he is feeling low. Murphy welcomed Pico to the UFC in the co-main event at UFC 319 in August 2025 in Chicago. While Murphy was a ...

Last summer in Chicago, Lerone Murphy thought a title shot was all but inevitable. After all, he had just knocked out highly-regarded Bellator MMA signee Aaron Pico with a spinning back elbow in the ...