ROUNDTABLE: Where will Cyborg end up?
With Dana White declaring that the UFC is, “out of the Cyborg business” the question remains: Where does Cyborg end up? Frank Hyden MMATorch Columnist I think she goes to Bellator for sure. It just […]
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Bellator News Digest: Catching up on all the recent fight announcements
BELLATOR NEWS: Recapping a flurry of fight announcements. Bader vs Kongo set as Bellator 226 Main Event As announced by Bellator last week, Bellator 226 has a main event set, and it will be Champ-Champ […]
MOORE: The Top 10 Grapplers in MMA
In the sport of MMA, a ‘grappler’ is someone who more often then not has a background in Wrestling, Sambo, or other forms of grappling. A grappler is often labeled as boring, but as Bas […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 223/London and UFC Greenville
Bellator 223/London and UFC Greenville were both this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 223 GOOD- Charlie Ward stops Justin Moore Moore landed several takedowns during this fight and was very active […]
MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans: Vallejos reviews WWE’s Stomping Grounds, Monsey joins to discuss UFC Greenville, Bellator London/223, more, plus a preview of UFC Minneapolis (78 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: On this week’s edition of MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans, MMATorch.com’s Robert Vallejos gives a quick review of WWE’s Stomping Grounds PPV. Rick Monsey joins the show to review a full day in […]
ROUNDTABLE: What did you make of Bellator’s broadcast strategy for Bellator 223/ Bellator London?
Bellator’s broadcast strategy for Bellator 223 and Bellator London was rather confusing, what do you make of the strange broadcast scheduling? Patrick Shaheen MMATorch Contributor Horrible! Should have had a full day of MMA. Instead, […]
MMATorch Cast (6/3) So much MMA!
MMATorch managing editor Robert Vallejos is joined by Rick Monsey to recap a busy day in MMA. They look back at UFC Greenville, Bellator 223/London, and even talk Paulie Malignaggi vs. Artem Lobov. SUBSCRIBE TO […]
BELLATOR LONDON / 223 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS 6/22: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight
Bellator MMA travels across the pond to The SSE Arena in London, England for Bellator London. The main event takes place in the middleweight division where Gegard Mousasi will defend his title against Rafael Lovato […]
Bellator 223/Bellator London Report
Bellator 223/ Bellator London June 12, 2019 SSE Arena, London England Preliminary Results: Frans Miambo defeated Nathan Greyson via Submission Kevin Fryer defeated John Redmond by Decision Galore Bofando defeated Keith McCabe by Decision Justin […]
Morning Video: Daley cuts deep with flying knee.
On Saturday, Paul Daley will face fellow UFC veteran Erick Silva at Bellator 223. However, back in January 2017, Daley captured the attention of MMA world with his exciting KO victory over Brennan Ward at […]
MMA Fight Picks w/ Aaron Weinbaum picking UFC Greenville, Bellator 223 , Bellator London
Aaron Weinbaum is back with an all-new MMA Fight Picks podcast. This week Aaron picks the top fights from UFC Greenville, and Bellator London/223. Fights picked: UFC Featherweight: Renato Moicano vs. Chan Sung Jung Bantamweight: […]
ROUNDTABLE: How do you feel about the Bellator and RIZIN exchanging fighters?
Frank Hyden MMATorch Columnist I like it. It’s different and unique, which makes it cool in my opinion. I think it also builds prestige for both organizations. There’s Bellator fans who have never heard of […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 222
Bellator 222 was this past weekend and featured two title fights. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 222 GOOD/BAD- Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Darrion Caldwell I don’t know what Caldwell was doing in this fight. He’d […]
MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans – Vallejos & Monsey review Bellator 222, preview Fight Night: Moicano vs. Korean Zombie
On this week’s edition of MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans, MMATorch.com’s Robert Vallejos and Rick Monsey review Bellator 222, including an evaluation of the career legacy of Chael Sonnen. The guys also give a […]
Chael Sonnen announces retirement at Bellator 222
After suffering a TKO loss to Lyoto Machida at Bellator 222, Chael Sonnen announced his retirement from MMA. In his post-fight interview with John McCarthy, Sonnen said, “I had a hell of a lot of […]
BELLATOR 222 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS 6/14: Grocke’s updated odds and predictions for every fight
Bellator MMA brings one of their best cards of the year to date to Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York on Friday night. The main event of Bellator 222 takes place in […]
How to Halt a Prospect with Max Humphrey and Adam Borics
Ahead of Bellator 222, MMATorch’s Dylan Bowker spoke to Max Humphrey and Adam Borics, about being the “other guy” facing a touted prospect. Bellator 222 is going to showcase some big MMA bouts on Friday, June […]
Bellator 222 brings a mix of familiar faces and potential stars
Bellator returns to Madison Square Garden on Friday night with a card full of familiar faces to UFC fans but also some top-notch fighters that casual viewers may not know but will certainly want to […]
MORNING VIDEO: Rory finds a new home
On Friday, Rory MacDonald will defend his Bellator Welterweight Title against Neiman Gracie at Bellator 222. Bellator 222 will mark MacDonald’s 5th fight since arriving in the promotion. Back in May of 2017, MacDonald was […]
MORNING VIDEO: Aaron Pico gets reckless
On Friday, mega-prospect Aaron Pico will continue his young MMA journey when he faces Adam Borics at Bellator 222. The fight will mark Pico’s first chance at redemption since getting quickly KO’d by Henry Corrales […]
King Mo announces retirement
One of the most accomplished careers in MMA history has come to an end. On Monday, Muhammed Lawal better known as “King Mo” announced his retirement from MMA. Lawal cited numerous injuries that brought him […]
MCGRATH-Sunday thoughts from the week in MMA: Gustafsson retires, Anthony Smith’s next fight, McGregor, Andy Ruiz, more
News and notes from the week in combat sports Gustaffson retires. Alexander Gustaffson allegedly retired from MMA yesterday after another defeat in front of his home country. Gus should reset and look for greener pastures. […]
THE BELLATOR BEAT 5/1: Bellator 222 card at MSG gets stacked
MacDonald vs. Gracie official for Bellator 222 on June 14th at MSG To start the week off, we have some of the biggest news to come from Bellator in a while. Bellator 222 adds one […]
Eddie Alvarez says ONE deal worth ‘8-figures’, more big signings to come. Ben Askren to UFC?
Follow @mikehiscoe Eddie Alvarez may have signed one of the biggest money deals in the history of MMA. In an interview on Ariel Helwani’s ESPN.com talk show Monday, Alvarez shared that his deal with ONE […]
FREE PODCAST 10/1 – Monday Livecast – MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans: Vallejos and Monsey preview Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor, discuss the main event-less UFC 230 card, social media barbs between Jones and Cormier, and Bellator 206 (115 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: On this week’s edition of MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans, MMATorch.com’s Robert Vallejos and Rick Monsey give a mega-preview of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor, give their take on the main event-less UFC […]