UFC 205 DRAMA FUELED, NOT SETTLED, BY “UFC TONIGHT” ON FS1 There are lots of moving pieces in the puzzle that is the UFC 205 main event, and depending on whom you believe, Conor McGregor either […]
Welcome back to yet another edition of TUF Recap. We are headed in to Episode 4. Last week saw number 13 seed and Tachi Palace Flyweight champ Adam Antolin (11-3) defeat veteran flyweight and former […]
DANA WHITE SAYS ALVAREZ TO FACE MURMAGOMEDOV, NOT MCGREGOR It just wouldn’t be a Conor McGregor fight if there wasn’t a tense contract negotiation to build it up. The rumored and practically assumed main event for […]
QUESTION: Roy Nelson faces Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva this weekend in a big heavyweight clash in Brazil. Nelson has beaten some of the best the UFC Heavyweight Division has to offer and is was the last ever […]
(5) Dan Henderson vs. Hector Lombard, UFC 199 While this card was headlined with possibly the biggest upset in UFC history, with Michael Bisping knocking out then UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold, this fight was […]
NEW MATCH-MAKER AT UFC, AXS TV NEWS Some major shakeups are happening at the top level of UFC and working their way all the way down to two of the top independent MMA promotions in the […]
In a hire that could shape the future of UFC as much as any, Mick Maynard has been hired to replace Joe Silva as head match-maker. Maynard comes from the Legacy Fighting Championship organization where […]
The consensus pound-for-pound best fighter in the UFC as of this moment is Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson. He is a dominant champion who has produced outstanding skills, exciting finishes, and is widely regarded as the most […]
This is a top ten list for fighters that have never competed in the UFC. 1. Ben Askren – Welterweight – (15-0) – ONE FC – age: 32 The 32 year old former freestyle wrestling […]
Bellator 161 and UFC Fight Night 94 were this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. BELLATOR 161 GOOD: Derek Campos vs. Djamil Chan: Campos battled and got the decision win here. It was nothing […]
Five years ago this week Nick Diaz was feeling the fallout of skipping his scheduled press conference for his fight against B.J. Penn, and current MMATorch columnist Jason Amadi wrote a column about the importance […]
QUESTION: Former UFC Bantamweight Champion, Renan Barão faces Phillipe Nover at this weekend’s “UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs Lansberg.” After two consecutive losses including losing his UFC Title, he looks to get back to winning ways. […]
With the rapid growth of mixed martial arts, many of the newer fighters are playing catch up with techniques that pertain to the various styles of martial arts, as well as strength and conditioning. MMA […]
Derek Brunson (16-3) defeated Uriah Hall (12-7) on Saturday night at UFC Fight Night on FS1, but the referee stoppage was contested immediately by Hall. While Hall was knocked down with a punch, the subsequent punches […]
Five years ago this month MMATorch senior columnist Shawn Ennis presented an in-depth assessment of the Middleweight Division in his ongoing series titled “Lay of the Land.” Check out where things were back in September […]
Michael Johnson upset Dustin Poirier with an impressive first-round TKO, and he made it clear he is looking for a money fight soon, if not next. Anthony Pettis said on Twitter after Johnson’s win that […]
QUESTION: Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino headlines this weekend’s UFC Fight Night card against Lina Lansberg in Brasilia, Brazil. Cyborg still wants to fight Ronda Rousey, of course, and has already taken out one of the Four Horsewomen […]
2014 is a year the UFC is probably happy to have in its rear-view mirror. In the absence of longtime stars such as Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre, the industry leader was forced to slap […]
DID DIAZ FELL DOWN ON PURPOSE AGAINST MCGREGOR AS A STRATEGY? Nate Diaz has always been a go against the grain kind of guy, but taking that approach in the cage may have been a […]
Bellator establishes identity, but fails at differentiation The signing of Chael Sonnen by Bellator MMA is a blatant example the brand’s identity; however, it is also a perfect illustration of the struggle of Bellator […]
Michael Johnson scored an upset win last night over Dustin Poirier, who was favored. It may have been case of Poirier going in overconfident, something discussed among the FS1 post-event panel. Was Poirier talking about […]
In this week’s edition of the Sunday Supplement takes an in depth look at Chael Sonnen big return and shock move to Bellator from UFC. Chael Sonnen returns to MMA with Bellator This week saw […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT BONUSES – WELL-DESERVED Last night’s UFC Fight Night event in Hidalgo, Tex. was a rollercoaster of a card with a variety of quick, flashy finishes mixed in with some long, uneventful decisions. […]
Michael Johnson scored the upset victory over Dustin Poirier last night, and FS1 analysts Dan Hardy and Tyron Woodley believe Johnson’s speed advantage was the difference. “He knew he had the speed advantage; he utilized […]
Michael “The Menance” Johnson scored the upset first round KO victory over the red-hot Daniel Poirier last night in the main event of UFC’s Fight Night on FS1, then turned on some heavy taunting which […]
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