QUESTION: Ben Saunders faces Court McGee this weekend at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Penn. Saunders is coming off a TKO loss last year and looks to get back to winning ways again. Saunders was the […]
Mark Hunt may have been willing to accept a UFC fight with Alistair Overeem, but his true feelings towards the company were made known in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The civil suit filed in U.S. […]
WHAT’S BEHIND UFC CANCELLING AN EVENT AND OTHER RECENT CHANGES? An occurrence that used to be very rare for UFC now appears to be commonplace under the company’s new ownership with the cancellation of a […]
QUESTION: Marcin Held faces Joe Lauzon this weekend at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn. Held was a longtime fighter in Bellator and had some good success during his five year run there. His biggest achievement […]
Bellator sent the following press release to MMATorch this afternoon with details of their fight announcement that Liam McGeary vs. Chris Fields will headline Bellator 173 in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Feb. 24… SANTA MONICA, CALIF. […]
There were no events this past week to run down, and the NFL playoffs have started, so I’ll just do some quick hits this week. •Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov: This fight has been discussed […]
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Five years ago this week, Tito Ortiz was preparing for his last fight. Five years later, he’s preparing for his last fight. The following MMATorch article, published Jan. 3, 2011, details what the circumstances were when he was […]
Given that Jon Jones has said he’ll be a changed man when returns next summer, how skeptical are you that he has matured (on a 1-5 scale, 5 being very very skeptical, 1 being you […]
QUESTION: UFC Legend and Hall Of Famer B.J. Penn finally makes his return to the Octagon this weekend against Yair Rodriguez. Penn last fought in a losing effort in 2014. Who beat him in this last […]
Meryl Streep may have won the hearts of Hollywood and many Americans with her Golden Globes acceptance speech deriding President-elect Donald Trump, but she managed to upset many die-hard MMA fans at the same time. […]
MMA “hot takes” are annoying, but not necessarily a problem The afterglow of UFC 207 has drawn the increasingly familiar chorus of mainstream sports media pundits giving their “hot take” on the current state of […]
Tyron Woodley says his next fight will be a title defense rematch against Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC 209 on March 4 in Las Vegas, Nev. He announced the fight on his podcast, “The Morning […]
QUESTION: Joe Lauzon faces Marcin Held this weekend at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Penn. Lauzon is known for exciting fights and finishes. He is tied with another fighter for most post-fight bonuses at 15. Who is […]
Last weekend at UFC 207, we heard the final broadcast for UFC veteran lead play-by-play announcer, Mike Goldberg. Since making his debut at UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan on Dec. 21, 1997 in Yokohama, Japan, his voice […]
Even without much promotional effort on her behalf, Ronda Rousey looks to have done another big pay-per-view number in her return. Dave Meltzer at MMA Fighting is reporting that early estimates have UFC 207 at […]
The past month or so has been a busy time for Zuffa, the parent company of the UFC. They’ve made some great moves in this time, buying out the WFA, picking up Mirko Filipovic, and […]
Given that Jon Jones has said he’ll be a changed man when returns next summer, how skeptical are you that he has matured (on a 1-5 scale, 5 being very very skeptical, 1 being you […]
Jon Jones has lent his support to Ronda Rousey following her devastating loss to Amanda Nunes last week. The former Light Heavyweight Champion disagreed with the notion that Rousey is overrated and instead believes her […]
QUESTION: Antônio Carlos Júnior defeated Martin Vettori at UFC 207 this past weekend by decision. ACJ is an Ultimate Fighter winner at Heavyweight even though he now fights at Middleweight. Which season of TUF did […]
BISPING VS. WOODLEY CATCHWEIGHT TRASH TALKING The war of words has begun between Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley and Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping. After it was reported by various sources that Woodley and Bisping desired a […]
How far do you think Bellator will continue to progress by the end of 2017 in terms of strengthening their roster and having more top ten fighters and relevant fights, and are you in favor […]
QUESTION: Dong Hyun Kim beat Tarec Saffiedine by split decision last weekend at UFC 207. Kim is on a three fight win streak now. His best UFC win streak so far, however, was from 2008 to 2011, amassing […]
Brock Lesnar has officially been suspended one-year for his UFC 200 USADA failure. Lesnar was flagged for clomiphene and its metabolite, 4-hydroxyclomiphene, on two tests. One was taken out of competition, on June 28, 2016, […]
There were two fights this year that I gave the elusive five-star rating. They actually complement each other very well, and were the best examples of the two basic categories for MMA matches — striking […]
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