USADA’s latest victim is a familiar name to the suspended fighters list. Josh Barnett has been flagged for a potential USADA violation after allegedly failing an out-of-competition test taken on Dec. 9, according to a […]
QUESTION: Cody Garbrandt faces the biggest challenge of his young career at UFC 207 when he face Dominick Cruz for the UFC Bantamweight Title. Garbrandt is undefeated so far in his career at 10-0. How […]
How would you grade UFC’s handling of the Featherweight Title situation? How would you have handled it differently? MATT ECHOCHARD, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR The UFC didn’t really have much of a choice but to strip the […]
UFC’s Christmas gift to fans of giving away a recent pay-per-view for free appears to have been a huge success. Saturday night’s rebroadcast of four fights from UFC 206 did 4.7 million viewers on Fox […]
QUESTION: Amanda Nunes faces the returning Ronda Rousey this weekend at UFC 207 in her first defense of the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Title. Which two women have both Nunes and her opponent Rousey defeated during […]
How would you grade UFC’s handling of the Featherweight Title situation? How would you have handled it differently? ROBERT VALLEJOS, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Intrinsically, I have no issue with stripping Conor McGregor of the Featherweight Title. […]
REPORT: FERGUSON VS. NURMAGOMEVOD FOR INTERIM TITLE? After a month of much uncertainty regarding the UFC Lightweight Title picture, some clarity now looks to be forming. Bloody Elbow has cited reports from Russian website Izvestia.ru […]
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has ruled Cain Velasquez unfit for fighting this Friday night, so his match against Fabricio Werdum is off UFC 207. Velasquez had said previously he was scheduled for surgery after UFC […]
FROM ADOLESCENCE TO TEENAGER TO ADULT, UFC’S MATURATION In 2016 the UFC had to be a big boy. Both their media relations and business practices showed that at age 23, the UFC has now matured into […]
QUESTION: Dominick Cruz will defend his UFC Bantamweight Title next weekend against Cody Garbrandt. Cruz’s longtime rival Urijah Faber retired this weekend. Faber handed Cruz his only defeat back in the WEC, in Cruz’s WEC debut. […]
APPEARANCE OF ROUSEY GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT, CODDLING CONTINUES Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes will not take part in the UFC 207 media session next week. Rousey has been unusually silent in the build up for […]
Craig Asks: Am I the only person a little unimpressed with how Jon Jones dropped Lyoto Machida to the floor when the ref stopped the fight? He said after that he knew he was out […]
QUESTION: Jon Jones received a one year ban last week also in addition to Brock Lesnar, which means we could see him back in the Octagon as early as July of next year. Jones will […]
CYBORG WARNS ABOUT DANGERS OF WEIGHT CUTTING Cris Cyborg has revealed the cause of her USADA violation. In a post on Facebook, Cyborg stated that she used a diuretic called spironolactone that her doctor prescribed […]
The case for the UFC on ESPN Transitioning into 2017, the UFC’s next television deal will be an underlying story over the course of the year. Throughout the last few months, Sports Illustrated media critic […]
With Christmas just a few days away, here are the fights I have on my wish list for the New Year. Some are close to happening already, while others might never happen. Jon Jones vs. […]
Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino has been flagged for an out-of-competition anti-doping violation y the USADA. She hasn’t failed a drug test since 2011. Cyborg’s rep and boyfriend, Ray Elbe, wrote on The Underground Forum that, while […]
QUESTION: Cris “Cyborg” Justino has been in the headlines over the last few weeks due issues with the new UFC Women’s Featherweight Title being introduced and today over being flagged for a USADA violation. Cyborg […]
UFC and Fox have decided to take one of the most exciting yet, under-viewed shows of the year and expose it to a bigger audience. UFC 206, which took place Dec. 10 from Toronto, Ontario […]
QUESTION: Urijah Faber fought his final fight last weekend, gaining an impressive win over the UK’s Brad Pickett. Faber never held the UFC Bantamweight Title during his career, but did reign as WEC Featherweight Champion for over […]
Jose Aldo, who has given some conflicting statements to the media over the last few months regarding his fighting future, gave an in-depth interview to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani to clear the air. In the […]
For the first time in a while, Mickey Gall won’t be getting what he asked for. Gall, who was successful in securing fights with C.M. Punk and Sage Northcutt after calling them out during post-fight […]
By now we’ve all heard the news that the UFC has bought “select assets” of the WFA, and that the promotion will basically cease to exist. And if you’ve read John Taylor’s “Truth and Opinion,” […]
Who should UFC book against C.M. Punk for his likely second MMA fight? MICHAEL HISCOE, MMATorch contributor The easy answer for C.M. Punk is to trot out Mike Jackson and hope Punk doesn’t embarrass himself, […]
QUESTION: Brock Lesnar was finally handed a one year ban last week by the NAC, and it looks unlikely that Lesnar will return to the UFC again even after the ban due to his WWE […]
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