Five years ago this week, MMATorch columnist Bjorn Hansen examined the spectacular Shogun Rua vs. Dan Henderson fight and it’s potential impact on the sport of MMA and the UFC brand. Five years later, you […]
Saturday night hosts the second Bellator card in two nights. This card lost its original main event of Patricky Freire vs. Derek Campos and it will now be headlined by Joe Taimanglo and Darrion Caldwell […]
Bellator 166 comes to us from the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma on Friday night. Bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas defends his title against former two-division champion Joe Warren. The co-main event features […]
After a couple starts and stops, it appears that Kelvin Gastelum has been cleared to fight at UFC 206 on Dec. 10. Ariel Helwani at MMA Fighting reports that Gastelum has been approved for his fight […]
Five major name fighters – George St. Pierre, Cain Velasquez, Tim Kennedy, Donald Cerrone, T.J. Dillashaw, flanked by former Bellator promoter Bjorn Rebney – have come together to form a Mixed Martial Arts Association, whose […]
With Ronda Rousey telling Ellen that her fight with Amanda Nunes will be one of her last fights, what are the top two fights you would make for Rousey before she retires? FRANK HYDEN MMATorch […]
The following installment of Ask MMATorch was published five years ago this week. Current MMATorch columnist Jason Amadi helmed the Ask MMATorch column at the time and here are four wide-ranging questions, some timeless, and […]
QUESTION: Jake Ellenberger faces Jorge Masvidal this weekend. Ellenberger has an uneven record losing five of his last seven. He lost his UFC debut back in 2009 to Carlos Condit, but then went on a […]
DEFINING “RELINQUISHED” While Conor McGregor may have “relinquished” his Featherweight Championship according to the UFC, his coach feels that McGregor had very little to do with the decision and isn’t thrilled with it. In an […]
UFC Fight Night 101 was this past week, and some big news has been happening as well. Let’s get right to it. UFC FIGHT NIGHT 101 BAD – Seohee Ham vs. Danielle Taylor: This wasn’t necessarily a […]
QUESTION: Henry Cejudo takes on fellow TUF Coach, Joseph Benevidez this weekend in the TUF Finale. Cejudo is coming of a loss to Demetrious Johnson for the title, which is the only loss of his career […]
The following exclusive interview with MMA trainer Duek Roufus was published five years ago this week. Check it out below including his comments on Anthony Pettis, Ben Askren, and Alan Belcher. Duke Roufus’s profile as […]
Who would you like to see in the Ultimate Fighter house for the rumored “All-Stars” season featuring welterweight fighters? MATTHEW PETERSON, MMATorch contributor I was against the idea of All-Stars until I remembered season 4 […]
A curious conference call is occurring Wednesday for an announcement with potential for ramifications across the entire sport of MMA. A press release was sent out Monday proclaiming an “industry re-defining” announcement would be made […]
The following press release was issued to MMATorch by Bellator MMA announcing two changes to this weekend’s line-ups (they have events scheduled Friday night, Dec. 2 and Saturday night, Dec. 3, both on Spike TV… […]
Five years ago this week, these four stories were in the news on MMATorch.com… Georges St-Pierre not bothered by Nick Diaz’s trash talk into UFC 143 showdown in February Though it was mostly trash talk […]
Time to stop grading Bellator on a curve. Bellator MMA may be a distant second in the MMA promotional pecking order, behind the UFC, but in Bellator’s central battlefield of cable television, Bellator could – […]
If you could book one fight for the vacant Bellator Heavyweight Championship between fighters realistically available, what would it be? NOTE: We asked our team to answer this question BEFORE the announcement of Fedor vs. Matt Mitrione, […]
QUESTION: Joseph Benavidez faces fellow TUF coach Henry Cejudo this weekend on the TUF Finale, hoping to extend a five fight win streak to six. Benevidez has only ever lost to two men, who have […]
Grade UFC’s handling of Conor McGregor and the Featherweight Championship A – It’s time the title gets defended, helps UFC 206 have meaning B – They had a bad hand dealt to them, did okay […]
QUESTION: Demetrious Johnson faces the winner of The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament Of Champions this weekend. Johnson seems unstoppable at the moment, on a 10 fight win streak. However, this has not always been the case. […]
This week’s edition of the Sunday Supplement takes an in depth look at Daniel Cormier pulling out of his Light-Heavyweight Title defence against Anthony Rumble Johnson at UFC 206 in Canada due to injury as […]
WELL, THAT DIDN’T LAST LONG… Conor McGregor’s Featherweight Championship reign was officially put to an end on a show viewed by a small fraction of the viewers that saw him win it and was done […]
Conor McGregor has officially relinquished his Featherweight Title. Multiple sources reported Saturday that the UFC was expected to strip McGregor of the title in order to create an interim title fight for the Featherweight Title […]
Who should Jon Jones fight when his suspension is up in July 2017? Should he get an immediate title shot or would you book him against someone else? ROBERT VALLEJOS, MMATorch contributor Look, it is […]
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