QUESTION: Kendall Grove hopes to extend his win streak to three when he faces former Bellator Middleweight Champion Alexander Shlemenko at Bellator 162 this Friday. Grove is a veteran of the UFC and an Ultimate […]
Bellator has announced Tito Ortiz vs. Chael Sonnen will headline the Jan. 21 event in Los Angeles, Calif. which will air live on Spike TV. More details and analysis to follow. Meanwhile, the following is […]
RONDA ROUSEY Since UFC announced last week that Ronda Rousey is coming back to fight UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 in December, there’s been some talk about whether or not Rousey deserves, […]
Bellator 162 comes to us live from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn. on Friday night. Former middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko returns to the Bellator ring to face veteran Kendall Grove in the main event of […]
TOPIC: Rank the top three relatively big name talkers in MMA today in terms of their effectiveness at boosting the drawing power of their fights and increasing fan interest. Then, on the flip side, who […]
Not so fast. Before you start fantasy booking Georges St. Pierre against anyone outside the UFC, consider the fact that despite his claims to the contrary, UFC doesn’t consider GSP a free agent. In the […]
Ten years ago this week, Anderson Silva, in dominant fashion, beat Rich Franklin to capture the UFC Middleweight Championship. The following is MMATorch senior columnist Shawn Ennis’s assessment of the Middleweight Division after Silva became […]
QUESTION: Bellator 162 is being held in Memphis, Tennessee this Friday night. It’s one of the biggest MMA events to come to Memphis in many years and the first time Bellator comes to the state […]
Who would you most have wanted GSP to fight if he had another UFC fight soon? Matt Ecochard, MMATorch contributor GSP should take a money fight against Anderson Silva in his return (a fight that […]
MMA’S HOTTEST FREE AGENT – GSP When WME-IMG took over operations of the UFC this year, it was expected that there would be some personnel changes, as there are with any corporate takeover, but few […]
Plyometric movements are a crucial component to all sports performance training programs. The transfer of force from the ground and through the kinetic chain – in other words, our bodies – is a major piece […]
During Ariel Helwani’s “MMA Hour” a few minutes ago, George St. Pierre declared that he is a free agent. He is not under contract to UFC and doesn’t intend to sign a contract with them […]
QUESTION: Kevin Ferguson Jr. a/k/a “Baby Slice,” the son of Kimbo Slice, the street fight legend and MMA star who recently died. Ferguson makes his debut in Bellator at Bellator 162 this weekend against Rick Bing. Baby […]
TOPIC: Rank the top three relatively big name talkers in MMA today in terms of their effectiveness at boosting the drawing power of their fights and increasing fan interest. Then, on the flip side, who […]
Whom would you most like George St. Pierre to face in his potential return fight? Nick Diaz Nate Diaz Conor McGregor Anderson Silva Carlos Condit Johny Hendricks Woodley-Thompson winner Woodley-Thompson loser Other (tell us… mmatorch@gmail.com) […]
The media reaction to the announcement that Ronda Rousey is returning to fight at UFC 207 has shown there remains interest in her. While the excitement may be high, the wait to see Rousey once […]
QUESTION: Bobby Lashley takes on Josh Appelt at Bellator 162. Lashley is on a seven-fight win streak including four wins in Bellator. He was last defeated in 2012 in the Super Fight League. However, he […]
Five years ago this week, Mirko Cro Cop returned fire at Chael Sonnen and didn’t hold back. Check out the trash-talking we reported on MMATorch.com. One of the many targets for Chael Sonnen’s verbal assaults […]
This week saw the huge announcement that Ronda Rousey will finally make her return to the Octagon after over a year out and, as expected, she will have the chance to regain the UFC Women’s […]
Who should George St. Pierre face if he fights at UFC 206 (or soon thereafter)? JARED DODDS, MMATorch contributor A paper bag, a referee, Bruce Buffer. It doesn’t matter to me, the fight is in […]
CONOR MCGREGOR’S FINE HALF OF WHAT EVERYONE REPORTED In a strange twist of events to an already strange situation, Conor McGregor’s $150,000 fine for his part in the UFC 202 press conference bottle throwing fiasco […]
Ten years ago this week, MMATorch.com published a column by Randy Rowles breaking down what big wins meant to various fighters on the card including, most notably, the rebirth of Anderson Silva with a dominant […]
FIve years ago this week, Dana White said he’d never do something which less than five years later he ended up doing. Here’s our story originally published on MMATorch.com on Oct. 13, 2011. Brock Lesnar recently […]
Earlier this week, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, in recognition of not only his musical achievements, but because of how he blurred the boundaries between folk and rock, music and poetry, […]
WHITE READY TO TALK WITH JOSE TO FIX THINGS UFC President Dana White says Jose Aldo’s request for release from his UFC contract is ridiculous and he plans to sit down and talk with him about the […]
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