Jon Jones passes drug test from night of UFC 232
Jon Jones can breathe a little easier now. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto was first to report that the California State Athletic Commission’s tests from the night of UFC 232 on Dec. 29 came back with no […]
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THURSDAY NEWS DIGEST 1/10: Tito Ortiz wants one more fight with Chael Sonnen, Jimmy Smith talks UFC release, and more
Follow @mikehiscoe Tito-Chael II There has been a bit of a Twitter back and forth between Tito Ortiz and Chael Sonnen as of late, and there may, in fact, be another fight between the two […]
MMATORCH YEAR END AWARDS: Best MMA Event of 2018
Follow @mikehiscoe Welcome to the latest of many MMATorch Awards for 2018. MMATorch staff have voted in a wide array of categories, with the top vote-getters receiving the awards. Be sure to share your thoughts in […]
WEDNESDAY NEWS DIGEST 1/9: Conor McGregor offended after Firas Zahabi says Holloway would beat him, Brock Lesnar still owes the Nevada Commission, Luke Rockhold thinks Jon Jones is playing games with Cormier
Follow @mikehiscoe Zahabi picks Holloway, Conor fires back During a recent Ask Me Anything session on YouTube, Tristar head coach Firas Zahabi said that he thinks Max Holloway would win if he and Conor McGregor […]
MCGRATH: Ranking the top ten male bantamweights in MMA
1. TJ Dillashaw (UFC champion) Dillashaw is now one of the top pound for pound fighters in all of MMA. He has two dominant knockouts of Cody Garbrandt and his next mission is to become […]
MMATORCH YEAR END AWARDS: Worst MMA Event of 2018
Welcome to the latest of many MMATorch Awards for 2018. MMATorch staff have voted in a wide array of categories, with the top vote-getters receiving the awards. Be sure to share your thoughts in the comments […]
TUESDAY NEWS DIGEST 1/8: Colby Covington plans to get in Dana White’s face over Woodley-Usman booking, Rose Namajunas next title defense booked, Gustafsson looking to rebound against Anderson, and more
Follow @mikehiscoe Colby’s not happy Current/Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington is not happy that he has been skipped over for a shot at Tyron Woodley’s crown by Kamaru Usman. Speaking to MMAJunkie this […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Semantics of Accolades
NOTE- There were no events this past weekend so I’m going to delve into a little sports talk debate and sports philosophy that I believe in that may or may not be of interest to […]
FREE PODCAST 1/7 – PWTorch Podcast – MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans: Vallejos and Monsey discuss booking of Jones vs. Smith, project the 2019 MMA prospects of McGregor and Lesnar, look back on some of their misgivings about UFC in 2018, more (69 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: On this week’s edition of MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans, Robert Vallejos is rejoined by Rick Monsey as they discuss the booking of Jon Jones vs. Anthony Smith. The guys project the 2019 […]
MONDAY NEWS DIGEST 1/7: Conor McGregor wants Tenshin Nasukawa, Dillashaw says he’ll ‘kill’ Cejudo, and more
Follow @mikehiscoe Conor wants Mayweather’s sloppy seconds Conor McGregor must have time to think about his future plans while sitting at home with his newborn second child. In a tweet Sunday night, McGregor said that […]
MMA YEAR IN REVIEW: December sees the return of Jon Jones
Follow @mikehiscoe Welcome to the eleventh of twelve installments of the 2018 MMA year in review. In the series, we will look at the biggest stories and fights from each month and reflect on how […]
MMATORCH YEAR END AWARDS: Fighter of the Year
Welcome to the latest of many MMATorch Awards for 2018. MMATorch staff have voted in a wide array of categories, with the top vote-getters receiving the awards. Be sure to share your thoughts in the comments […]
ROUNDTABLE: What should Jon Jones’ 3 fights for 2019 be? (Part 2)
Jon Jones says he wants to fight three times in 2019. Book those three fights for him today. Frank Hyden, Columnist – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The easy one is a fight […]
SUNDAY NEWS DIGEST 1/6: UFC 235 card comes together with Woodley-Usman and Jones-Smith pending commission approval
Jon Jones vs. Anthony Smith set for UFC 235 After spending quite a bit of time on the shelf it seems as though Jon Jones is doing all that he can to make up for […]
MMA YEAR IN REVIEW: November sees Cormier retain, while Chuck and Tito return
Welcome to the eleventh of twelve installments of the 2018 MMA year in review. In the series, we will look at the biggest stories and fights from each month and reflect on how things played […]
ROUNDTABLE: What should Jon Jones’ 3 fights for 2019 be? (Part 1)
Jon Jones says he wants to fight three times in 2019. Book those three fights for him today. Michael Grocke, MMATorch Fight Handicapper If Jon Jones takes this run as champion as serious as I […]
SATURDAY NEWS DIGEST 1/5: Cormier may change retirement plans, Dillashaw wants to be first triple-champ, Pettis moving up to welterweight
Javier Mendez thinks Daniel Cormier might change his retirement plans Daniel Cormier stated some time ago that he would be retiring from his hugely successful MMA career in the early part of 2019. He laid […]
MMA YEAR IN REVIEW: October has Khabib vs. Conor chaos
Welcome to the tenth of twelve installments of the 2018 MMA year in review. In the series, we will look at the biggest stories and fights from each month and reflect on how things played […]
ROUNDTABLE: MMATorch staff make bold predictions for 2019
Sean Covington, Columnist – Covington’s Corner My bold prediction for this year that an independent investigation from an outside source (government I guess?) will be launched into USADA, its testing process and results. It will […]
NEW PODCAST: MMATorch Today interview with Bruce Buffer
In the latest edition of MMATorch Today, David McGrath is joined by UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer, talk his martial arts career, how he got into the UFC and how he met his brother Michael. […]
COVINGTON’S CORNER: Let them eat cake! – Jeff Novitsky follows the money
It certainly sounds like Dana White, a cold as ice, business-first-lying-scuff mark on a fresh pair of white boots you bought for your wedding piece of work. Dana White: Jon Jones failed another test but […]
FRIDAY NEWS DIGEST 1/4: Jon Jones backs up Smith fight rumors, Nunes dismisses Cyborg’s power, more
Jones prepping for Smith After yesterday’s report that a Jon Jones-Anthony Smith fight was in the works, Jones seems to have backed up these claims. In an Instagram post, Jones shared a photo of a […]
Forget all the Negativity: Meet Jared Gordon
Have you ever be so down in the depths of life’s problems that you can’t even envision digging yourself out? Whatever it is, the death of a family member, bills piling up or maybe you’re […]
ROUNDTABLE: What is the future of the women’s featherweight division? (Part 2)
What do you think the future of the women’s featherweight division is now that Amanda Nunes is champion? Michael Grocke, MMATorch Fight Handicapper Amanda Nunes’ stunning first-round knockout of Cris Cyborg at UFC 232 helps […]
THURSDAY NEWS DIGEST 1/3: Anthony Smith says Jones fight is in the works, and more
Follow @mikehiscoe ‘Bones’ vs. ‘Lionheart’ UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith had a brief exchange with champion Jon Jones over on the UFC 232 post-show. It turns out that exchange, along with Jones’ desire to stay […]