Rampage Jackson (37-11) says he could beat Brock Lesnar, despite a huge weight difference in a story, lacking any real life relevance, posted by TMZ today. “I would whoop Brock’s ass because I don’t think […]
UFC 205 MAIN EVENT STILL NOT CLEAR We’re a day away from the official UFC 205 press conference announcing (presumably) the full card and main event and there’s no more clarity a day prior than […]
(5) Jon Fitch There is an unfortunate phenomenon in the UFC that I like to call “The GSP Effect” which caused great fighters such as Carlos Condit and Jon Fitch to never live up to their […]
QUESTION: Nate Marquardt takes on Tamdan McCrory this weekend at UFC Fight Night 96. Marquardt is a veteran of the sport with a list of accolades including being a record three-time Middleweight Champion. In which organization […]
This week saw the reveal of several fights for the UFC’s upcoming debut event at Madison Square Garden in New York, expected to be one of the biggest and most important events in UFC and MMA […]
“Big Country” Roy Nelson got a big win over “Bigfoot” Silva last night, but he also gave a big boot to Big John McCarthy in the moments after the fight. Nelson knocked Silva down with a […]
Cris Cyborg dominated Lina Lansburg last night, finishing her via TKO in the second round. In her post-fight interview Cyborg called for a fight with Ronda Rousey. “I want Ronda to come back,” she said. […]
Roy Nelson defeated Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva last night in Brazil, but the finish to the fight was highly controversial. Following the end of the fight, Nelson stood up looking disgusted with referee John McCarthy and […]
Topic… How should UFC be using Cris Cyborg? As a special attraction at 140 lbs? Exclusively for Invicta? Or should UFC open a 145 lb. women’s division? Christopher King Cris Cyborg is a 145 lb. […]
No. 2 ranked Alexander Gustafsson faces no. 9 ranked Rogerio Nogueira in the main event of FS1’s “UFC Fight Night” on Nov. 19 live from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Jon Anik and Dominick Cruz announced the match […]
QUESTION: Phillipe Nover faced a big challenge last night against former UFC Bantamweight Champion, Renan Barão. This is Nover’s second stint in the UFC. His first stint, which came via The Ultimate Fighter 8, didn’t work out well, […]
I BET I CAN BEAT YOU, SAYS DILLASHAW T.J Dillashaw is continuing his campaign for a title shot against Champion Dominick Cruz. Bloody Elbow reports that in a post on Instagram, Dillashaw called for Cruz […]
Ten years ago this week, MMATorch published a column by Jesse Hauser about the prospects of Olympic Gold Medalist and pro wrestler Kurt Angle becoming an MMA fighter. Kurt Angle to compete in MMA. In 1998 […]
Topic… How should UFC be using Cris Cyborg? As a special attraction at 140 lbs? Exclusively for Invicta? Or should UFC open a 145 lb. women’s division? Frank Gonzales, contributor I don’t get the 140 […]
QUESTION: Francisco Trinaldo goes into his fight with Paul Felder at UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs Lansberg riding a six fight win streak. Who was the last man to beat him? OPTIONS: (a) Michael Chiesa […]
The following are the MMATorch Rankings as of Sept. 23, 2016. These rankings are a composite of 16 MMATorch contributors rankings in each division. Thanks to MMATorch contributor Joel Wielenga for compiling the ratings votes […]
Topic… How should UFC be using Cris Cyborg? As a special attraction at 140 lbs? Exclusively for Invicta? Or should UFC open a 145 lb. women’s division? Robert Valejos, MMATorch contributor At some point a […]
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UFC 203 drew enough PPV buys to more than pay for C.M. Punk’s $500,000 paycheck, and he’s expressed he wants to fight again. Mike Jackson, who lost to Mickey Gall, says he’d like to take […]
UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg – Matt Ecochard Saturday’s fights should be some quality fight night entertainment from Brazil. The following are previews and predictions of the fights for the entirety of the card. […]
SCENARIO FOR A ROUSEY RETURN BEFORE END OF YEAR Ronda Rousey may return to the octagon before the end of the year. According to sources close to Fox Sports, Rousey has been offered an immediate title shot […]
Five years ago this week, Rashad Evans made a prediction of how the UFC 135 Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans fight would go. The fight would end up differently, with Jones winning in the fourth […]
QUESTION: UFC Newcomer Lina Lansberg makes her debut this weekend against the dominant Cris “Cyborg” Justino. Lansberg only has a few fights in MMA under her belt. However, she was a Muay Thai World Champion with […]
(5) Tyron Woodley I’ll be honest; I hadn’t bought in on Tyron Woodley going into his fight with Robbie Lawler. He seemed like a smaller version of Anthony Johnson with some power taken away, and […]
10 years ago this week, MMATorch senior columnist Shawn Ennis wrote about some new names appearing on Saturday’s UFC 63. Read on to see what he had to say about a few who would go […]
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