3 Fights To Watch 10/30/21
Islam Makhachev 20 – 1 vs Dan Hooker 21-10 Lots of people want Islam Makhachev to lose on Twitter, lots of Dan Hooker fans out there I guess. Not me though, 4 of 5 of […]
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 269 and UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Costa
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 269 and UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Costa were last night. Bellator 269 GOOD- Anatoly Tokov vs. Sharaf Davlatmurodov Tokov drops Davlatmurodov in the first round but nothing […]
3 Fights To Watch 10/23/21
Fedor vs Johnson Arguably the greatest MMA fighter of all time, Fedor Emelianenko looks to further his legacy with his 40th career victory. I think a loss here will force us to think a little […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 268 and UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 268 and UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont was last night. The Bellator card also featured a Bellator Light Heavyweight Title fight and the semi-final fights in the […]
Breaking up is hard to do
Sometimes you just gotta know when to hold ’em and know when to fold ’em. That’s exactly what Luis J. Gomez has done, he will not be returning as co-host of the “Believe You Me” […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 266
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 266 was last night and featured a UFC Featherweight title fight and a UFC Flyweight title fight and the return of Nick Dia as he faced Robbie Lawler. […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 267 and UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 267 and UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker were this weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 267 GOOD- Yves Landu vs. Tim Wilde They traded strikes early […]
MMA Rankings 9/29/21
Heavyweight Rankings Francis Ngannou – UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic Cyril Gane – Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Derrick Lewis Curtis Blaydes Alexander Volkov Jairzinho Rozenstruik Marcin Tybura Chris Daukaus Cheick Kongo Valentin Moldavsky Phillip De […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 266
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 266 was last night and featured a UFC Featherweight title fight and a UFC Flyweight title fight and the return of Nick Dia as he faced Robbie Lawler. […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 266 and UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 266 and UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann was last night. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 266 GOOD- Ben Parrish stops Christian Edwards Edwards came out firing […]
Romero’s reel of fortune
By Editor in chief Sean Covington Amazing Knockout power with an underwhelming career because he never won the big one. That’s who Yoel Romero is to me and how I’ll remember him if he doesn’t […]
HYDEN BLOG: Talking Triller Fight Club: Legends 2 before and after the event
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist There’s no MMA events or big news to discuss so this entire column will be about the Triller Fight Club: Legends 2 event, which is strictly boxing. I’m not […]
UFC Rankings 9/7/21
Heavyweight Rankings Francis Ngannou – UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic Cyril Gane – Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Derrick Lewis Curtis Blaydes Alexander Volkov Jairzinho Rozenstruik Marcin Tybura Chris Daukaus Cheick Kongo Valentin Moldavsky Phillip De […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till GOOD- Paddy Pimblett stops Luigi Vendramini Vendramini dropped […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Colmunist UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze was last night. Let’s get to the main card. UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze GOOD- Gerald Meerschaert submits Makhmud Muradov Muradov dropped […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 265 and UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 265 and UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum were this weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 265 GOOD- Jornel Lugo submits Keith Lee They traded strikes early, […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 264
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 264 was last night and featured Bellator Middleweight Champion Gegard Mousasi defending his title against John Salter. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 264 GOOD- Ty Gwerder vs. […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 265 and Fedor Emelianenko’s next match is Timothy Johnson
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 265 was last night and though it was weakened by the cancellation of Amanda Nunes defending her UFC Bantamweight Championship against Julianna Pena it was still a pretty […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 263 and UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 263 and UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland were last night. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 263 GOOD- Goiti Yamauchi stops Chris Gonzalez They came out trading […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Sandagen vs. Dillashaw
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw was last night. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw GOOD- Adrian Yanez stops Randy Costa Costa fought well […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 262 and UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 262 and UFC Fight: Makhachev vs. Moises were this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 262 GOOD- Johnny Eblen vs. Travis Davis Eblen just completely […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist There were no events last week so I’ll just talk about UFC 264 this Saturday and the ridiculous Interim UFC Heavyweight Title fight at UFC 265. UFC 264 is […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 264
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 264 was this past weekend and it featured the highly anticipated rubber match between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor. The fight ended in disappointing fashion, which was deflating […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from from Bellator 261 and UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 261 and UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov were this weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 261 GOOD/BAD- Christian Edwards vs. Simon Biyong Biyong got a […]
Bellator 261 Review
Light Heavyweight Fight Christian Edwards vs. Simon Biyong This was a pretty one sided fight. Edwards was landing all of the shots he needed to. Biyong probably should’ve gone down in the first round but […]