Five years ago this week, Jamie Penick wrote an editorial on the emergence of Donald Cerrone. Check out the column and put it in perspective with how Cerrone has done since. Although he lost his […]
Here are three short news items published on MMATorch.com five years ago this week involving Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen, Jon Anik, and Nick Diaz. Anderson Silva has stayed mostly quiet this month after Chael Sonnen’s call-out […]
Ten years ago this week, MMATorch published this interview we conducted with former UFC Lightweight Champion Shawn Sherk, which includes an admission he doesn’t watch his own division’s fights unless he’s at the show, […]
The first event to be held in North America for Pride Fighting Championships is in the books. I think it can be considered a conditional success. The show for the live crowd was undoubtedly better than the show […]
The following is my report, originally published in the Torch Newsletter (prior to us launching websites), on the Extreme Fighting “Battlecade” PPV 20 years ago this week on PPV. This was among the “off-brand” MMA events that tried […]
PRIDE: REAL DEAL OCTOBER 21, 2006 LAS VEGAS NEV. AT THOMAS & MACK CENTER Thanks for joining us tonight for our coverage of Pride’s U.S. debut. I’m watching this on delay thanks to DVR technology, […]
Ten years ago this week, MMATorch was setting the stage for Pride “The Real Deal,” a star-studded line-up of legendary names in the mix. Check out John Taylor’s full fight card preview, then stay tuned […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
10 years ago today the face of the Middleweight Division changed for years to come. Check out my original MMATorch.com report covering the UFC 64 pay-per-view live as it happened below with full results and […]
10 Years Ago today MMATorch.com published a detailed preview of UFC 64 by Mike Jarsulik featuring the Middleweight Title fight that would change the course of the Middleweight Division for years to come. There are […]
10 years ago today at MMATorch.com, we continued to analyze the impact of the Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 3 that aired live on Spike TV. The following is Randy Rowles’ column diving into […]
In a pertinent contrast to today’s new “Media & Business” column discussing the declining TV ratings for UFC on cable and broadcast TV, ten years ago today UFC and Spike TV were celebrating a ratings […]
Ten years ago tonight was a heavily hyped UFC Fight Night headlined by long-time rivals Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz, which aired live on Spike TV. The following is the report I published at MMATorch.com that night. KELLER’S […]
UFC 11: PROVING GROUND SEPTEMBER 20, 1996 AUGUSTA, GA. AT THE COLISEUM UFC said the odds were 10,000 to 1 that three fighters would go down with injury leaving Mark Coleman a walkover win in […]
10 Years ago this week I reviewed an MSNBC “Extreme Fighting” special, which is a window into how the mainstream media saw the rise of UFC and the sport of MMA. As was often the […]
MMATorch columnist Shawn Ennis ten years ago this week looked at the differences between the two MMA powerhouses worldwide – Pride and UFC – and voted for which promotion was better in each category. Look at […]
I first heard the expression “the sickness” as it pertains to pro wrestling several years ago. It was used to describe wrestling fans. Not your average wrestling fan, but those who can never get enough. […]
With his thrilling win over B.J. Penn on Saturday night, Matt Hughes solidified his position as the top welterweight in the world, and arguably the best welterweight ever to compete in mixed martial arts. How does Hughes’s […]
Ten years ago this week, MMATorch columnist Randy Rowles listed five fights every UFC fan should watch. We republish it today as the latest in our daily series of article flashbacks from five and ten […]
Ten years ago this week, MMATorch columnist Randy Rowles wrote about how UFC 63’s results set the stage for the fall and winter with big match outcomes involving the Lightweight Division, Matt Hughes, B.J. Penn, […]
Ten years ago this week, UFC 63 took place in Anaheim, Calif., airing live on PPV. The main event featured B.J. Penn vs. Matt Hughes, but there are other still active and familiar names on […]
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 […]
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