MMATorch Daily Top Five 6/1: Top MMA Fights Coming in June 2016
Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]
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UFC 198 CONTESTS: Prediction and Betting Game Results
UFC 198 CONTESTS: Prediction and Betting Game Results UFC 198 proved to be what we all thought, a brilliant card on paper but a difficult fight card to predict throughout. Five underdogs prevailed with the […]
UFC 198 CONTESTS: Prediction and Betting Games Are Live!
UFC 198 might’ve flown under the radar but it’s a stacked card with great match-ups from top to bottom. UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum puts his title on the line as he faces #3 ranked […]
UPCOMING EVENTS
Cover August – December 2016 One Championship 45: Heroes of the World Cotai Arena, Cotai, Macau, Macao August 13th, 2016 Fight Card: Flyweight- Andrew Leone vs Adriano Moraes (for Interim ONE FC Flyweight Title) Lightweight- […]
RADICAN: Review of “EA Sports UFC 2,” One of the Most Complete MMA Games to Date
The following review of EA Sports UFC 2 comes via PWTorch writer Sean Radican. For this review, he played the PS4 version of the game. On the heels of the average “EA Sports UFC,” “EA […]
FLASHBACK: UFC sets live gate, attendance record with Georges St-Pierre headlined UFC 129 event in Toronto in 2011
Five years ago tonight, the UFC’s biggest ever live event hit Toronto’s Rogers Centre on pay-per-view, with 55,000 fans in attendance bringing a record $12 million gate for UFC 129. Though the attendance mark was […]
UFC 197 CONTESTS: Prediction and Betting Game Results
Some impressive scoring last night from many players. I’ll ignore the fact many favourites won and put it down to the intelligence of you, the players! Demetrious Johnson made it eight consecutive title defences last […]
MMATorch Rankings – April 2016
The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of April 1, 2016. POUND FOR POUND 1 Jon Jones 2 Demetrious Johnson 3 Dominick Cruz 4 Luke Rockhold 5 Rafael dos Anjos 6 T.J. Dillashaw 7 […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 3/31: Top MMA Quotes of the Week
Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 3/30: Top MMA fights coming in April 2016
Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 3/29: Top MMA fights from March 2016
Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]
UFC 196 CONTESTS: Prediction And Betting Game Results
UFC 196 will be remember for mostly two things: Nate Diaz handing Conor McGregor his first defeat since joining the UFC, and Miesha Tate finally realising her dream of being the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion […]
UFC 196 ROUNDTABLE: Predictions for Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz and Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate
In today’s new roundtable, Torch contributors give their predictions on tonight’s top two fights at UFC 196 in Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz and Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate. MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR In […]
MMA Torch Rankings – March 2016
The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of March 1, 2016. POUND FOR POUND 1 Jon Jones 2 Demetrious Johnson 3 Conor McGregor 4 Dominick Cruz 5 Luke Rockhold 6 Jose Aldo 7 T.J. […]
FIVE YEARS AGO FLASHBACK: Hansen on UFC 127’s talking points, including thoughts on Michael Bisping vs. Jorge Rivera
Michael Bisping was a part of some controversy on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 84, five years to the day from another somewhat controversial performance back at UFC 127. Five years ago today, Torch Columnist […]
BELLATOR 149 READER REAX: Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000 “was an extremely sad display of supposedly professional fighting”
After Friday’s much talked about Bellator 149 circus, we asked MMATorch readers for their reactions to the event, and specifically the top two hyped fights in Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie III and Kimbo Slice […]
READER REAX: Send us your reactions to Friday’s Bellator 149 “Shamrock vs. Gracie III” event on Spike!
Did you tune in for Bellator 149 on Friday night on Spike, or attend the event live? We want to hear from you. Send your reactions in to us at MMATorchEditor@gmail.com with the subject line […]
2012 FLASHBACK – HANSEN: The Ballad of John and Yoko, (If John Were Carlos Condit and Yoko Were Nick Diaz)
Four years ago, the UFC’s welterweight division was in a bit of flux, with an injured Georges St-Pierre on the sidelines while Carlos Condit captured the Interim UFC Welterweight Championship in a win over Nick […]
MMA Torch Rankings – February 2016
The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of February 1, 2016. POUND FOR POUND 1 Jon Jones 2 Demetrious Johnson 3 Conor McGregor 4 Dominick Cruz 5 Luke Rockhold 6 Jose Aldo 7 T.J. […]
FLASHBACK 1/24: Fedor Emelianenko knocks out Andrei Arlovski at Affliction’s second and final event in 2009
Seven years ago tonight, the second and ultimately final event from Affliction hit pay-per-view from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski, […]
THIS DAY IN MMA HISTORY (1/23): A “where are they now” look at 2008’s UFC Fight Night 12 event
So I’ve been busy as of late and ended up not completing a piece for last week. I offer my apologies as I wasn’t able to tackle this week’s until after most of the events […]
THIS DAY IN MMA HISTORY (1/7): Future UFC Champion, contenders highlighted on Strikeforce Challengers 13 in 2011
Damn it. The sport of MMA has some traditional weeks frequently hosting events, commonly followed by a dry week afterward. Seeing as how last week featured the traditionally MMA heavy New Year’s holiday, this week […]
UFC 195 Contests: Prediction and Betting Game Results
Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit made sure the start of the year went off with fireworks, producing a fight that will certainly be in contention for Fight of they Year. For the second time in […]
UFC 195 CONTESTS: Prediction And Betting Games Are Live!
Happy New Year everyone, I hope you all had a lovely festive period with plenty of overindulging! UFC 195 kickstarts the new year this Saturday night at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas, where […]
MMA Torch Rankings – January 2016
The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of January 1, 2016. POUND FOR POUND 1 Jon Jones 2 Demetrious Johnson 3 Conor McGregor 4 Jose Aldo 5 T.J. Dillashaw 6 Luke Rockhold 7 Frankie […]