Bellator 252 Review
Float like a Featherweight Daniel Weichel vs. Emmanuel Sanchez Featherweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal This was quite the back and forth affair at certain points. Weichel had a lot of opportunities to show off his chin. […]
NEWS & RESULTS
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixiera
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixiera was this past week and the winner inserted himself squarely into the title picture. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Santos […]
UFC Fight Night Review 11/7/2020
Dominat-Yan Claudia Gadelha vs. Yan Xiaonan Women’s Flyweight Fight This was a very good fight for Xiaonan, she got better as it went along. She was on her back for the majority of the […]
Bellator 251 Review
Upon Further Review Derek Andserson vs. Killys Mota Welterweight Fight This fight had a pretty solid back and forth to it, and Derek Anderson seemed to have a bit more control. Unfortunately the fight was […]
UFC Halloween Fight Night Review
Style over Substance Bobby Green vs. Thaigo Moises Lightweight Fight Bobby Green was deceptively good in this fight. If you watched it, it seemed like he was getting hit more than he was giving, but […]
Bellator 250 Review
All-Around Solid Dalton Rosta vs. Ty Gwerder Middleweight Fight This was a pretty back and forth fight, not to mention it was the first time Rosta made it to the 3rd round in his career. […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 254
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 254 was yesterday and it featured the retirement of a UFC legend. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 254 GOOD- Tai Tuivasa stops Stefen Struve Tuivasa blasted Struve […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Zombie
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Zombie was this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Zombie GOOD- Thomas Almeida vs. Jonathan Martinez Both men […]
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 249
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 249 was last night and the show featured Cris Cyborg defending her Bellator Featherweight Championship for the first time, where she picked up her first career submission victory. […]
UFC Fight Night 10/10/2020 Review
Escape, Escape, Escape. Yousef Zalal vs. Ilia Topuria Featherweight Fight This was a very entering fight to watch, it had a bit of everything and was mostly even. The only facet of it that wasn’t […]
Bellator 248 Review
Danish Domination Mads Burnell vs. Donko Banovic Featherweight Fight This fight was an amazing performance for Burnell. He did what he always does, and it was as if Banovic wasn’t expecting it. Burnell scored an […]
UFC Fight Night 10/3/2020 Review
Get Back You Eight Legged Freak! Dequan Townsend vs. Dosko Todorovic Middleweight Fight Unfortunately it was a bad night for The Tarantula Dequan Townsend. Todorovic had control the whole time, consistently landed big shots while […]
Bellator 247 Review
Scottish Striking Sensation Chris Duncan vs. Iamik Furtado 160 Lb. Contract Weight Fight This truly was a slugfest. There was never any intention of going to the ground. Duncan had control the whole time. Furtado […]
UFC 253 Review
Main Card Mean Hakeem achieves the Dream Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov Featherweight Fight This was a great opener to the card. Entirely standing up, and Tukhugov seemed to have something going wrong later in […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Covington, and Michael Chandler signs with the UFC
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Covington was this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Covington GOOD- Kevin Holland vs. Darren Stewart This was […]
UFC Fight Night 9/19/2020
Prelims Bam Bam Nam Jerome Rivera vs. Tyson Nam Bantamweight Fight This fight seemed to be going like many others, the first round was a lot of feeling out, and Rivera was trying to build […]
UFC Fight Night Review 9/12/2020 #UFCVegas10
Quarantillo Wins in Quarantine Billy Quarantillo vs. Kyle Nelson Featherweight Fight This fight had quite a bit of back and forths while standing. These boys like to throw hands. Nelson may have hurt Quarantillo in […]
Bellator 246 Review
Hell from Hawaii Derek Campos vs. Keoni Diggs Lightweight Fight Keoni Diggs absolutely ran this fight from start to finish. Got his shots in, but seriously ran things on the ground. Diggs appeared to be […]
Bellator 245 Review
Prelims Bask in his glory Keith Lee vs. Vinicius Zani 140 lb Contract Weight Fight This was a great look for Keith Lee, he dominated while the fight was standing for all 3 rounds. Zani […]
Bellator 245 & 246 Press Conference Highlights
Phil Davis Davis was asked quite a bit about wanting a fight with Ryan Bader. When asked about his fight with Lyoto Machida he eluded to hoping that Machida “wasn’t the same fighter” as the […]
UFC Fight Night 9/5/2020 Review
Surprise, Surprise Ovince Saint-Preux vs. Alonso Merifield Light Heavyweight This Fight was a brawl like we expected it to be. Merifield might be the most underrated guy entering this fight. No one was talking about […]
UFC Fight Night August 29th Review
3rd Rounds a Charm Ricardo Lamas vs. Bill Algeo Featherweight Bill Alego just couldn’t get his plan to come through. It seemed he wanted to keep the fight standing up, and it certainly had its […]
UFC Fight Night 8/22/2020 Review
Caught Him Quick Daniel Rodriguez vs. Dwight Grant Welterweight This fight turned pretty quickly, as Grant seemed like he would have the upper hand on striking. Rodriguez put that to rest by catching Grant off-guard […]
Bellator 244 Review
Ground and Ground John Salter vs. Andrew Kapel Middleweight This fight went as expected, Salter used his superior wrestling ability to simply run this match from bell to bell. Kapel spoke of wanting to keep […]