WHAT’S BEHIND UFC CANCELLING AN EVENT AND OTHER RECENT CHANGES? An occurrence that used to be very rare for UFC now appears to be commonplace under the company’s new ownership with the cancellation of a […]
Bellator sent the following press release to MMATorch this afternoon with details of their fight announcement that Liam McGeary vs. Chris Fields will headline Bellator 173 in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Feb. 24… SANTA MONICA, CALIF. […]
Meryl Streep may have won the hearts of Hollywood and many Americans with her Golden Globes acceptance speech deriding President-elect Donald Trump, but she managed to upset many die-hard MMA fans at the same time. […]
Tyron Woodley says his next fight will be a title defense rematch against Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC 209 on March 4 in Las Vegas, Nev. He announced the fight on his podcast, “The Morning […]
Even without much promotional effort on her behalf, Ronda Rousey looks to have done another big pay-per-view number in her return. Dave Meltzer at MMA Fighting is reporting that early estimates have UFC 207 at […]
Jon Jones has lent his support to Ronda Rousey following her devastating loss to Amanda Nunes last week. The former Light Heavyweight Champion disagreed with the notion that Rousey is overrated and instead believes her […]
BISPING VS. WOODLEY CATCHWEIGHT TRASH TALKING The war of words has begun between Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley and Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping. After it was reported by various sources that Woodley and Bisping desired a […]
Brock Lesnar has officially been suspended one-year for his UFC 200 USADA failure. Lesnar was flagged for clomiphene and its metabolite, 4-hydroxyclomiphene, on two tests. One was taken out of competition, on June 28, 2016, […]
For the second time, Mirko Cro Cop has called an end to his professional fighting career. He says this time it’s for good. Just days after winning the Rizin Grand Prix tournament in Japan, Cro […]
Amanda Nunes destroyed Ronda Rousey in just 44 seconds. Nunes spoke to the press and described when she knew she had Rousey on the retreat. “I saw (she was hurt) after the first punch,” Nunes […]
A LONG HUG AND A LOT OF THANKS While Dana White had said that Ronda Rousey was in a better state following her loss to Amanda Nunes last Friday than she was a year ago […]
Alex Oliviera was the victim of some destructive knees to the head from Tim Means’s in UFC 207’s prelim opener. Unfortunately for Means and fortunately for Oliveira, referee Dan Miragliotta stepped in quickly as the […]
Dominick Cruz suffered his first loss in over a decade to Cody Garbrandt last night. Speaking at the post-fight press conference, Cruz admitted he knew Garbrandt was a serious contender and that it is now […]
ROUSEY POST-FIGHT Ronda Rousey was notable in her silence during the buildup to UFC 207 on Friday night. Perhaps nothing spoke louder than her performance, or lack thereof, in her fight with Amanda Nunes that […]
Though it wasn’t the second round finish he promised, Cody Garbrandt managed to defeat longtime Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz via unanimous decision and claim the title for himself. During the post-fight press conference, Garbrandt welcomed […]
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING DECEMBER 31, 2016 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. AT MSG AIRED ON NBC REPORT BY ADAM TINDAL, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Here we are for World Series of Fighting and their first event in […]
Dana White, on the UFC 207 post-show on FS1, defended himself against the criticism that Amanda Nunes, the champion, was disrespected by all of the focus being on Rousey in the lead-up to UFC 207. […]
The following are highlights of the panel discussion on the UFC 207 post-show on FS1 discussing the Amanda Nunes dominant quick victory over Ronda Rousey: •Miesha Tate: “I told you guys [Nunes] is the hardest […]
What may have been left of the Ronda Rousey Era ended with a thud, as incumbent UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes dominated her in a 48 second victory in the main event of UFC 207 […]
TATE SUGGESTS ROUSEY IS JUST FIGHTING AS A FAVOR TO UFC Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate blasted UFC 207’s Ronda Rousey for refusing to engage in the usual media obligations leading up to […]
UFC 207 December 30, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada from T-Mobile Arena Live on UFC Fight Pass (7:30 PM ET), Fox Sports 1 (8:00 PM ET), and pay-per-view (10:00 PM ET) UFC closes out their year […]
ROUSEY AND NUNES MAKE WEIGHT, OTHERS DON’T The official and public weigh-ins for UFC 207 both went down on Thursday and, while Ronda Rousey’s appearances on the scales were uneventful, two of the usual suspects […]
It’s well known that Ronda Rousey has not been doing any media ahead of her UFC return fight against Amanda Nunes this Friday, but one small snippet of a pre-fight interview gives some insight into […]
USADA’s latest victim is a familiar name to the suspended fighters list. Josh Barnett has been flagged for a potential USADA violation after allegedly failing an out-of-competition test taken on Dec. 9, according to a […]
UFC’s Christmas gift to fans of giving away a recent pay-per-view for free appears to have been a huge success. Saturday night’s rebroadcast of four fights from UFC 206 did 4.7 million viewers on Fox […]
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