By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator Europe 9 and UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana were both this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator Europe 9 GOOD- Charlie Leary stops Keifer Crosbie […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Contributor Bellator Europe 8 and UFC 253 were both this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator Europe 8 GOOD/BAD- Will Fleury vs. Kent Kauppinen Fleury grounded Kauppinen en […]
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 […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 246 and UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill were this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 246 GOOD- Keoni Diggs submits Derek Campos Diggs got some […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai was this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai GOOD- Hunter Azure vs. Cole Smith There […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown, then hit on some quick pieces of news UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. RakicGOOD- […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist The UFC ran another event in this super busy time for sports. It featured a legend who’s not quite ready to give it up yet, and he’s fighting like […]
Heavyweight: Stipe Miocic (UFC Heavyweight Champion) Francis Ngannou Curtis Blaydes Jairzinho Rozenstruik Derrick Lewis Alistair Overeem Junior Dos Santos Cheick Kongo Alexander Volkov Alexei Oleynek Light-heavyweight: Jon Jones (UFC Light-heavyweight Champion) Thiago Santos Ryan Bader […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 252 was this past weekend and featured a huge fight for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Let’s get to the rundown. GOOD– John Dodson vs. Merab Dvalishvili Dvalishvili took […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch contributor UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleynik was this past weekend. It had a couple big fights. Let’s get to the rundown. GOOD/BAD- Beneil Dariush stops Scott Holtzman We start sloppy […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch contributor Well, I’m back. Before the pandemic shut everything down, I had written a blog for the Torch here for many years. I had written my view on MMA and MMA […]
UFC Rio Rancho was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Rio Rancho, and UFC fighters are underpaid by how much? UFC Rio […]
UFC 247 was this past weekend and it featured two title fights, with one ending decisively and the other being controversial. Let’s get right to the rundown. HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The […]
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been nothing short of dominant over the course of his nearly nine-year run atop the division. If it weren’t for a few notable (very) poor choices outside of […]
There were no big MMA events this past week so I’ll just touch upon some news. HYDEN BLOG: Should Bellator do business with Logan Paul? YouTube star Logan Paul has said he’d like to fight […]
Follow @mikehiscoe With Conor McGregor returning to the cage last month, it has created a feeling of excitement around UFC that may have been missing in 2019. McGregor was only out of action for about […]
Bellator 238 and UFC Raleigh were both this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 238 and UFC Raleigh Bellator 238 GOOD- Emilee King […]
UFC 246 was this past weekend and it featured the return of Conor McGregor, as he faced Donald Cerrone. Let’s get to the rundown. HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC […]
U.K. Cage Warriors fighters who could cross over to the UFC, Part 1 Cage Warriors is well-renowned for developing top talents within the MMA game, with many of their former fighters’ crossing over to the […]
Another week of no big events so I’ll just touch upon some MMA news. HYDEN BLOG: Potential Diaz brother fights, Jared Cannonier, and Paul Daley Diaz brother fights Dustin Poirier has said that he’d like […]
With everything Conor McGregor has been through in the past year or so, it’s natural to wonder what exactly we’re going to get out of Conor McGregor when he steps into the cage against Donald […]
Thoughts on Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone There were no big events this past week so I’ll just touch upon some news. The UFC and ESPN debuted an ad for Conor McGregor’s return to the […]
The decade is over! While it is tempting to definitively declare a fight of the decade, we decided to pick several fights from the 2010s. MMAtorch.com’s Michael Hiscoe, Frank Hyden and Dylan Thompson submitted a […]
Bellator 237 was this past weekend and it featured a matchup between two legends. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 237 GOOD/BAD- Michael “Venom” Page stops Shinsho Anzai Page was clearly the better fighter and […]
The end of the calendar year is a busy time for combat sports in Japan. Going back to the days of Pride and K-1, New Year’s Eve events with MMA, boxing, kickboxing, and professional wrestling, […]
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