MMATorch Daily Top Five 4/13: Top seasons of The Ultimate Fighter
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MMATorch Daily Top Five 4/12: Top MMA finishes of 2016’s first quarter
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MMATorch Daily Top Five 4/11: Top takeaways from Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 86 “Rothwell vs. Dos Santos” event
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D. FOX: Rapid-fire reactions to UFC Fight Night 86 “Rothwell vs. Dos Santos”
I fully admit that I was on the Ben Rothwell bandwagon. The dude was such a goofball with his dance after disposing of Alistair Overeem, and in his post-fight interview after choking out Matt Mitrione. […]
D. FOX: Preliminary card preview for UFC Fight Night 86 “Rothwell vs. Dos Santos”
Let’s be honest: there are a lot of fighters on this UFC Fight Night 86 card that you’ve never heard of. And I’m not just referring to the preliminary card. Names like Francis Ngannou and […]
Guest Editorial: Why UFC 200 needs GSP (and why GSP doesn’t need UFC 200)
The following editorial was sent in by MMATorch reader Dan Cooper. When the first wave of fight announcements rolled in last week for the much-heralded UFC 200 event, it didn’t quite feel right. Something was […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from WSOF 30; thoughts on Cormier injury shaking up UFC 197
WSOF 30 was this past weekend, and there’s also some big MMA news to discuss. Let’s get right to it. WSOF 30 GOOD: Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis Jr. It might be a little strong […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 4/6: Top Preliminary Card Fights For April 2016
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MMATorch Daily Top Five 4/5: Top Fighter Feuds in UFC History
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MMATorch Daily Top Five 4/4: Top future fights for Conor McGregor
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HYDEN BLOG:Thoughts on UFC 200 and the featherweight division, Daniel Cormier-Jon Jones, and MMA in New York
There were no big events this week, so I’ll just hit upon some of the news of the week this time around. It’s now official that UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor will fight Nate Diaz […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 4/1: Top MMA Stories of the Week
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MMATorch Daily Top Five 3/30: Top MMA fights coming in April 2016
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MMATorch Daily Top Five 3/29: Top MMA fights from March 2016
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night 85 “Hunt vs. Mir”
UFC Fight Night 85 took place last weekend from Australia. Let’s get right to it. UFC Fight Night 85 BAD/GOOD: Bec Rawlings vs. Seohee Ham This was a solid enough fight, but I just wasn’t […]
D. FOX: Rapid-fire reactions to UFC Fight Night 85 “Hunt vs. Mir”
After the first four fights at UFC Fight Night 85 went to decision, it seemed like it could be a long night. Then the finishes started coming hard and heavy as only one fight of […]
D. FOX: Preliminary card preview for UFC Fight Night 85 “Mir vs. Hunt”
For the most part, this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 85 card has been forgotten. Neither Frank Mir nor Mark Hunt appear likely to be in the title hunt again. Neil Magny’s calculating style isn’t much […]
HYDEN BLOG: Looking ahead to UFC’s pay-per-view lead up to July’s UFC 200 event
Dana White announced last week that UFC 196 got 1.5 million buys on pay-per-view. That would make it the second biggest event in company history. A large part of the interest was based on UFC […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 151 and UFC 196
Bellator 151 and UFC 196 both took place this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 151 GOOD: Joe Taimanglo vs. Sirwan Kakai This fight was fine, it was solid. I was only […]
D. FOX: Post-fight reactions to UFC 196 “McGregor vs. Diaz”
The age of Mystic Mac is over. I’m not saying that the Conor McGregor era is over, but he can no longer claim that he hasn’t been wrong yet, as Nate Diaz pulled off the […]
UFC 196 PREVIEW: Penick’s main card breakdown and predictions for “McGregor vs. Diaz” event
Though yet another big main event fell out for tonight’s UFC 196 event, the replacement fight between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz has become in some ways even bigger in its own right, and the […]
D. FOX: Preliminary card preview for UFC 196 “McGregor vs. Diaz”
For all the excitement there is behind Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz at UFC 196, it’s easy to forget that Holly Holm and Miesha Tate will be fighting for the title. So if that fight […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, Bad, and Ugly from Bellator 150 and UFC Fight Night 84
Bellator 150 and UFC Fight Night 84 were this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 150 BAD/GOOD: Lena Ovchynnikova vs. Rebecca Ruth This was a solid fight, but it was pretty uneventful. […]
MOORE: Live perspective recap of UFC Fight Night 84 “Silva vs. Bisping” from London
Thanks largely to the Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping main event, almost every one of the 16,000+ crowd went home satisfied last night from UFC Fight Night 84. I say it all the time, but […]
D. FOX: Rapid-fire reactions to UFC Fight Night 84 “Silva vs. Bisping”
It won’t go down in history as an all-time great fight, but no one can deny that the main event of UFC Fight Night 84 was thoroughly entertaining. Michael Bisping walked out with a career […]