By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist The UFC recently announced that UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya will move up to light heavyweight and face UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 on March […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist 2020 is finally coming to a close. I suppose I could do a good “Year in Review” type of thing and I’ll give it a shot here in a […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal was this past weekend and featured some big fights. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal GOOD- Marcin Tybura […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 254 and UFC 256 were both this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 254 GOOD- Romero Cotton submits Justin Sumter Cotton got a takedown early in […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori GOOD-Jordan Leavitt stops Matt Wiman Leavitt grabbed a […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown, then I’ll give my thoughts on Anderson Silva. UFC Fight Night Smith vs. Clark […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 253 and UFC 255 took place over the past few days and they featured some big title fights. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 253 GOOD- Raufeon Stots […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 252 and UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos were this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 252 GOOD- Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storely They fought […]
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 […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 250 and UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva were both this past weekend. We had a new champion crowned in Bellator and we’ve likely seen the final fight […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator Paris and UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen were this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator Europe 10 GOOD- Mads Burnell stops Darko Banovic Burnell took […]
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 […]
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