Brock Lesnar’s returning at UFC 200 against Mark Hunt. That’s happening. What are your thoughts both on his return and on the matchup itself? RICH HANSEN, MMATORCH COLUMNIST OK, so of course I’m completely amazed […]
What was your reaction to Michael Bisping’s UFC 199 title win? Who do you want him to defend that title against first and why? RICH HANSEN, MMATORCH COLUMNIST First and foremost, I felt amusement. Amusement […]
Kevin Ferguson, best known to the sports world as Kimbo Slice, passed away on Monday due to heart failure at the age of 42. Bellator MMA, the promotion with which Ferguson had most recently competed, […]
Brock Lesnar is coming back to the UFC next month at UFC 200, more than four years after continued battles with diverticulitis sent him out of the sport. But why fight someone like Mark Hunt […]
Brock Lesnar is returning to MMA at UFC 200, and it was revealed on ESPN’s Sportscenter on Monday that he’ll be facing Mark Hunt in his return. Lesnar steps back into the cage for the […]
Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]
Michael Bisping’s knockout win over Luke Rockhold at UFC 199 was the 11th title change in the UFC over the last year and a half, and the list of champions in the organization now holds […]
A massively newsworthy night in the UFC brings the MMATorch crew out for an overnight post-mortem review, as Torch editor Jamie Penick is joined by Torch columnists Rich Hansen and Shawn Ennis to break down […]
Michael Bisping is the UFC Middleweight Champion. It seemed too crazy, too improbable, too insanely difficult to pull off, but Michael Bisping knocked Luke Rockhold out in the first round at UFC 199 to capture […]
Brock Lesnar is back. The UFC officially announced during the UFC 199 broadcast on Saturday night that Lesnar is returning to fight at UFC 200 on July 9 against an as-of-yet undetermined opponent. Lesnar was […]
And it’s official: Conor McGregor-Nate Diaz II is set for UFC 202 on August 20. The fight was officially announced during the UFC 199 broadcast, and the crowd went nuts when Diaz was shown in […]
UFC 199 JUNE 4, 2016 LIVE FROM INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA UFC 199 brings two title fights to pay-per-view tonight, headlined by the Middleweight Championship bout between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping. Bisping is getting his first […]
UFC 199 hits The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., Saturday night, headlined by Luke Rockhold’s first defense of the UFC Middleweight Championship. The card also features the Bantamweight Title fight between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber, […]
Welcome to MMATorch’s new Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope […]
The inmates are running the asylum in a brand new edition of the MMATorch Podcast tonight, as Torch writers Rich Hansen and Shawn Ennis bring an hour long conversation on the past week in MMA. […]
Ronda Rousey may miss the entirety of the UFC’s 2016 schedule, with UFC President Dana White telling ESPN on Thursday that the former Women’s Bantamweight Champion underwent minor knee surgery this week. According to White, […]
The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of June 1, 2016. POUND FOR POUND 1 Jon Jones 2 Demetrious Johnson 3 Dominick Cruz 4 Luke Rockhold 5 Rafael dos Anjos 6 T.J. Dillashaw 7 […]
Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]
Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]
We knew there were gonna be a couple of new contenders who emerged at bantamweight at this UFC Fight Night 88 event… it just wasn’t who we all thought it was going to be. Cody […]
Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]
Cody Garbrandt believed he was better than Thomas Almeida into UFC Fight Night 88 despite having 13 fewer fights under his belt, and he proved it on Sunday night in Las Vegas. In what was […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 88 MAY 29, 2016 LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt get their first main event fights in the UFC tonight, headlining this UFC Fight Night event from the […]
UFC Fight Night 88 hits Las Vegas tonight with a six fight main card on Fox Sports 1, topped by the bantamweight matchup between Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt as well as the featherweight debut […]
Who wins the Cody Garbrandt vs. Thomas Almeida main event at UFC Fight Night 88, and how? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Two young fighters with perfect records and a combined 26 finishes in their 29 […]