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The UFC may not be going to Brazil in March, but they’ve got a big fight planned for May, announcing on Tuesday that Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will meet Vitor Belfort in the main event of […]
B.J. Penn is officially out of retirement, and he wants to make a run for a UFC Title in his third weight class. Despite a very bad featherweight debut in what seemed to be his […]
It wasn’t quite up to par with what Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit provided us with to start the year, but that doesn’t mean that this wasn’t one hell of an awesome fight between T.J. […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 81 JANUARY 17, 2016 LIVE FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Enjoy some football this afternoon, then settle in for a night of fights from the UFC as UFC Fight Night 81 hits the TD […]
UFC Fight Night 81 hits Fox Sports 1 on Sunday night after the conclusion of the NFL’s divisional round playoffs, and one of the single best UFC bantamweight fights ever headlines the event. The main […]
Who wins the T.J. Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz main event at UFC Fight Night 81, and how? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR It’s shocking to put into perspective how little Dominick Cruz has fought over the […]
Who wins the Anthony Pettis vs. Eddie Alvarez co-main event at UFC Fight Night 81, and how? What’s next for each given Conor McGregor’s expected move up to face champ Rafael dos Anjos? MICHAEL BANE, […]
In the first MMATorch Podcast of 2016, MMATorch Editor Jamie Penick is joined by Torch Senior Columnist Shawn Ennis and Torch Contributor Michael Bane to discuss a very busy week in the world of mixed […]
Usually when a card is hit hard by injuries (or circumstance) in the week leading up to an event, it almost inevitably is one of the better fights on the card that falls victim to […]
Outside of the top two fights, what other UFC Fight Night 81 bouts are you looking forward to on the card, and why? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR This card is good enough top to bottom […]
Despite correctly invoking his fifth amendment right not to self-incriminate during his disciplinary hearing with the Nevada Athletic Commission, Nick Diaz was forced to “admit” that he used it incorrectly in order to get his […]
UFC 197 is now official for March 5 in Las Vegas, with two major fights in Conor McGregor vs. Rafael dos Anjos and Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate topping the event. The UFC made the […]
Nick Diaz has reached a settlement with the Nevada Athletic Commission, and they have approved that settlement. They just haven’t officially announced the terms. During the commission meeting in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the NAC […]
Chris Weidman lost the UFC Middleweight Championship at UFC 194 in fairly brutal fashion, getting beat up badly by Luke Rockhold in the third round before finally getting stopped in the fourth. It ended his […]
This week, Martin Kampmann officially announced his retirement. It wasn’t much of a surprise seeing as how it has been well over two years since we had last seen the Dane in the Octagon, but […]
Dustin Poirier wants a top ten opponent at lightweight next after his win over Joseph Duffy. Should he get someone at that level next, and if so, who would you match him up with from […]
The UFC’s initial plan to run in Brazil on March 5 for UFC 197 may instead make way for a massive event in Las Vegas, as Bleacher Report’s Jeremy Botter reports that the organization is […]
Stipe Miocic has a claim for a UFC Heavyweight Title shot. Should he be next for the Fabricio Werdum-Cain Velasquez winner out of UFC 196? Why or why not? Will he be? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH […]
Should there be an immediate rematch between Lawler and Condit? Why or why not? Who should get that next fight with Lawler otherwise? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR I’m not a huge fan of immediate rematches […]
UFC 195 was this past weekend and it featured one of the best fights in recent memory. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 195 GOOD: Abel Trujillo submits Tony Sims Sims was peppering Trujillo with […]
Where do you think Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit should rank among the best UFC title fights ever, and why? Should it be in that conversation? Which fights (if any) do you feel were better? […]
It might be safe to say Ronda Rousey’s star hasn’t taken too big of a hit since her head kick KO loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 last November. The now-former champion will be […]
Frankie Edgar has been promised another shot at the UFC Featherweight Championship on a number of occasions to date, and the quite-unhappy 34-year-old is once again not expecting things to go his way after Conor […]
It’s rare when you have a main event live up to the hype when the hype is set at such a high level. UFC 195 was one of those times in which it did. Robbie […]
Fans, pundits, and fellow fighters expected some elite level violence from Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit at UFC 195, and they delivered with a fight that could gain consideration among the best in UFC history. […]
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