UFC 194 DECEMBER 12, 2015 LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA The wait is finally over! One of the best cards in UFC history is upon us tonight, and the Featherweight Championship bout between Jose Aldo […]
Can you believe that we’ve made it this far? When the meat and potatoes for UFC 194 was announced, the majority of MMA fans didn’t believe that the card would make it all the way […]
Who wins the Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor main event at UFC 194, and how? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A division gets cleaned out by a champion […]
It’s finally here. They’ve weighed in. They’ve squared off. The talking is all done. Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor fight tonight at UFC 194, capping off a run of three events in three nights and […]
Here we are. The event we’ve all been waiting for. We’ve seen Rose Namajunas remind us of her immense potential. We witnessed Tony Ferguson stake his claim to challenge for lightweight gold. We beheld Frankie […]
It isn’t fair for me to be disappointed in the result of the Ultimate Fighter 22 main event as Frankie Edgar went out and did what he is supposed to do, but I was really […]
Frankie Edgar is the No. 1 contender in the UFC featherweight division. He left no question about that fact on Friday night, knocking Chad Mendes out in the first round in the main event of […]
The TUF 22 Finale hits Las Vegas tonight, the second of three straight events this week from the UFC, and the main event is as good as it gets for a Fox Sports 1 card. […]
Anyone else get a kick out of the fights on Fight Pass last night? I sure as hell did! The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale card actually offers less quality when you eliminate the main event […]
Ladies and gentlemen, announcing the return of Rose Namajunas… or did she ever really go anywhere? In an epic yet one-sided battle, Namajunas kicked off the most anticipated weekend of MMA action by reminding us […]
Rose Namajunas completely demolished Paige VanZant on Thursday night, eventually securing a rear naked choke finish in the fifth round of a one-sided fight at UFC Fight Night 80. “Thug” Rose took the fight on […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 80 DECEMBER 10, 2015 LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA The UFC is back tonight with their first of four events over the next nine days, and we’ve got a pair of young […]
Who wins the Frankie Edgar vs. Chad Mendes main event at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale, and how? What other fights stand out on the Fox Sports 1 card, and why? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR […]
“I feel within four minutes the shots will have landed. It’s on him after that. I feel that anything after that four-minute mark of the first round will be a formality. After that, it will […]
It’s time to close out another season of episodes for The Ultimate Fighter, as tonight brings the semifinals to Fox Sports 1 in advance of Friday’s finale event. Conor McGregor’s Team Europe has three of […]
“I enjoy listening to the reasons why I am here. The excuses of [critics]. There are many, many times they look to discredit me, what I have achieved in my career, in this company. Right […]
Sit down, strap in, and hang on, because this is the kickoff of perhaps the greatest stretch of MMA in the short history of the sport. The UFC is doing things right by building to […]
The UFC has a fantastic stretch of four events in nine days, and those events are full of great fights. Let’s take them in order. UFC Fight Night 80 – December 10, 2015 This event […]
Who wins the Paige VanZant vs. Rose Namajunas main event at UFC Fight Night 80, and how? What other fights stand out on the UFC Fight Pass card, and why? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR […]
“I got hit in that first round. … I cut my lip open and knocked a couple of my teeth loose. I was out on my feet from the very beginning. I wasn’t thinking clearly. […]
Ronda Rousey’s still in rough shape after her loss to Holly Holm, but she’s also somewhat bullish on her return. Admitting that she’s “really f***ing sad” about the loss to Holm in a new interview […]
“I’m hoping Chris is the guy to [push me furthest]. I don’t think I’ve even come close to my potential. If I get a guy that can take my shots and withstand my arsenal for […]
So I decided to skip the look back on history last week due to a lack of significant MMA events around Thanksgiving time, and lo and behold, the week after is short on significant events […]
“When she sat down with me and Lorenzo [Fertitta] a few days ago she said ‘I was exhausted’ going into that fight. I was exhausted mentally, physically, personally.’ She had a lot of personal things […]