A PIONEER AND LEGEND, ORTIZ, SETS RETIREMENT DATE Tito Ortiz has announced he will retire following his bout with Chael Sonnen at Bellator 170. The former longtime UFC Light Heavyweight Champion made the announcement via […]
Are you happy with the Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez rematch at UFC 207 or would you rather either of them faced someone else instead first? ROBERT VALLEJOS, MMATorch contributor Not only am I happy […]
BELLATOR 166 LIVE REPORT DECEMBER 2, 2016 THACKERVILLE, OKLAHOMA AT THE WINSTAR WORLD CASINO & RESORT LIVE ON BELLATOR.COM AND SPIKE Michael Grocke here with you to take you through Bellator 166. Eduardo Dantas defends […]
Are you happy with the Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez rematch at UFC 207 or would you rather either of them faced someone else instead first? MICHAEL HISCOE, MMATorch contributor While a rematch of a […]
Five years ago this week, these four stories were in the news on MMATorch.com… UFC Featherweight Champ Jose Aldo looking to enlist Gray Maynard to prepare for Chad Mendes UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo has […]
Bellator 167 is again live from the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The second night of Bellator’s back to back events features another rematch in the bantamweight division as Darrion Caldwell will […]
WHERE DOES GSP-UFC RELATIONSHIP STAND? Yesterday’s announcement of the official launch of the MMA Athletes Association left a lot of talking points coming out of the two-hour conference call. One major talking point that has […]
UFC: The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale Primer – Matt Ecochard Another season of the UFC’s reality show has ended and the winner Timothy Elliot will be taking on the flyweight champion and number one pound […]
With Ronda Rousey telling Ellen that her fight with Amanda Nunes will be one of her last fights, what are the top two fights you would make for Rousey before she retires? MATTHEW PETERSON, MMATorch […]
Five years ago this week, MMATorch columnist Bjorn Hansen examined the spectacular Shogun Rua vs. Dan Henderson fight and it’s potential impact on the sport of MMA and the UFC brand. Five years later, you […]
Bellator 166 comes to us from the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma on Friday night. Bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas defends his title against former two-division champion Joe Warren. The co-main event features […]
With Ronda Rousey telling Ellen that her fight with Amanda Nunes will be one of her last fights, what are the top two fights you would make for Rousey before she retires? FRANK HYDEN MMATorch […]
The following installment of Ask MMATorch was published five years ago this week. Current MMATorch columnist Jason Amadi helmed the Ask MMATorch column at the time and here are four wide-ranging questions, some timeless, and […]
UFC Fight Night 101 was this past week, and some big news has been happening as well. Let’s get right to it. UFC FIGHT NIGHT 101 BAD – Seohee Ham vs. Danielle Taylor: This wasn’t necessarily a […]
The following exclusive interview with MMA trainer Duek Roufus was published five years ago this week. Check it out below including his comments on Anthony Pettis, Ben Askren, and Alan Belcher. Duke Roufus’s profile as […]
A curious conference call is occurring Wednesday for an announcement with potential for ramifications across the entire sport of MMA. A press release was sent out Monday proclaiming an “industry re-defining” announcement would be made […]
Time to stop grading Bellator on a curve. Bellator MMA may be a distant second in the MMA promotional pecking order, behind the UFC, but in Bellator’s central battlefield of cable television, Bellator could – […]
If you could book one fight for the vacant Bellator Heavyweight Championship between fighters realistically available, what would it be? NOTE: We asked our team to answer this question BEFORE the announcement of Fedor vs. Matt Mitrione, […]
This week’s edition of the Sunday Supplement takes an in depth look at Daniel Cormier pulling out of his Light-Heavyweight Title defence against Anthony Rumble Johnson at UFC 206 in Canada due to injury as […]
WELL, THAT DIDN’T LAST LONG… Conor McGregor’s Featherweight Championship reign was officially put to an end on a show viewed by a small fraction of the viewers that saw him win it and was done […]
Who should Jon Jones fight when his suspension is up in July 2017? Should he get an immediate title shot or would you book him against someone else? ROBERT VALLEJOS, MMATorch contributor Look, it is […]
Five years ago, the MMATorch staff addressed the first UFC broadcast on Fox network and what they would do to improve UFC’s presentation of the MMA product to its largest audience in the sport’s history. […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MELBOURNE NOVEMBER 26, 2016 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA FROM ROD LAVER ARENA LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS (6:30 PM ET) AND FOX SPORTS 1 (8:00 PM ET) Good evening fight fans. We will have […]
The UFC’s trek through the end of the year continues this Saturday night when Robert Whittaker takes on the hot-streaking Derek Brunson. The bouts will start at 6:30 p.m. EST on UFC Fight Pass, continue to […]
Who should Jon Jones fight when his suspension is up in July 2017? Should he get an immediate title shot or would you book him against someone else? ADAM TINDAL, MMATorch contributor I’d love to […]