By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 259 and UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt were this weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 259 GOOD- Jaleel Willis vs. Maycon Mendonca Willis got three […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 262 was last night and featured some finishes and crowned a new UFC Lightweight Champion. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 262 GOOD- Edson Barboza stops Shane Burgos […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 258 and UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson were this weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 258 GOOD- Michael “Venom” Page stops Derek Anderson MVP peppered Anderson […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC: Reyes vs. Prochazka was yesterday and featured a contender making a big statement in his quest for a title shot. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC: Reyes vs. […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 261 was yesterday and it featured three big title fights, some explosive finishes, and a nasty injury. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 261 GOOD/BAD- Anthony Smith beats […]
Anthony Smith vs. Jimmy Crute Light Heavyweight Fight The 1st round started as the regular feeling out process, but Crute continued to land leg kicks on Smith, while Smith continued to pressure Crute with jabs. […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 257 and UFC Fight NIght: Whittaker vs. Gastelum were this weekend and featured some good fight and a lot of decisions. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 257 […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 256 and UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland were both this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 256 GOOD/BAD- Goiti Yamauchi vs. Dan Moret Moret drops […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 255 was this past week and featured a big title fight and the continuation of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. Also, Conor McGregor’s next fight is set. […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 260 was yesterday and featured a huge title change, let’s get right to the rundown. UFC 260 GOOD- Jamie Mullarky stops Khama Worthy They traded for a bit […]
Jamie Mullarkey vs. Khama Worthy Lightweight Fight It only took 46 seconds. Mullarkey caught Worthy completely off guard and landed a huge shot. This was a win he needed. 11 straight finishes for an accomplished […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland was last night. Was it good or bad? Well, read on to find out. UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland GOOD- Tai Tuivasa […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad was last night and it featured a horribly tainted main event. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad BAD- […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 259 was last night and featured three big title fights, one which ended in controversy. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 259 BAD- Aleksandar Rakic vs. Thiago Santos […]
Thiago Santos vs. Aleksandar Rakic Light Heavyweight Fight The first round between these two was mostly a feeling out process with the occasional flurry of punches. The 2nd round was much of the same with […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane was this past Saturday and it was…it was something. A lot of decisions on the card, in fact, all the main card fights […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis was this past Saturday and it featured an upset in the main event. UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis GOOD- Nassourdine Imavov vs. […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 258 was this past weekend and it featured a big title fight in the welterweight division. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 258 GOOD- Julian Marquez submits Maki […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov was Saturday night and it featured what will surely be one of the finalists (if not the winner) for Knockout of the Year. Let’s get […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist No events from this past week and not a lot of big news either, so I’ll take a look ahead at some upcoming big fights, starting with next week. […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist There were two UFC events this past week, with one throwing a major monkey wrench into the longterm viability of Conor McGregor as a draw. Let’s get to the […]
By: Frank Hyden, Senior Columnist The UFC ran their first event on ABC the other day and it featured some really exciting fights. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar GOOD- […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist It was another slow week for MMA so I’ll just hit upon some news and maybe make a few predictions. UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo and Henry Cejudo have […]
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 […]