Bellator 252 Review
Float like a Featherweight Daniel Weichel vs. Emmanuel Sanchez Featherweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal This was quite the back and forth affair at certain points. Weichel had a lot of opportunities to show off his chin. […]
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixiera
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixiera was this past week and the winner inserted himself squarely into the title picture. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Santos […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 250 and UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 250 and UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva were both this past weekend. We had a new champion crowned in Bellator and we’ve likely seen the final fight […]
Bellator 250 Review
All-Around Solid Dalton Rosta vs. Ty Gwerder Middleweight Fight This was a pretty back and forth fight, not to mention it was the first time Rosta made it to the 3rd round in his career. […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 254
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 254 was yesterday and it featured the retirement of a UFC legend. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 254 GOOD- Tai Tuivasa stops Stefen Struve Tuivasa blasted Struve […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Zombie
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Zombie was this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Zombie GOOD- Thomas Almeida vs. Jonathan Martinez Both men […]
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 249
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 249 was last night and the show featured Cris Cyborg defending her Bellator Featherweight Championship for the first time, where she picked up her first career submission victory. […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator Paris and UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator Paris and UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen were this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator Europe 10 GOOD- Mads Burnell stops Darko Banovic Burnell took […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator Europe 9 and UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator Europe 9 and UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana were both this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator Europe 9 GOOD- Charlie Leary stops Keifer Crosbie […]
Bellator 247 Review
Scottish Striking Sensation Chris Duncan vs. Iamik Furtado 160 Lb. Contract Weight Fight This truly was a slugfest. There was never any intention of going to the ground. Duncan had control the whole time. Furtado […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator Europe 8 and UFC 253
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Contributor Bellator Europe 8 and UFC 253 were both this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator Europe 8 GOOD/BAD- Will Fleury vs. Kent Kauppinen Fleury grounded Kauppinen en […]
UFC 253 Review
Main Card Mean Hakeem achieves the Dream Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov Featherweight Fight This was a great opener to the card. Entirely standing up, and Tukhugov seemed to have something going wrong later in […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Covington, and Michael Chandler signs with the UFC
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Covington was this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Covington GOOD- Kevin Holland vs. Darren Stewart This was […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 246 and UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 246 and UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill were this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 246 GOOD- Keoni Diggs submits Derek Campos Diggs got some […]
UFC Fight Night Review 9/12/2020 #UFCVegas10
Quarantillo Wins in Quarantine Billy Quarantillo vs. Kyle Nelson Featherweight Fight This fight had quite a bit of back and forths while standing. These boys like to throw hands. Nelson may have hurt Quarantillo in […]
Bellator 245 & 246 Press Conference Highlights
Phil Davis Davis was asked quite a bit about wanting a fight with Ryan Bader. When asked about his fight with Lyoto Machida he eluded to hoping that Machida “wasn’t the same fighter” as the […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai was this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai GOOD- Hunter Azure vs. Cole Smith There […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown, then hit on some quick pieces of news UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. RakicGOOD- […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar and Bellator 244
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist The UFC ran another event in this super busy time for sports. It featured a legend who’s not quite ready to give it up yet, and he’s fighting like […]
Bellator 244 Review
Ground and Ground John Salter vs. Andrew Kapel Middleweight This fight went as expected, Salter used his superior wrestling ability to simply run this match from bell to bell. Kapel spoke of wanting to keep […]
MMATorch MMA Rankings
Heavyweight: Stipe Miocic (UFC Heavyweight Champion) Francis Ngannou Curtis Blaydes Jairzinho Rozenstruik Derrick Lewis Alistair Overeem Junior Dos Santos Cheick Kongo Alexander Volkov Alexei Oleynek Light-heavyweight: Jon Jones (UFC Light-heavyweight Champion) Thiago Santos Ryan Bader […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 252, and Daniel Cormier retires
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 252 was this past weekend and featured a huge fight for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Let’s get to the rundown. GOOD– John Dodson vs. Merab Dvalishvili Dvalishvili took […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleynik
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch contributor UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleynik was this past weekend. It had a couple big fights. Let’s get to the rundown. GOOD/BAD- Beneil Dariush stops Scott Holtzman We start sloppy […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the current MMA and sports scene
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch contributor Well, I’m back. Before the pandemic shut everything down, I had written a blog for the Torch here for many years. I had written my view on MMA and MMA […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Rio Rancho, and UFC fighters are underpaid by how much?
UFC Rio Rancho was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Rio Rancho, and UFC fighters are underpaid by how much? UFC Rio […]