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 […]
Five years ago this week, MMATorch published the following article by Jamie Penick with a 41 year old Dan Henderson talking about his aspirations in UFC shortly after signing with the organization after years of […]
Which top fighter from a previous UFC era would you most like to see in their prime against a top star in today’s scene, and who do you think would win? ADAM TINDAL, MMATorch contributor […]
KHABIB LOOKING AT NON-CONOR OPTIONS Possibly seeing the writing on the wall, Khabib Nurmagomedov is now open to fights other than Conor McGregor with one catch – an Interim Title needs to be on the […]
The following article was published ten years ago this week, featuring MMATorch columnist Randy Rowles reaction to UFC 65 including a historically significant George St. Pierre Welterweight Title victory… UFC 65 saw the crowning of […]
Rashad Evans may be in worse shape than he’s letting on as a second athletic commission has denied him a license to compete after MRI results showed something worrying to commission doctors. In the days leading […]
Bellator 165, UFC Fight Night 99, and UFC Fight Night 100 were all this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 165 BAD – Francis Carmont vs. Linton Vassell: This was just a bad […]
Similar to Miesha Tate a week ago, Manny Gamburyan announced his retirement from MMA after his TKO loss to Johnny Eduardo at the UFC Fight Night event from Sao Paulo Saturday night. The Ultimate Fighter […]
Lost in the furor of UFC 205, Ronda Rousey made a rare official UFC appearance when she had an “impromptu” stare down with future opponent and current Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes at the UFC 205 […]
BUSY SATURDAY IN MMA WORLD, BIG NEWS DAY What had to be one of the busiest days in major-league MMA history went down on Saturday with two UFC events on two continents and a newsworthy […]
Last night, Bellator made a big announcement regarding their latest big signing and what his first fight would be. During the Bellator 165 broadcast they announced that none other than “The Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko […]
Bellator has just announced the signing of Fedor Emeliankenko to a multi-fight contract. He will face Matt Matrione on Feb. 21, 2017 in San Jose, Calif. in a fight that will air live free on […]
BELLATOR 165 LIVE REPORT NOVEMBER 19, 2016 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA AT SAP CENTER LIVE ON BELLATOR.COM AND SPIKE Michael Grocke here with you to take you through Bellator 165. Michael Chandler defends his lightweight title […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: SAO PAULO NOVEMBER 19, 2016 SAO PAULO, BRAZIL FROM Ibirapuera Gymnasium LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS (6:00 PM ET) AND FOX SPORTS 1 (7:00 PM ET) Hey everybody, we have quick hit results […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 99 – MOUSASI VS. HALL 2 LIVE REPORT NOVEMBER 19, 2016 BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND AT SSE ARENA LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS Michael Grocke here with you to take you through UFC […]
BELLATOR 165 – CHANDLER VS. HENDERSON TAKES PLACE SATURDAY, NOV. 19 SAN JOSE, CALIF. AT SAP CENTER AIRS 9 P.M. ET ON SPIKE TV While the UFC has two events this Saturday, Bellator will also be […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT – BADER VS. NOGUEIRA 2 TAKES PLACE SATURDAY, NOV. 19 SAO PAULO, BRAZIL AIRED 9 P.M. ET ON FS1 (with prelims on UFC Fight Pass) The second UFC event on Saturday features […]