HYDEN BLOG: Some Personal and Year-End MMA Thoughts
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 […]
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal was this past weekend and featured some big fights. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal GOOD- Marcin Tybura […]
UFC 256 Review
French Connection Junior Dos Santos vs. Ciryl Gane Heavyweight Fight This was a great big man fight. Standing up the whole time, looking for finishes. Gane seemed to be waiting for his spot, and when […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori GOOD-Jordan Leavitt stops Matt Wiman Leavitt grabbed a […]
UFC Fight Night Review 12/5/2020
Eat your Heart out Arn Anderson Matt Wiman vs. Jordan Leavitt Lightweight Fight This fight barely lasted 30 seconds. Leavitt went for a double leg takedown and Wiman tried to counter by wrapping his legs […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark, plus Anderson Silva’s prospects
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown, then I’ll give my thoughts on Anderson Silva. UFC Fight Night Smith vs. Clark […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 253 and UFC 255
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 253 and UFC 255 took place over the past few days and they featured some big title fights. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 253 GOOD- Raufeon Stots […]
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. […]
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 […]
UFC Fight Night Review 11/7/2020
Dominat-Yan Claudia Gadelha vs. Yan Xiaonan Women’s Flyweight Fight This was a very good fight for Xiaonan, she got better as it went along. She was on her back for the majority of the […]
UFC Halloween Fight Night Review
Style over Substance Bobby Green vs. Thaigo Moises Lightweight Fight Bobby Green was deceptively good in this fight. If you watched it, it seemed like he was getting hit more than he was giving, but […]
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 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 […]
UFC Fight Night 10/10/2020 Review
Escape, Escape, Escape. Yousef Zalal vs. Ilia Topuria Featherweight Fight This was a very entering fight to watch, it had a bit of everything and was mostly even. The only facet of it that wasn’t […]
Bellator 248 Review
Danish Domination Mads Burnell vs. Donko Banovic Featherweight Fight This fight was an amazing performance for Burnell. He did what he always does, and it was as if Banovic wasn’t expecting it. Burnell scored an […]
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 […]
UFC Fight Night 10/3/2020 Review
Get Back You Eight Legged Freak! Dequan Townsend vs. Dosko Todorovic Middleweight Fight Unfortunately it was a bad night for The Tarantula Dequan Townsend. Todorovic had control the whole time, consistently landed big shots while […]
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 […]
UFC Fight Night 9/19/2020
Prelims Bam Bam Nam Jerome Rivera vs. Tyson Nam Bantamweight Fight This fight seemed to be going like many others, the first round was a lot of feeling out, and Rivera was trying to build […]