Dana White fired back at Floyd Mayweather for offering to pay McGregor $15 million to fight in a boxing match. Appearing on FS1’s “The Herd” with Colin Cowherd, White blasted Mayweather for not contacting him […]
Retired boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. is willing to put his money where Conor McGregor’s mouth is. While most of the talk of a Mayweather-McGregor boxing match has come from McGregor’s end, Mayweather went on […]
WHAT’S BEHIND UFC CANCELLING AN EVENT AND OTHER RECENT CHANGES? An occurrence that used to be very rare for UFC now appears to be commonplace under the company’s new ownership with the cancellation of a […]
MMA “hot takes” are annoying, but not necessarily a problem The afterglow of UFC 207 has drawn the increasingly familiar chorus of mainstream sports media pundits giving their “hot take” on the current state of […]
How would you grade UFC’s handling of the Featherweight Title situation? How would you have handled it differently? MATT ECHOCHARD, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR The UFC didn’t really have much of a choice but to strip the […]
How would you grade UFC’s handling of the Featherweight Title situation? How would you have handled it differently? ROBERT VALLEJOS, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Intrinsically, I have no issue with stripping Conor McGregor of the Featherweight Title. […]
CYBORG WARNS ABOUT DANGERS OF WEIGHT CUTTING Cris Cyborg has revealed the cause of her USADA violation. In a post on Facebook, Cyborg stated that she used a diuretic called spironolactone that her doctor prescribed […]
With Christmas just a few days away, here are the fights I have on my wish list for the New Year. Some are close to happening already, while others might never happen. Jon Jones vs. […]
Jose Aldo, who has given some conflicting statements to the media over the last few months regarding his fighting future, gave an in-depth interview to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani to clear the air. In the […]
For the first time in a while, Mickey Gall won’t be getting what he asked for. Gall, who was successful in securing fights with C.M. Punk and Sage Northcutt after calling them out during post-fight […]
After defeating Anthony Pettis to become the interim Featherweight Champion, Max Holloway isn’t too keen on waiting for a unification bout with Jose Aldo. Holloway expressed his reluctance to agree to a fight with Aldo […]
GSP WAS TRAINING TO FIGHT UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO While it may be sometime until the MMA Athletes Association gets everything they have been asking for, it didn’t take long for the group to […]
What is your favorite fight and favorite MMA event of all time? MICHAEL HISCOE, MMATorch contributor My favorite event of all time is UFC 153 from Brazil. It was one of those shows that was […]
CYRBORG SAYS SHE CAN’T MAKE 145 WITH EIGHT WEEKS NOTICE After refusing to cut weight to fight Ronda Rousey or anyone else at 145 and after a difficult weight cut to 140 pounds earlier this year, […]
QUESTION: Anthony Pettis gets a chance to join an elite club by winning another UFC belt in a second weight division with the Interim Featherweight Title on the line against Max Holloway at UFC 206. […]
Tim Elliott may have been a few seconds and/or inches from becoming UFC Flyweight Champion Saturday night, but his future may end up being at bantamweight. Elliott was candid at the post-fight press conference regarding […]
This week’s edition of the Sunday Supplement takes an in depth look at the formation of the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association and the reaction to the big announcement. Five Top Fighters Along With Bellator […]
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 […]
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 […]
DEFINING “RELINQUISHED” While Conor McGregor may have “relinquished” his Featherweight Championship according to the UFC, his coach feels that McGregor had very little to do with the decision and isn’t thrilled with it. In an […]
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 […]
Grade UFC’s handling of Conor McGregor and the Featherweight Championship A – It’s time the title gets defended, helps UFC 206 have meaning B – They had a bad hand dealt to them, did okay […]
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 […]
Conor McGregor has officially relinquished his Featherweight Title. Multiple sources reported Saturday that the UFC was expected to strip McGregor of the title in order to create an interim title fight for the Featherweight Title […]
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