“He’s a real champion. He’s a true champion. He’s only lost to one team, that’s Team Alpha Male. He’s only lost to one guy: That’s me. And I feel like I beat him the second […]
After re-capturing the UFC Bantamweight Championship from T.J. Dillashaw on Sunday night, Dominick Cruz took a dig at fellow Fox Sports analyst Kenny Florian. Florian came under fire this week for plagiarism in his preview […]
Dominick Cruz and T.J. Dillashaw rightfully took home bonuses for the “Fight of the Night” on Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 81 event, with Ed Herman and Luke Sanders scoring the two “Performance of the Night” […]
It wasn’t quite up to par with what Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit provided us with to start the year, but that doesn’t mean that this wasn’t one hell of an awesome fight between T.J. […]
In what is simply an incredible comeback story regardless of a debatable decision, Dominick Cruz is once again the UFC Bantamweight Champion. An insanely close five round fight with T.J. Dillashaw ended with scores wildly […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 81 JANUARY 17, 2016 LIVE FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Enjoy some football this afternoon, then settle in for a night of fights from the UFC as UFC Fight Night 81 hits the TD […]
UFC Fight Night 81 hits Fox Sports 1 on Sunday night after the conclusion of the NFL’s divisional round playoffs, and one of the single best UFC bantamweight fights ever headlines the event. The main […]
Weigh-ins took place this afternoon for tomorrow’s UFC Fight Night 81 event from Boston, Mass. T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz both hit their marks, making the UFC Bantamweight Championship main event official. Full weigh-in results […]
Who wins the T.J. Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz main event at UFC Fight Night 81, and how? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR It’s shocking to put into perspective how little Dominick Cruz has fought over the […]
Dominick Cruz meets T.J. Dillashaw in the main event of Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 81 card for the UFC Bantamweight Championship, and he decided to have some fun with the open workouts on Friday. Cruz […]
In the first MMATorch Podcast of 2016, MMATorch Editor Jamie Penick is joined by Torch Senior Columnist Shawn Ennis and Torch Contributor Michael Bane to discuss a very busy week in the world of mixed […]
The UFC premiered another “Embedded” special for network television last weekend, with segments focusing on the top two fights for this Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 81 event in T.J. Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz and Anthony […]
“It’s going to be an interesting match up. I don’t want to give away my insight on either guy, really, but I think it’s going to be an interesting match-up. I think a couple of […]
“Talking is just talking, a fight is fighting; T.J. is the type of guy that would rather fight than talk, and I think that’s because he’s not that smart. That doesn’t mean he’s not ready […]
In some unfortunate injury news, featherweight Jimy Hettes is out of a fight with Charles Rosa on next week’s UFC Fight Night 81 event according to multiple published reports. The matchup was one of the […]
“All that s*** he’s been talking, he’s got to back it up. He’s just putting more pressure on himself and when he gets knocked out Jan. 17 he’s going to have to be an announcer […]
“You guys both know talking is just talking. The fight is what matters. I’m just having fun keeping it real. I wasn’t talking trash. I was talking the truth. I wasn’t making anything up… I […]
The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of December 1, 2015. POUND FOR POUND 1 Jon Jones 2 Jose Aldo 3 Demetrious Johnson 4 Chris Weidman 5 T.J. Dillashaw 6 Dominick Cruz 7 Fabricio […]
“He was emulating me for all his teammates. Then decided, ‘Wow, I’m beating up all my teammates here at ‘Team Male with Dominick’s style so maybe I should use this to go win a title […]
A fight between Rob Font and Patrick Williams is the latest addition to the UFC Fight Night 81 lineup in Boston, with the UFC announcing the bout this week. The 28-year-old Font returns to the […]
The end of October has traditionally been a rather dry time period for the sport of MMA, as the world leader in MMA has avoided competing with the Halloween parties and traditions (i.e. trick or […]
The UFC is bringing more welterweight action to their January schedule, announcing on Friday that Patrick Cote will meet Ben Saunders at UFC Fight Night 81 in Boston on January 17. Cote, a one-time title […]
The UFC’s return to Boston in January has added another lightweight contest, as Paul Felder will take on Daron Cruickshank on the UFC Fight Night card on Jan. 17. Felder confirmed the fight on Twitter […]
“This knee was much easier to fix than the first one. I looked great after double ACL surgery coming back, and I know for a fact that I will do it again against T.J. It’s […]
“What it really comes down to is T.J. Dillashaw being the best in the world at riding coattails. He rode Urijah Faber’s coattails. He’s trying to get all the fame he could off of him. […]
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