What is your favorite Tito Ortiz fight and where does he rank among all-time most influential fighters in UFC history? ROBERT VALLEJOS, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR I have always had a strange soft spot for the first […]
A LONG HUG AND A LOT OF THANKS While Dana White had said that Ronda Rousey was in a better state following her loss to Amanda Nunes last Friday than she was a year ago […]
UFC 207 was this past Friday, and it was a wild event. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 207 GOOD: Ray Borg vs. Louis Smolka Borg came in heavy, which is disappointing because he’s […]
Dana White, on the UFC 207 post-show on FS1, defended himself against the criticism that Amanda Nunes, the champion, was disrespected by all of the focus being on Rousey in the lead-up to UFC 207. […]
It’s well known that Ronda Rousey has not been doing any media ahead of her UFC return fight against Amanda Nunes this Friday, but one small snippet of a pre-fight interview gives some insight into […]
USADA’s latest victim is a familiar name to the suspended fighters list. Josh Barnett has been flagged for a potential USADA violation after allegedly failing an out-of-competition test taken on Dec. 9, according to a […]
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 […]
Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino has been flagged for an out-of-competition anti-doping violation y the USADA. She hasn’t failed a drug test since 2011. Cyborg’s rep and boyfriend, Ray Elbe, wrote on The Underground Forum that, while […]
Does Dana Say too much to the media? Over the course of a single week, UFC president Dana White has revealed his frustration with Donald Cerrone joining the MMAAA, detailed his perspective of the UFC’s […]
CYBORG RESPONDS TO DANA WHITE’S COMMENTS Cris Cyborg has been a bit of a lightning rod for controversy lately, with her refusal to cut to 135 for a superfight with Ronda Rousey, to now requiring […]
UFC 206 may not have been a pay-per-view blockbuster, but those who choose to put their money down last night were treated to a night of memorable, exciting fights and some highlight-reel-worthy finishes. Most notable […]
PETTIS’S TEAM PUT HEALTH AHEAD OF MAKING WEIGHT After failing to make weight for the first time in his career, Anthony Pettis has shed some light on the circumstances surrounding his failure. In an interview […]
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 […]
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, […]
The following installment of Ask MMATorch was published five years ago today. Current MMATorch columnist Jason Amadi helmed the Ask MMATorch column at the time and here are four wide-ranging questions, some timeless, and some […]
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 […]
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 […]
Five years ago this week, these four stories were in the news on MMATorch.com… Georges St-Pierre not bothered by Nick Diaz’s trash talk into UFC 143 showdown in February Though it was mostly trash talk […]
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 […]
Five years ago this week, Dana White revealed that because fans wanted a rematch, he was giving it to them, even though Anderson Silva didn’t believe Chael Sonnen deserved one. Below is our original story published […]
While Saturday night’s UFC 205 event was the biggest night in UFC history featuring the biggest main event fight in UFC history, just five years ago this week Dana White was boasting the same thing about […]
On FS1’s “UFC Tonight” this week, Dana White talked about what he anticipates tonight for UFC’s debut in New York City at Madison Square Garden. “New York is always a rowdy, fired up place with […]
MCGREGOR FIRED UP Ahead of the UFC’s historic debut in New York on Saturday night at UFC 205, featherweight champion Conor McGregor has high expectations and is already envisioning his future as a potential dual […]
Jon Jones’s suspension has been issued through next June, but that hasn’t led to Dana White reaching out to Jones to make future plans. “I haven’t talked to Jon,” he told TMZ. “Jon’s got a […]
The following are newsworthy quotes from the MMA world five years ago this week with some analysis from Jamie Penick… Though the Heavyweight Championship bout between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos is rightfully getting […]
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