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 […]
The media push for Ronda Rousey’s long awaited return to the UFC begins on Tuesday. Rousey is scheduled as the lead guest on Tuesday’s edition of “The Ellen Degeneres Show.” Rousey, who has made limited […]
Dana White, a sharp turnaround from recent comments, says his relationship with George St. Pierre has never been better. “My relationship has never been better with GSP,” White said in a text message to the […]
If the public dispute between the UFC and Georges St-Pierre (GSP) is in actuality a corporate tussle between WME-IMG and CAA or the battleground of Under Armour and Reebok, the future of the sport may […]
The saga between GSP and the UFC has been going on for years, from his call for more drug testing to clashes over the Reebok deal, but this past Monday things really started to go […]
Not so fast. Before you start fantasy booking Georges St. Pierre against anyone outside the UFC, consider the fact that despite his claims to the contrary, UFC doesn’t consider GSP a free agent. In the […]
MMA’S HOTTEST FREE AGENT – GSP When WME-IMG took over operations of the UFC this year, it was expected that there would be some personnel changes, as there are with any corporate takeover, but few […]
During Ariel Helwani’s “MMA Hour” a few minutes ago, George St. Pierre declared that he is a free agent. He is not under contract to UFC and doesn’t intend to sign a contract with them […]
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