3 Fights To Watch 7/1/22
Sean O’ Malley vs Pedro Munhoz With the amount of shit Sean O’Malley talks he could fill up a warehouse in a week so it’s natural we all wanna see him get his ass iicked. […]
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UFC 261 Review
Anthony Smith vs. Jimmy Crute Light Heavyweight Fight The 1st round started as the regular feeling out process, but Crute continued to land leg kicks on Smith, while Smith continued to pressure Crute with jabs. […]
MMATorch MMA Rankings
Heavyweight: Stipe Miocic (UFC Heavyweight Champion) Francis Ngannou Curtis Blaydes Jairzinho Rozenstruik Derrick Lewis Alistair Overeem Junior Dos Santos Cheick Kongo Alexander Volkov Alexei Oleynek Light-heavyweight: Jon Jones (UFC Light-heavyweight Champion) Thiago Santos Ryan Bader […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 252, and Daniel Cormier retires
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 252 was this past weekend and featured a huge fight for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Let’s get to the rundown. GOOD– John Dodson vs. Merab Dvalishvili Dvalishvili took […]
UFC 252 Review
Early Prelims By Gil Kuta Jr. Take a Bow Fellas Featherweights Kai Kamaka III vs. Tony Kelley This was a fantastic opener for a Pay Per View. Neither of these fighters had much of a […]
What was the fight of the year?
With 2019 in the books, it is time to look back at the year and ask: What was the fight of the year? What was the fight of the year? Frank Hyden MMATorch Columnist Israel […]
HISCOE: Weighing the options for who’s next for Jon Jones
Weighing the options for who’s next for Jon Jones Jon Jones has found himself on a bit of an island as UFC light heavyweight champion. Once UFC’s marquee division, 205 pounds finds itself depleted of […]
HISCOE: Soaring TV rights fees and Saudi blood money may see the tables turn in WWE’s favor in talent battle
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez’s recent signing with WWE may signal a turning of the tables in a battle for talent that UFC has been winning for the past decade-plus. In the late 90s […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 241
UFC 241 was this past weekend, and it featured some really big fights. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 241, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly GOOD- Ian Heinsisch vs. Derek Brunson This fight […]
MMATorch Cast (8/19) DC issues statement, video of Jon Jones’ accuser, Jones v Lesnar, CCC
On the 8/19 edition of the MMATorch Cast, MMATorch.com managing editor Roberts Vallejos discusses Daniel Cormier recent Instagram statement, talks the latest in the Jon Jones’ battery case, the possibility of Jon Jones vs. Brock […]
UFC 241 LIVE REPORT: Real-time results and analysis of Cormier-Miocic, Diaz-Pettis
UFC 241 August 17, 2019 Honda Center, Anaheim, California ESPN+, ESPN, Pay-per-view UFC 241: Live Report (ESPN+ Prelims) Sabino Mazo vs. Shana Dobson (Flyweight) Pre-fight notes: Mazo is the youngest fighter on the card at […]
The MMA & Sports Betting Podcast: UFC 241
On the relaunch edition of the MMA & Sports Betting Podcast, host Michael Grocke is joined by Robert Vallejos as they give their UFC 241 picks against the latest betting odds. They predict the winners […]
UFC 241 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS 8/17: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight
UFC 241 is tonight, read who MMATorch handicapper Michael Grocke picked to win every fight! The UFC heads west to the Honda Center in Anaheim, California for UFC 241 on Saturday night. The main event […]
ROUNDTABLE: Who wins between Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic?
At UFC 241, Daniel Cormier will defend his heavyweight title against former champion Stipe Miocic. Who wins? Frank Hyden MMATorch Columnist I’ll go with Cormier. I don’t think anything much has changed so I […]
Daniel Cormier wins ESPY for best MMA fighter
Daniel Cormier takes home inaugural MMA ESPY Daniel Cormier has added another career accolade. Cormier was awarded the inaugural ESPY for Best MMA Fighter. Previously, MMA fighters were categorized with boxers, in the Best Fighter […]
MOORE: The Top 10 Grapplers in MMA
In the sport of MMA, a ‘grappler’ is someone who more often then not has a background in Wrestling, Sambo, or other forms of grappling. A grappler is often labeled as boring, but as Bas […]
Francis Ngannou KO’s Junior dos Santos
Francis Ngannou is still a bad man. With only 1:11 elapsed in the first round, Ngannou showcased his devastating power by getting a brutal Ko victory over Junior dos Santos, in the main event of […]
MMATorch Cast (6/19) Cejudo surgery, women’s flyweight booked, MMA ESPY nominations
MMATorch.com managing editor Robert Vallejos reacts to Henry Cejudo having surgery,Valentina Shevchenko vs. Liz Carmouche booked, and the MMA ESPY nominations. SUBSCRIBE TO THE MMATORCH RSS FEED: Put this link in your favorite podcast app […]
Fresh Men’s Rankings-How is Bantamweight post-UFC 238
Current UFC Rankings (Week of 6/17/19) Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (UFC Champion) Stipe Miocic Junior Dos Santos Francis Ngannou Curtis Blaydes Alistair Overeem Derrick Lewis Alexander Volkov Alexey Oleinik Ryan Bader (Bellator Champion) Light-Heavyweight Jon […]
MMATorch Cast (6/5) Looking back on double-champ pursuits
MMATorch.com managing editor Robert Vallejos takes a look back at when the history of fights with one fighting looking to become the “Champ-Champ.” Fights discussed: Georges St-Pierre vs BJ Penn Conor McGregor vs Eddie Alvarez […]
MCGRATH-Sunday thoughts from the week in MMA: Gustafsson retires, Anthony Smith’s next fight, McGregor, Andy Ruiz, more
News and notes from the week in combat sports Gustaffson retires. Alexander Gustaffson allegedly retired from MMA yesterday after another defeat in front of his home country. Gus should reset and look for greener pastures. […]
HISCOE: The agony of defeat was finally too much for Alexander Gustafsson
Alexander Gustafsson, to the surprise of pretty much everybody, called it quits on Saturday in Stockholm, telling us “The show is over.” After a very strong career at light heavyweight, the pain of losing another […]
Alexander Gustafsson announces retirement after submission loss to Anthony Smith
UFC Stockholm did not go as planned for Alexander Gustafsson. After being submitted by Anthony Smith in the main event of UFC Stockholm, Gustafsson announced that he would retire from MMA. In his post-fight interview […]
Creating an NBA starting 5 with MMA Fighters
With the NBA Finals starting this week I have decided to create the perfect NBA starting five, using only MMA fighters. This list doesn’t really have any rules, I’m pretty much just making it up […]
RANKINGS: Where does Donald Cerrone land after big UFC Ottawa win?
Heavyweight 1. Daniel Cormier (UFC Champion) 2. Stipe Miocic 3. Francis Ngannou 4. Junior Dos Santos 5. Curtis Blaydes 6. Ryan Bader (Bellator Champion) 7. Derrick Lewis 8. Alistair Overeem 9. Alexander Volkov 10. Cheick […]