MMATorch Daily Top Five 7/29: Top MMA Stories of the Week
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 159 and UFC on Fox 20
Bellator 159 and UFC on Fox 20 were this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 159 GOOD: Daniel Weichel vs. Emmanuel Sanchez This was a fairly entertaining fight. Above all else, it was […]
“Angry” after second consecutive loss, Holly Holm doesn’t want to be known for only “one great fight”
“Coming off a loss, all you want, I think, is just to get back in there. But here we are again. I think that I just need to take whatever opportunity comes. I still feel […]
UFC on Fox 20 draws nearly three million average viewers, third highest Fox rating since January 2014
Saturday’s UFC on Fox 20 card garnered the highest overnight rating for a Fox event since the UFC on Fox 14 card in January of 2015, bringing in 2.44 million average viewers. Those numbers increased […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 7/26: Fights to Make in UFC’s Women’s Bantamweight Division
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MMATorch Daily Top Five 7/25: Top Takeaways From UFC on Fox 20 “Holm vs. Shevchenko”
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UFC on Fox 20’s Holly Holm says winning more important than a championship belt: “I don’t want to lose any fight”
“I want to win. I don’t care who I’m facing, I don’t care what it’s for – I want to win. I wanted the rematch with Miesha after the fight because I wanted to avenge […]
Weigh-in results for UFC on Fox 20 “Holm vs. Shevchenko”
The UFC continues to utilize early weigh-ins for their events, and all competitors for tomorrow’s UFC on Fox 20 card have hit the scales, and their marks, today. All but one of the fighters on […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 7/20: Best Fights on Saturday’s UFC on Fox 20 Card
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Holm “100 percent” stands by decision not to wait for Rousey: “We’re still waiting for Ronda to come back”
“I 100 percent stand by it, because we’re still waiting for Ronda to come back. And that was my point being. I told them, I said, ‘I will wait for the rematch with Ronda as […]
Ronda Rousey says she wants to win her belt back, relays mom quote that “revenge is a motherf***er”
“I want to win my belt back… Ear muffs for all the little kids. They told me not to swear. But here is my mom’s favorite momism. This is the advice her coach gave her, […]
Conor McGregor wins “Best Fighter,” Holly Holm’s head kick over Ronda Rousey wins “Best Upset” at ESPN’s ESPY Awards
Conor McGregor and Holly Holm walked out of ESPN’s ESPY Awards with hardware on Wednesday night, with McGregor winning the “Fighter of the Year” honors and Holm taking home one for “Best Upset.” McGregor beat […]
Ronda Rousey in new Reebok spot: “Perfect never gets a shot at redemption. So yeah, I’m fine not being perfect.”
Ronda Rousey seems to be gearing up for a comeback, and she’s starring in a new Reebok ad spot that suggests as much. She’s been mostly out of the spotlight in 2016 after her loss […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 7/5: Best Submissions of 2016 (Thus Far)
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Tate thinks it’s “disrespectful” if Rousey’s only wanting to come back to face her for one final fight
“Some people have been saying that she’s said, ‘I’ll come back for one fight against Miesha Tate because I know that I can beat her, and then I’m retiring.’ She doesn’t want to fight Holly […]
Holly Holm reportedly turns down major movie role, manager says she doesn’t want to make “same mistakes” as others
Holly Holm has reportedly turned down an offer for a movie role this summer, with TMZ Sports stating the offer came from a “major” Hollywood studio. The former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion is preparing for […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 6/8: Most Unexpected Title Runs in UFC History
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Holly Holm says she’s “not against” fighting Cris “Cyborg” Justino at 140 lbs.
“[I didn’t accept the fight at UFC 198 because] I was just kind of holding on to see if I could get the rematch for the belt. I’m not against fighting Cyborg. It just didn’t […]
Dana White unsure if Ronda Rousey will be ready to return by UFC’s NYC debut in November
While it’s been generally believed over the last several months that Ronda Rousey would likely make her return at the UFC’s debut in New York City in November, that may not wind up being the […]
ROUNDTABLE: Where does Stipe Miocic’s UFC 198 win rank among UFC’s most shocking title finishes?
Where do you rank Stipe Miocic’s Heavyweight Title win on the list of shocking title fight finishes? Which past title upsets make your top five, and why? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Not very high. While […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 5/17: Most Shocking Title Fight Upsets in UFC History
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UFC announces Holm-Shevchenko to headline UFC on Fox 20, Ferguson-Chiesa to headline UFC Fight Night 91 in July
The UFC on Sunday confirmed two previously reported fights as respective main events for their July events in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Chicago, Illinois, as both Tony Ferguson vs. Michael Chiesa and Holly Holm […]
Holly Holm-Valentina Shevchenko targeted as UFC on Fox 20 main event; “Rumble” Johnson-Glover Teixeira also expected
In addition to a now confirmed lightweight bout between Gilbert Melendez and Edson Barboza at UFC on Fox 20 in Chicago, two more fights are being targeted for the main card. Fox Sports 1’s UFC […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 5/4: Top Unexpected Fight Results on UFC’s 2016 Schedule (Thus Far)
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MMATorch Daily Top Five 5/3: Top UFC rematches to book in the next year
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