• FORUM
  • RANKINGS
  • PWTORCH.COM
  • LEGACY CONTENT
  • CONTACT US
  • MMATORCH TEAM
  • TWITTER
  • TWITTER WK
  • FACEBOOK
  • PODCASTS
MMATorch
  • ALL ARTICLES
  • MMA NEWS
    • DAILY NEWS DIGEST
    • UFC NEWS
    • BELLATOR NEWS
    • OTHER NEWS
  • LIVE EVENT & TV REPORTS
    • UFC PPVS
    • UFC FIGHT NIGHTS
    • BELLATOR LIVE EVENTS
    • OTHER EVENTS
    • TV SHOW REPORTS
    • THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER
  • COLUMNISTS
    • HYDEN’S TAKE
    • AMADI’S TAKE
    • GONAZLES’S TAKE
    • KING’S TAKE
    • PETERSON’S TAKE
    • GRINUPS’ TAKE
    • C. MOORE’S TAKE
  • FEATURES & REFERENCE
    • FIGHT CARD PREVIEWS
    • ROUNDTABLES
    • MMATORCH TRIVIA
    • READER POLLS
    • FLASHBACKS
    • TOP FIVE LISTS
    • MMATORCH RANKINGS
    • LIST OF CHAMPIONS
  • SPECIALISTS
    • FIGHTS TO MAKE NEXT
    • THE AFTERMATH
    • BEST BETS
    • CONFIDENCE PICKS
    • MEDIA & BUSINESSS
    • SPORTS SCIENCE
    • UPON FURTHER REVIEW
    • SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT
    • MOORE’S TOP TEN LISTS
    • HEART VS. BRAIN
  • AUDIO ANALYSIS
    • AUDIO SNIPPETS
    • AUDIO INTERVIEWS
    • FULL LENGTH PODCASTS
News Ticker
  • [ January 5, 2026 ] HYDEN BLOG: PFL, Paramount+ UFC Library, and Tom Aspinall HYDEN'S TAKE
  • [ December 30, 2025 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Best of 2025 HYDEN'S TAKE
  • [ December 22, 2025 ] HYDEN BLOG: Some Boxing Fights Of Varying Quality HYDEN'S TAKE
  • [ December 16, 2025 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from PFL Champions Series 4 and UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape HYDEN'S TAKE
  • [ December 9, 2025 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 323 HYDEN'S TAKE
  • [ December 2, 2025 ] HYDEN BLOG: Active Fighters and New Title Fights Announced HYDEN'S TAKE
  • [ November 24, 2025 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker HYDEN'S TAKE
  • [ November 18, 2025 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 322 HYDEN'S TAKE
Homejoe stevenson

joe stevenson

Frank Mir

10 YRS AGO: ENNIS – UFC 65 Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down: Tim Sylvia, Frank Mir, George St. Pierre, Randy Couture, and Ugly Americans

November 19, 2016

Ten years ago, UFC 65 took place and MMATorch columnist Shawn Ennis presented the following Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down column on the event… I’m trying a new feature here with “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down.”  I haven’t decided […]

10 YRS AGO – KELLER’S UFC 65 PPV REPORT: Hughes vs. GSP, Vera vs. Mir, Stevenson vs. Mishima, Silvia vs. Monson

November 18, 2016

Ten years ago today, UFC 65 took place in Sacramento, Calif. The following is MMATorch editor Wade Keller’s report on the event… UFC 65 PPV NOVEMBER 18, 2006 LIVE FROM SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -Mike Goldberg and […]

THURSDAY TRIVIA: Who did B.J. Penn beat for his first UFC Title back in 2004?

October 13, 2016

QUESTION: UFC Legend B.J. Penn was due to make his return to MMA this weekend to fight Ricardo Lamas in the Philippines. He pulled out due to injury. Penn has many big fights under his […]

LATEST 12 ARTICLES…

  • HYDEN BLOG: PFL, Paramount+ UFC Library, and Tom Aspinall
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Best of 2025
  • HYDEN BLOG: Some Boxing Fights Of Varying Quality
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from PFL Champions Series 4 and UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 323
  • HYDEN BLOG: Active Fighters and New Title Fights Announced
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 322
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown
  • 3 Fights To Watch 10-8-25
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night:
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 321
amanda nunes anderson silva Bellator conor mcgregor cormier dana white daniel cormier diaz donald cerrone gsp holm jones jon jones khabib nurmagomedov mcgregor michael bisping MMA mmatorch nate diaz ronda rousey rousey sporticus sporticuslive UFC ufc 200
  • Dillon Danis Makes History With Big MMA Return – Die on your feet: […] down in June 2019. This matchup saw Danis score another opening-round submission when he finished Max Humphrey at the…
  • Photo to Coloring: Good call on the ugly moments — that ref stoppage (or lack of) in the co-main was hard to watch.…
  • Runway API: Great breakdown as always, Hyden. I totally agree that the pacing in PFL 1 and 2 felt smoother compared to…

ARTICLE ROULETTE

RSS LATEST FROM PWTORCH.COM

  • FREE PODCAST 1/11 – WKPWP NXT on USA Post-Show – 5 Yrs Ago: (12-30-2020) Debut of the team formerly known as the Rascalz, Dusty Classic overload, the continuing Balor-O’Reilly saga, more (106 min.)
  • FREE PODCAST 1/11 – PWTorch Dailycast – Best of PWTorch Livecast: 5 Yrs Ago – WrestleKingdom 15 review, Rumble predictions, Jay White’s future, TNA Hard to Kill PPV, WWE Legends on Raw (91 min.)
  • FREE PODCAST 1/11 – WKPWP Flagship from 10 Yrs Ago: Keller & Powell discuss whether Chris Jericho had lost it, Balor’s potential call-up, WrestleMania 32 scenarios, Sting WWE Hall of Fame, more (118 min.)
  • AEW COLLISION RESULTS (1/10): Briscoe defends the TNT title against Hechicero, Babes of Wrath team with Statlander, El Clon vs. Komander, The Demand vs. JetSpeed & Anthony Bowens, and the Death Riders in action
  • FREE PODCAST 1/10 – WKPWP AEW Dynamite Post-Show – 5 Yrs Ago: Darby vs. Cage, The Good Brothers show up, Cody on Britt’s talk show, Miro vs. Chuck, live callers, emails (134 min.)
  • FREE PODCAST 1/10 – PWTorch Dailycast – The Nicky’s Club: 2025 Year-in-Review, 2026 Wish List, Breakker comes up short, Unflattering Wrestling Interviews, NXT call-ups (104 min.)

STAY CONNECTED WITH MMATORCH

  • TWITTER
  • TWITTER WK
  • FACEBOOK
  • PODCASTS

VOTE IN OUR LATEST POLLS

Should UFC stop calling MMA the fastest growing sport in the world?
 
pollcode.com free polls

AMAZON

Follow on Facebook

  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • CONTACT US
  • MMATORCH TEAM
  • CHAMPS & RANKINGS

All content copyright © TDH Communications Inc. 2020