By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 285 was this past weekend and featured two title fights and the heavily anticipated heavyweight debut of Jon Jones. Who won and who lost? Let’s get to the […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield was this past weekend and featured some upsets. Who won and who lost? Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 290 and UFC Fight Night 218 were both last weekend. They featured some interesting fights and the retirement fight of one of the greatest fighters of all-time? What […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 283 was this past Saturday and the show featured two title fights. Were any new champions crowned? Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 283 GOOD- Johnny Walker stops […]
Gilbert Burns vs Neil MagnyEvery time Burns gets momentum going he gets derailed. It takes top guys to defeat him but he can’t seem to get enough tra tion lately. Neil Magny won’t be an […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist There’s huge news right now as Francis Ngannou is a free agent and has been stripped of the UFC Heavyweight Title. I’ll get to that story and what the […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Another week of no events so another week of checking out some news. Get ready for a lot of Jake Paul. But first… Eagle FC, the promotion founded by […]
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus was last night and featured a record-setting performance by Derrick Lewis. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus GOOD- Cub Swanson stops Darren Elkins They […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 267 was last night and it featured two title fights, including an Interim UFC Bantamweight Title fight so we were guaranteed at least one new champion. Were two […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 269 and UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Costa were last night. Bellator 269 GOOD- Anatoly Tokov vs. Sharaf Davlatmurodov Tokov drops Davlatmurodov in the first round but nothing […]
Heavyweight Rankings Francis Ngannou – UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic Cyril Gane – Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Derrick Lewis Curtis Blaydes Alexander Volkov Jairzinho Rozenstruik Marcin Tybura Chris Daukaus Cheick Kongo Valentin Moldavsky Phillip De […]
Heavyweight Rankings Francis Ngannou – UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic Cyril Gane – Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Derrick Lewis Curtis Blaydes Alexander Volkov Jairzinho Rozenstruik Marcin Tybura Chris Daukaus Cheick Kongo Valentin Moldavsky Phillip De […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 264 was last night and featured Bellator Middleweight Champion Gegard Mousasi defending his title against John Salter. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 264 GOOD- Ty Gwerder vs. […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 265 was last night and though it was weakened by the cancellation of Amanda Nunes defending her UFC Bantamweight Championship against Julianna Pena it was still a pretty […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 259 and UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt were this weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 259 GOOD- Jaleel Willis vs. Maycon Mendonca Willis got three […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC: Reyes vs. Prochazka was yesterday and featured a contender making a big statement in his quest for a title shot. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC: Reyes vs. […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 255 was this past week and featured a big title fight and the continuation of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. Also, Conor McGregor’s next fight is set. […]
Notes: (1)Jon Jones is not ranked due to his impending move to the heavyweight division. (2) Yoel Romero is not ranked due to his impending move to the light-heavyweight division Heavyweight Francis Ngannou -UFC Heavyweight […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 260 was yesterday and featured a huge title change, let’s get right to the rundown. UFC 260 GOOD- Jamie Mullarky stops Khama Worthy They traded for a bit […]
Jamie Mullarkey vs. Khama Worthy Lightweight Fight It only took 46 seconds. Mullarkey caught Worthy completely off guard and landed a huge shot. This was a win he needed. 11 straight finishes for an accomplished […]
Thiago Santos vs. Aleksandar Rakic Light Heavyweight Fight The first round between these two was mostly a feeling out process with the occasional flurry of punches. The 2nd round was much of the same with […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 258 was this past weekend and it featured a big title fight in the welterweight division. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 258 GOOD- Julian Marquez submits Maki […]
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 […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch contributor Well, I’m back. Before the pandemic shut everything down, I had written a blog for the Torch here for many years. I had written my view on MMA and MMA […]
UFC 247 was this past weekend and it featured two title fights, with one ending decisively and the other being controversial. Let’s get right to the rundown. HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The […]
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