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BELLATOR 181 PREVIEW: Grocke’s predictions and updated odds for Friday’s Spike TV live special including

July 13, 2017

Bellator MMA returns to the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma for Bellator 181 on Friday night. This is the promotions one and only event for the month of July. The main event […]

BELLATOR 174 PREVIEW: Grocke’s Preview & Predictions for Budd vs. Coenen Women’s Featherweight Title, Kendall Grove vs. Rhodes

March 1, 2017

Bellator MMA makes its way back to Thackerville, Oklahoma for Bellator 174. The main event takes us to the women’s side as Julia Budd takes on Marloes Coenen for the inaugural Bellator featherweight title. For […]

WEDNESDAY NEWS DIGEST 3/1: Holly Holm informed by NYSAC that there was no clear error by referee in her de Randamie fight (w/Hiscoe’s Analysis)

March 1, 2017

If she hasn’t already, Holly Holm will have to come to terms with the fact that she lost to Germaine de Randamie. After losing a 48-47 decision at UFC 208 that saw Holm on the […]

HYDEN: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 162, and thoughts on Conor McGregor giving up a title

October 25, 2016

Bellator 162 was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. BELLATOR 162 GOOD – Hisaki Kato stops A.J. Matthews: This was a pretty close fight. Matthews hurt Kato but didn’t follow up and allowed him to […]

WEDNESDAY TRIVIA: Kendall Grove, who hopes to extend his winning streak to three on Friday, appeared on which TUF season?

October 19, 2016

QUESTION: Kendall Grove hopes to extend his win streak to three when he faces former Bellator Middleweight Champion Alexander Shlemenko at Bellator 162 this Friday. Grove is a veteran of the UFC and an Ultimate […]

PREVIEW: Bellator 162 – Fight by Fight preview and predictions including Lashley vs. Appelt, Grove vs. Shlemenko

October 19, 2016

Bellator 162 comes to us live from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn. on Friday night. Former middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko returns to the Bellator ring to face veteran Kendall Grove in the main event of […]

10 YRS AGO: Ennis’s full evaluation of Middleweight Division after Anderson Silva’s decisive win over Rich Franklin

October 18, 2016

Ten years ago this week, Anderson Silva, in dominant fashion, beat Rich Franklin to capture the UFC Middleweight Championship. The following is MMATorch senior columnist Shawn Ennis’s assessment of the Middleweight Division after Silva became […]

10 YRS AGO: Analysis of the impact on UFC of Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock III fight and the undercard

October 12, 2016

  10 years ago today at MMATorch.com, we continued to analyze the impact of the Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 3 that aired live on Spike TV. The following is Randy Rowles’ column diving into […]

10 YRS AGO: Keller’s UFC Fight Night Report (10-10-06) headlined by Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz on Spike TV

October 10, 2016

Ten years ago tonight was a heavily hyped UFC Fight Night headlined by long-time rivals Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz, which aired live on Spike TV. The following is the report I published at MMATorch.com that night. KELLER’S […]

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