Aaron Weinbaum, Aaronsayswhat.com Fight either Dustin, Khabib, or Conor. Sean Covington, MMATorch Contributor Tony Ferguson should just sit and wait for Dana White to make the fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov. Other than that, I suppose […]
MMATorch.com managing editor Robert Vallejos gives his take on why UFC 242 is a very important pay-per-view for Khabib Nurmagomedov, and a possible fight with GSP. Another day, another MMA retirement, and Bec Rawlings returns […]
There is a ton of information gathered when two fighters staredown. Most fighters understand that they are professionals here to do a job and collect a paycheck. However, almost every card has a matchup or […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier set for UFC 242n Abu Dhabi, on September 7. It has long been speculated, but it is now official. The UFC announced that lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov will face interim […]
MMATorch.com managing editor Robert Vallejos beaks down Nate Diaz’s recent comments to ESPN. King Mo retires, MMA media shakeup. Nate Diaz: I’m just done with the 155 thing SUBSCRIBE TO THE MMA TORCH RSS FEED: […]
Nate Diaz has opinions! One of those takes, is that he is done fighting in the UFC’s lightweight division, because he “did everything, beat everybody.” In an appearance on “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show” Diaz proclaimed […]
MMATorch managing editor Robert Vallejos is joined by Rick Monsey to discuss the potential UFC lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByNgiIWBh9g/?utm_source=ig_embed Listen to “MMATorch Cast (6/1)” on Spreaker. MCGRATH-Sunday thoughts from […]
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. […]
No events this past week, so let’s just hit upon some news of the week. I already touched upon this in the roundtables (I hope you always read those) but I’ll repeat it here. Tony […]
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 […]
Donald Cerrone def. Al Iaquinta (Unanimous Decision) Donald Cerrone is 36 years old and he just might be coming off the best performance of his career to date… If you’ve followed Cerrone’s career up to […]
Keeping busy Once his suspension is up in July, Khabib Nurmagomedov is hoping to stay active over the next year, according to his manager. Ali Abdelaziz told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that Nurmagomedov would like to […]
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and his outright refusal to ride into the sunset is the best story in all of MMA right now. Cerrone parading his son around the octagon after yet another impressive win was […]
The Ultimate Fighting Championship travels north of the border to the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Canada for UFC Fight Night 151. The main event takes place in the loaded UFC lightweight division where Al […]
Cracked Liam McGeary lost a third-round TKO to Phil Davis at Bellator 220 Saturday night. Davis connected with a right hand, took McGeary down and finished the fight from the mount. It’s a tough loss […]
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 (+1) 9. Alexander Volkov (-1) 10. Cheick Kongo Just missed out: Shamil Abdurakhimov Light Heavyweight 1. Jon Jones (UFC […]
‘I have to maul him’ After Dustin Poirier’s impressive and entertaining win over Max Holloway at UFC 236, fans were more than ready to see him unify the lightweight title with Khabib Nurmagomedov as soon […]
Heavyweight 1. Daniel Cormier (UFC Heavyweight Champion) 2. Stipe Miocic 3. Francis Ngannou 4. Junior Dos Santos 5. Curtis Blaydes 6. Ryan Bader (Bellator Heavyweight Champion) 7. Derrick Lewis 8. Alexander Volkov 9. Alistair Overeem 10. Cheick Kongo Notable Exceptions: Cain Velasquez is 0-1 in the […]
Dustin Poirier def. (C/FW) Max Holloway for Interim UFC Lightweight Championship For Dustin Poirier, the top of the mountain is now in sight. He’s reached the final base camp before the final push, and unless […]
Are there any fights you’d like to see from Max Holloway at 155 or should he go back to 145? Patrick Shaheen, Host – MMA Scope Podcast I think Max learned that the grass isn’t […]
UFC 236 was this past weekend and it featured two interim title fights. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 236 GOOD- Nikita Krylov submits Ovince Saint Preux OSP gassed out in the first round, which […]
‘It’s gonna get better’ Dana White knew that there would be some issues with the move to ESPN+ from traditional pay-per-view. And while it wasn’t a total disaster, there were a few issues with people […]
Did Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor take things too far in their Twitter war? Who is more to blame for it getting out of hand? Cole Henry, Host – MMA Scope Podcast I don’t think […]
There’s a good chance that UFC 236 was among, if not the least purchased pay-per-view in modern UFC history. Anecdotal evidence on Twitter indicated that many fans, and even some UFC fighters, were having trouble […]
UFC 236 takes place at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday night. The main event features current featherweight champion Max Holloway taking on Dustin Poirier for the UFC interim lightweight championship. The […]
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