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FRIDAY NEWS DIGEST 12/14: Oscar De La Hoya wants to box Dana White, Georges St-Pierre sees comeback as ‘less and less tempting’ and much more

December 14, 2018

De La Hoya-White nonsense continues The war of words through the media between fight promoters Oscar De La Hoya and Dana White continued Thursday when De La Hoya appeared on “The Luke Thomas Show” on […]

HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 207 and Bellator 208

October 16, 2018

Bellator ran two shows over the weekend featuring the semi-finals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 207 GOOD- Mandel Nallo stops Carrington Banks The first round was close […]

HYDEN’S TAKE: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night 117 and Bellator 183

September 26, 2017

UFC Fight Night 117 and Bellator 183 were both this past weekend, let’s get straight to the rundown.   UFC Fight Night 117 GOOD- Jussier Formiga submits Ulka Sasaki Formiga got the fight on the […]

BELLATOR 183 PREDICTIONS 9/23: Grocke’s updated odds and predictions for the Henderson vs. Freire headlined main card

September 23, 2017

Bellator MMA returns to the SAP Center in San Jose, California for Bellator 183. The main features former UFC champion Benson Henderson taking on Patricky “Pitbull” Freire. Although Henderson is 1-2 in his Bellator run, […]

ROUNDTABLE: Who wins the Lorenz Larkin vs. Paul Daley fight, and why?

September 23, 2017

Who wins the Lorenz Larkin vs. Paul Daley fight, and why?   FRANK HYDEN, MMATorch Columnist I’m rolling the dice and going with Daley here. I think his striking puts him in position for the […]

FRIDAY NEWS DIGEST 7/28: Melvin Guillard suffers another KO loss, Tim Duncan takes up MMA training, Weidman, Flair, Bellator

July 28, 2017

Melvin Guillard suffers another KO loss I find myself writing an article about Melvin Guillard every few months, and this one will not be different from the others. Melvin Guillard was one of my favorite […]

ROUNDTABLE (pt. 1 of 2): Do you think Bellator’s NYC pay-per-view line-up headlined by Sonnen-Silva, Fedor-Mitrione is worth the $50 asking price?

May 2, 2017

Do you think the current lineup for Bellator NYC headlined by Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva, Matt Mitrione vs. Fedor Emelianenko) is worth the roughly $50 asking price? MATTHEW ECOCHARD, MMATorch contributor Having these three […]

WEDNESDAY NEWS DIGEST 11/30: Kelvin Gastelum to fight at UFC 206 after suspension replaced with fine (w/Hiscoe’s Analysis)

November 30, 2016

After a couple starts and stops, it appears that Kelvin Gastelum has been cleared to fight at UFC 206 on Dec. 10. Ariel Helwani at MMA Fighting reports that Gastelum has been approved for his fight […]

UFC 202 – FIGHTS TO MAKE NEXT: Who might be next for Diaz, McGregor, Cerrone, Johnson, Teixeira, Story, more

August 23, 2016

UFC 202 lived up to the hype giving us lots of great finishes and some great fights. With the fights now in the books, it is time to look it is time to look ahead […]

MMATorch Daily Top 5: My Top Five Takeaways from UFC 202 – Diaz-McGregor decision, Garbrandt, Larkin, Cerrone,

August 22, 2016

With UFC 202 in the books here are my five most notable things I took away from the event. (5) Donald Cerrone is a beast Donald Cerrone became the fist man to stop Rick Story by strikes. […]

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