And the battle between Dana White and Conor McGregor wages on. On the UFC St. Louis post-fight show, White discussed McGregor’s return timetable and what that means for the UFC lightweight championship. On the show, […]
On Jan. 20, touted MMA prospect Aaron Pico will take on veteran fighter Shane Kruchten at Bellator 192. Our own Robert Vallejos conducted a phone interview with Pico prior his fight against Kruchten. Pico discusses his […]
Mighty Mouse’s next flight is now a waiting game. UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson, confirmed to MMAFighting.com that he indeed went under the knife and had shoulder surgery. Per Johnson, the surgery was successful. At […]
Bellator MMA has announced that iconic MMA referee “Big” John McCarthy will be joining the broadcast booth; effectively ending his officiating career. In what could signify the end of an era, Bellator MMA has announced […]
Max Holloway vs. Frankie Edgar was primed to be one of the biggest fights of 2017. Due to an injury to Edgar during the training for that fight, the bout was cancelled at UFC 218 […]
The following are the MMATorch Rankings as of Jan. 8, 2018 taking into account all events through UFC 219. These rankings are a composite of MMATorch contributors’ rankings in each division. Thanks to MMATorch contributor Michael […]
Conor McGregor’s return to the UFC is the gargantuan sized elephant in the room that resides front and center inside Dana White’s office. The large elephant also shows at various UFC events, press conferences, and […]
Justin Gaethje is ready to fight again and this time he has Kevin Lee in his sights. In the aftermath of Gaethje’s war with Eddie Alvarez, he said that he’d target late 2018 for his […]
Nothing personal, just business. These fighters failed to prove their worth and let a lot of people down with their shortcomings, these deficiencies reach back to a few years, but they fared so poorly that […]
Jimmie Rivera just can’t seem to get a fight at UFC 219. News broke over the weekend that Rivera’s scheduled opponent on the card, John Lineker, had bowed out of the fight due to a […]
With 2017 nearly behind us, it is time to look back at notable names in MMA. Who was the Fighter of the Year in 2017? (*This list was compiled before UFC 219.) (**To hear an […]
Even with two recent losing efforts in UFC welterweight championship fights, Stephen Thompson still believes he’s the next man up to face Tyron Woodley. Shortly after Rafael dos Anjos dismantled Robbie Lawler this past Saturday […]
Let’s get this out of the way as quickly as possible. Unless Floyd Mayweather is a paying UFC customer, he has absolutely no business being anywhere near an MMA octagon. That’s the bottom line. He’s […]
Sure, Khabib. We believe you (wink, wink). At the UFC 219 media lunch, Khabib Nurmagomedov worked to convince skeptics that his weight cut for UFC 219 was on pace and going well. At the lunch, […]
So much for nonsensical speculation. Dana White confirmed to ESPN this morning that negotiations are taking place to bring Floyd Mayweather into the UFC. To ESPN, White said, “We’re talking to Floyd about doing a UFC […]
Georges St. Pierre may not be the UFC middleweight title holder any longer, but he continues to make news. In an interview over the weekend on TSN, GSP’s coach, Firas Zahabi, revealed what the next […]
The champ is here. For the first time since the main event of UFC 220 was announced, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic spoke on a wide variety of topics including his title reign, his opponent at UFC […]
For as great as Brian Ortega looked over the weekend while defeating Cub Swanson, it appears he still will be taking a backseat to Frankie Edgar when it comes to Max Holloway’s next featherweight championship […]
If Dana White had a time machine, he may be using it right now to travel back through history and not let Conor McGregor fight Floyd Mayweather. Why? Because it appears the floodgates are beginning to […]
Nate Diaz is playing hardball. With his trilogy fight against Conor McGregor seemingly on the back burner, Diaz isn’t falling for any UFC tricks to get him in the octagon against a different opponent for […]
Tony Ferguson is going to have to wait for the payday of his life. Just a few weeks ago, Ferguson was the front-runner to take on Conor McGregor in a championship unification bout in the […]
Luke Rockhold gave Georges St. Pierre some advice yesterday and apparently just a day later, St. Pierre is heeding it. On TSN, GSP told the world that he may, in fact, be done competing in […]
Luke Rockhold isn’t sold on Georges St. Pierre as the UFC middleweight champion. In fact, he doesn’t seem to believe that St. Pierre belongs in the middleweight division at all. On The MMA Hour yesterday, […]
ROUNDTABLE: Do you think MMA is still the fastest growing sport in the world? RICK MONSEY, MMATorch Contributor Yes, MMA is the fastest growing sport in the world. The UFC is leading the way in […]
The first Mixed Martial Arts event I ever saw was a UFC one. It was purely by accident and a total fluke that I even watched it. I was in my mid-twenties and still in […]
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