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 […]
UFC 216 saw the crowning of a new champion and the continued dominance of another. Tony Ferguson submitted Kevin Lee via triangle choke in the 3rd round of the main event to become the interim […]
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a video worth? To the MMA world, lots. Footage surfaced Monday that showed MMA fighter, Daniel Lima, in a near unconscious state being dragged to a […]
Is USADA doing more harm or good for the UFC? FRANK HYDEN, MMATorch Columnist It’s hurt some of the fighters, which has hurt a few UFC events, but overall it’s done more good. Having […]
Pundits, analysts, and fight connoisseurs around the world collectively give Conor McGregor a zero percent chance of beating Floyd Mayweather this Saturday night in Las Vegas. Even though McGregor is the current UFC lightweight world champion, a […]
What has to happen in the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight for this to help MMA vs. hurting MMA? JOHN HARRIS, MMATORCH Contributor I think it really depends on McGregor’s performance. If he is able to […]
Eight years ago I was given an unexpected opportunity to take over MMATorch. PWTorch founder and MMATorch Supervising Editor Wade Keller saw potential in a 22-year-old contributor leaving college to head up a revitalized effort […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 92 AUGUST 6, 2016 LIVE FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH The UFC makes their first trip to Utah tonight with another night of fights on Fox Sports 1. After impressive recent performances, […]
The Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) is going to be reviewing and voting on whether to adopt new language for judging criteria in MMA, according to a report from MMAFighting.com, which would encourage more use […]
Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]
UFC 197 APRIL 23, 2016 LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS Jon Jones finally returns to the cage tonight, taking on Ovince Saint Preux in the main event of this five-fight pay-per-view. The UFC Flyweight Championship is […]
The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of April 1, 2016. POUND FOR POUND 1 Jon Jones 2 Demetrious Johnson 3 Dominick Cruz 4 Luke Rockhold 5 Rafael dos Anjos 6 T.J. Dillashaw 7 […]
The New York MMA push is continuing to gain steam Tuesday following a report from Vice’s Fightland early in the day. A follow up from the New York Daily News, citing sources within the Assembly, […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 82 FEBRUARY 6, 2016 LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA The UFC’s annual Super Bowl weekend event got a downgrade last week, but they move forward tonight on Fox Sports 1 in lieu […]
If Ryan Bader fought Anthony Johnson 100 times in a row, he’d be in the hospital 100 times, and some of the beatings might be severe enough where I wouldn’t be able to call this […]
This Day in MMA History (10/11) 1997: The first Pride Fighting Championships event was held in the Tokyo Dome, headlined by Gracie family champion Rickson facing Japanese wrestling legend Nobuhiko Takada in a bout that […]
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