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[ January 23, 2023 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 283 HYDEN'S TAKE
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[ January 16, 2023 ] HYDEN BLOG: Francis Ngannou Is A Free Agent And Stripped By The UFC, & The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov HYDEN'S TAKE
[ January 9, 2023 ] HYDEN BLOG: Jake Paul Signs With PFL And Other MMA News By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist HYDEN'S TAKE
[ January 2, 2023 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator vs. Rizin HYDEN'S TAKE
[ December 26, 2022 ] HYDEN BLOG: Stephan Bonnar Dies at 45 HYDEN'S TAKE
[ December 19, 2022 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland HYDEN'S TAKE
[ December 12, 2022 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 289 and UFC 282 HYDEN'S TAKE

SATURDAY NEWS DIGEST 7/1: Kayla Harrison, Olympic Judo medalist, headed to MMA; Snoop Dogg on Dana White show; UFC 213 updated

July 1, 2017

Olympic Judo Medalist Kayla Harrison set to make MMA debut Kayla Harrison is already a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist in Judo, but it seems she’s still looking for more gold. Harrison will make her debut […]

10 YRS AGO: The prospects of Kurt Angle in MMA – Can he compete? Whom might he face?

September 24, 2016

Ten years ago this week, MMATorch published a column by Jesse Hauser about the prospects of Olympic Gold Medalist and pro wrestler Kurt Angle becoming an MMA fighter. Kurt Angle to compete in MMA. In 1998 […]

Dana White tells ESPN SportsCenter he’s aiming to have MMA added as Olympic sport

August 16, 2016

Dana White, President of UFC, says he wants to see MMA added as a sport in the Olympics. “We’ve probably been working on that for like three or four or five years,” he said on ESPN […]