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UFC ON ESPN 1 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS 2/17: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight

February 17, 2019

The Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its main card debut on ESPN on Sunday night. The main event takes place in the heavyweight division where Cain Velasquez makes his return after two and a half years […]

THURSDAY NEWS DIGEST 4/27: Thursday Night Fights, anyone? Twitter considering it (w/Hiscoe’s Analysis)

April 27, 2017

Thursday Night Fights anybody? While it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, it is a possibility according to a Buzzfeed report that Twitter is eyeing UFC to replace the NFL for Thursday night live broadcasts […]

5 YRS AGO – ENNIS: Lay of the Land for Bantamweight Division including Cruz, Faber, Barao, MacDonald, Easton

December 9, 2016

The following is MMATorch columnist Shawn Ennis’s in-depth review of the Bantamweight Division published five years ago this week…  This will be the first of two parts breaking down the UFC’s bantamweight division. We’re a […]

MONDAY TRIVIA: Which two men are the only two to have ever defeated Joseph Benavidez, who fights Cejudo this Saturday?

November 28, 2016

QUESTION: Joseph Benavidez faces fellow TUF coach Henry Cejudo this weekend on the TUF Finale, hoping to extend a five fight win streak to six. Benevidez has only ever lost to two men, who have […]

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HYDEN: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night 95 from Roy Nelson to Cris Cyborg

September 27, 2016

UFC Fight Night 95 was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown… GOOD: Godofredo Pepey submits Mike De La Torre Pepey is just an exciting fighter to watch. He’s constantly attacking and on the […]

SUNDAY TRIVIA: Phillipe Nover lost how many times in his first stint in UFC before facing Renan Barao last night on FS1?

September 25, 2016

QUESTION: Phillipe Nover faced a big challenge last night against former UFC Bantamweight Champion, Renan Barão. This is Nover’s second stint in the UFC. His first stint, which came via The Ultimate Fighter 8, didn’t work out well, […]

SATURDAY NEWS DIGEST 9/24: Dillashaw offers a $100,000 bet to get Cruz to accept his challenge, Invicta, Poirier, Cyborg, Barao (w/Cervantes Analysis)

September 24, 2016

I BET I CAN BEAT YOU, SAYS DILLASHAW T.J Dillashaw is continuing his campaign for a title shot against Champion Dominick Cruz. Bloody Elbow reports that in a post on Instagram, Dillashaw called for Cruz […]

LIVE UFC FIGHT NIGHT – BRASILIA REPORT: Real-time Results & Analysis of Cyborg-Lansberg, Barao-Nover

September 24, 2016

UFC FIGHT NIGHT: CYBORG VS. LANSBERG SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 BRASILIA, BRAZIL AT NILSON NELSON GYMNASIUM LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS (6:30 PM ET) AND FS1 (8 PM ET) The UFC train keeps rolling along with […]

ECOCHARD’S PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS: Saturday’s UFC Fight Night on FS1: Cyborg vs. Lansberg, Barao vs. Nover, Roy Nelson vs. Bigfoot Silva

September 23, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg – Matt Ecochard Saturday’s fights should be some quality fight night entertainment from Brazil. The following are previews and predictions of the fights for the entirety of the card. […]

UFC ON FOX 16 LIVE RESULTS: Ennis’s round by round report for “Dillashaw vs. Barao II” event

July 25, 2015

UFC ON FOX 16 JULY 25, 2015 LIVE FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS It’s time for another network television event from the UFC, with the UFC Bantamweight Championship being put on the line in the night’s main […]

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  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from PFL 9 (2025) and UFC319, UFC Moving to Paramount+
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Hernandez
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from PFL 8 (2025) and UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. de Ridder
  • HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from PFL Champions Series 2 and UFC 318
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  • Photo to Coloring: Good call on the ugly moments — that ref stoppage (or lack of) in the co-main was hard to watch.…
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