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ROUNDTABLE: What was the most memorable Rich Franklin fight?

July 5, 2019

Tonight, Rich Franklin gets inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. What was his most memorable fight? Frank Hyden MMATorch Columnist It would probably be when he won the UFC Middleweight Championship by defeating Evan […]

HISCOE: How this year’s UFC Hall of Fame inductees stack up against each other

July 3, 2019

UFC is presenting a strong cast of inductees for this year’s Hall of Fame class. The ceremony takes place this Friday night on UFC Fight Pass and going in will be Rich Franklin, Michael Bisping, […]

MOORE: Top 10 MMA Fighters With The Most Losses

February 6, 2019

#10: Jaroslov Poborsky- 48 Losses To start our list we have Jaroslov Poborsky, the only man on the list not from the UK or USA. Poborsky who is 39, still fights and has a record […]

Chuck Liddell wants crack at former UFC foes after Tito Ortiz fight

November 21, 2018

Chuck Liddell’s return from retirement after eight years out of the cage won’t stop after he fights Tito Ortiz for the third time this weekend. Liddell spoke to TMZ recently and said that he wants […]

5 UFC 25th anniversary documentaries you won’t see on Fight Pass

November 10, 2018

UFC 151: What it was and what it could have been UFC 151 was a disaster if you want to call it that. It was the PayPerView that never was… Could Dan Henderson have landed […]

TJ Dillashaw on Cody Garbrandt: ‘the guy is screwed’, Dillashaw ‘cool with it’

October 19, 2018

Follow @mikehiscoe There appears to be no love lost between TJ Dillashaw and Cody Garbrandt. The UFC Bantamweight Champion spoke to MMAJunkie this week and had plenty to say about the opponent he has now […]

FRIDAY NEWS DIGEST 11/17: Cyborg vs. Holm is set for UFC 219, Werdum charged with common assault, Ludwig on Dillashaw fighting DJ, Rich Franklin will host new reality show

November 17, 2017

Cyborg vs. Holm is set for UFC 219 The fight that was declared “dead” last week is now going to happen. Holly Holm has agreed to challenge Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino for the UFC women’s featherweight […]

10 YRS AGO: Ennis’s full evaluation of Middleweight Division after Anderson Silva’s decisive win over Rich Franklin

October 18, 2016

Ten years ago this week, Anderson Silva, in dominant fashion, beat Rich Franklin to capture the UFC Middleweight Championship. The following is MMATorch senior columnist Shawn Ennis’s assessment of the Middleweight Division after Silva became […]

10 YRS AGO: The fallout of UFC 64 headlined by Anderson Silva beating Rich Franklin, plus Fitch, Fisher, Sherk impress

October 16, 2016

Ten years ago this week, MMATorch.com published a column by Randy Rowles breaking down what big wins meant to various fighters on the card including, most notably, the rebirth of Anderson Silva with a dominant […]

10 YRS AGO – Keller’s UFC 64 Report: Anderson Silva dominates Franklin to win Middleweight Title, plus Florian, Sherk, Fitch, Kongo

October 14, 2016

10 years ago today the face of the Middleweight Division changed for years to come. Check out my original MMATorch.com report covering the UFC 64 pay-per-view live as it happened below with full results and […]

10 YRS AGO – UFC 64 FULL PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS: Anderson Silva challenging Franklin, plus Florian, Fitch, Guida, Kongo

October 13, 2016

10 Years Ago today MMATorch.com published a detailed preview of UFC 64 by Mike Jarsulik featuring the Middleweight Title fight that would change the course of the Middleweight Division for years to come. There are […]

10 YRS AGO: Analysis of the impact on UFC of Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock III fight and the undercard

October 12, 2016

  10 years ago today at MMATorch.com, we continued to analyze the impact of the Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 3 that aired live on Spike TV. The following is Randy Rowles’ column diving into […]

TUESDAY TRIVIA: Dan Henderson lost to two champions when he first arrived in UFC – who were they?

October 4, 2016

QUESTION: Dan Henderson goes into what could be his last fight and the former two-weight Pride Champion and last Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion hopes to finally add a UFC title to cap off his career […]

10 YRS AGO: KELLER EDITORIAL: UFC set with solid main events this fall, but what about winter and beyond?

September 2, 2016

Ten years ago today, I wrote about a busy upcoming fall for UFC and evaluated the main events scheduled but wondered what they had ready to go in the winter and beyond, depending on match […]

10 YRS AGO: Dana White talks about hot topics such as Franklin facing “first real test” vs. Anderson Silva soon, sending Liddell to Pride, another Chuck-Tito fight,

September 1, 2016

Ten years ago this week, Dana White talks with the Fox Sports website about some hot topics in UFC. The following are key excerpts and Wade Keller’s analysis. The quote that jumps out in retrospect […]

10 YRS AGO – COLUMN: Why UFC television works better than WWE at creating new stars

August 30, 2016

Ten years ago this week, MMATorch contributor Mike Roe wrote an editorial proposing that UFC was more effectively creating new stars with its TV shows than WWE was with its TV shows, even though WWE has […]

TUESDAY TOP 5 LIST: Top five reasons to Love Mixed Martial Arts – Bombastic interviews, The Invincible and their conquers, more

August 23, 2016

I recently wrote a piece on five things that annoy me in MMA. There are many more than 5, but there are also many more than 5 reasons why I love it. But if I […]

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