MMATorch Daily Top Five 4/13: Top seasons of The Ultimate Fighter
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 […]
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MMATorch Daily Top Five 4/5: Top Fighter Feuds in UFC History
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 […]
MMATorch Daily Top Five 3/25: Top MMA Stories of the Week
Welcome to MMATorch’s new 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 […]
Ken Shamrock, Kimbo Slice’s failed drug tests out of Bellator 149 for steroids
Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock both tested positive for steroids out of February’s Bellator 149 event, according to a report from MMAFighting.com. The positive tests for the two of them had been previously reported, but […]
Ken Shamrock, Kimbo Slice reportedly fail drug tests out of last month’s Bellator 149 event
In a completely laughable cap to an already ridiculous event, MMAFighting.com reports that both Ken Shamrock and Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson failed pre-Bellator 149 urine tests administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and regulation. […]
Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000 averages 2.5 million viewers to Spike at Bellator 149; short Shamrock-Gracie bout holds 2.4 million
Spike has released average viewership numbers for the two co-main event fights on Friday’s Bellator 149 card, with the peak minute expected to be released on Tuesday. While the entire broadcast averaged just shy of […]
Bellator 149 “Shamrock vs. Gracie III” draws organizational record 1.964 million average viewers to Spike
Bellator 149, derided as its been since last Friday night, accomplished precisely what Bellator set out to accomplish with the Ken Shamrock-Royce Gracie rematch and Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000. Jason Floyd of TheMMAReport.com reported […]
Ken Shamrock files complaint with Texas, seeks overturning of Royce Gracie loss at Bellator 149 due to low blow
Ken Shamrock’s team are appealing his loss to Royce Gracie from Friday’s Bellator 149 event, releasing a statement on Sunday revealing that they’ve filed a complaint regarding the missed low blow that directly led to […]
BELLATOR 149 READER REAX: Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000 “was an extremely sad display of supposedly professional fighting”
After Friday’s much talked about Bellator 149 circus, we asked MMATorch readers for their reactions to the event, and specifically the top two hyped fights in Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie III and Kimbo Slice […]
ROUNDTABLE: Staff/contributor reviews for Bellator 149’s Shamrock-Gracie, Slice-DaDa 5000 dual headlined event
The following are MMATorch staff reactions to Spike’s Bellator 149 “Shamrock vs. Gracie III” event from Houston. MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Bellator 149 was one of those things that was so absurd I don’t want […]
PENICK: Bellator 149 brings embarrassing main events, likely monster numbers to Spike. What now?
Friday’s Bellator 149 event showcased the worst of the circus that can be mixed martial arts, and given the massive amount of attention given to the event, it’s likely the route Bellator and Spike continue […]
READER REAX: Send us your reactions to Friday’s Bellator 149 “Shamrock vs. Gracie III” event on Spike!
Did you tune in for Bellator 149 on Friday night on Spike, or attend the event live? We want to hear from you. Send your reactions in to us at MMATorchEditor@gmail.com with the subject line […]
BELLATOR 149 LIVE RESULTS: Penick’s round by round report for “Shamrock vs. Gracie III” event
BELLATOR 149 FEBRUARY 19, 2016 LIVE FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS Scott Coker’s vision for an MMA promotion in 2016 is on display tonight, as the “legends” fight between Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie, as well as […]
Bellator’s Coker defends “legend fights” like Shamrock-Gracie III: “Why not? We have something for everybody”
“At first I didn’t get it. I was asking [promoter] Kazuyoshi Ishii, ‘Why are you doing Bob Sapp against Akebono? And why are you trying to get Mike Tyson to fight Bob Sapp? And why […]
Emanuel Newton vs. Linton Vassell rematch reportedly completes Bellator 149 card in Houston
A new light heavyweight matchup has been added to Bellator 149 next month, with a rematch between Emanuel Newton and Linton Vassell completing the five-fight main card for Spike, according to a report from MMAFighting.com. […]
Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie III coming to Bellator on Feb. 19 in Houston, Texas
Nearly 21 years after they last met in the cage, Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie will meet again. Shamrock announced on his website that he’s fighting Gracie on Bellator’s Feb. 19 card from Houston, which […]