Matt Mitrione is appealing his loss to Travis Browne at UFC Fight Night 81 due to a multitude of infractions in the bout, and the questionable officiating of referee Gary Forman throughout the fight. In […]
Six fighters from last month’s UFC Fight Night 81 event received six month medical suspensions from the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission, though the commission wouldn’t release any information regarding the nature of maladies suffered on […]
In a brand new edition of the MMATorch Podcast, Torch Editor Jamie Penick is joined by Torch Contributor Michael Bane and Torch Columnist Rich Hansen to discuss the latest from the last week in MMA. […]
UFC Fight Night 81 was this past weekend and it featured some huge fights. Let’s get right to it. UFC Fight Night 81 BAD: Ross Pearson vs. Francisco Trinaldo Just not a whole lot going […]
Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 81 event was the UFC’s second-most watch event on Fox Sports 1, only trailing last January’s UFC Fight Night 59 with the same Sunday night post-NFL setup. According to a report […]
In the middle of that fight, after the first eye poke, I was fighting with one eye closed just so I could see one Travis. That’s not a safe way to fight at the highest […]
Patrick Cote has fought a majority of his MMA career in the UFC, with his first appearance coming all the way back in 2004 when he fought Tito Ortiz at UFC 50. After a win […]
An action-packed and extremely close UFC Fight Night 81 main event between T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz ended with Cruz once again the UFC Bantamweight Champion. It was among the closest championship fights in recent […]
Eddie Alvarez edged past former UFC Lightweight Champ Anthony Pettis on Sunday at UFC Fight Night 81, grinding out a decision with minimal offense to speak of. If you missed the event live, check out […]
Travis Browne got back in the win column on Sunday over Matt Mitrione, scoring a stoppage in the third round, but it wasn’t without controversy. Browne’s victory was set up by a couple of eye […]
T.J. Dillashaw is no longer UFC Bantamweight Champion, dropping the title to Dominick Cruz on Sunday at UFC Fight Night 81 in a fight he truly believed he won. He’s not alone given the close […]
Dominick Cruz is once again the UFC Bantamweight Champion following a split decision win over T.J. Dillashaw at UFC Fight Night 81. However, the fight was just his second since October of 2011 due to […]
Matt Mitrione took some serious damage to his right eye on Sunday night, with his eye blowing up after he suffered a broken orbital bone in the loss to Travis Browne at UFC Fight Night […]
“He’s a real champion. He’s a true champion. He’s only lost to one team, that’s Team Alpha Male. He’s only lost to one guy: That’s me. And I feel like I beat him the second […]
It wasn’t quite up to par with what Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit provided us with to start the year, but that doesn’t mean that this wasn’t one hell of an awesome fight between T.J. […]
In what is simply an incredible comeback story regardless of a debatable decision, Dominick Cruz is once again the UFC Bantamweight Champion. An insanely close five round fight with T.J. Dillashaw ended with scores wildly […]
A somewhat passive Anthony Pettis failed to clearly out-work Eddie Alvarez at UFC Fight Night 81, and as a result dropped a somewhat devastating split decision to the former Bellator Lightweight Champion. Alvarez’s strategy was […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 81 JANUARY 17, 2016 LIVE FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Enjoy some football this afternoon, then settle in for a night of fights from the UFC as UFC Fight Night 81 hits the TD […]
UFC Fight Night 81 hits Fox Sports 1 on Sunday night after the conclusion of the NFL’s divisional round playoffs, and one of the single best UFC bantamweight fights ever headlines the event. The main […]
Weigh-ins took place this afternoon for tomorrow’s UFC Fight Night 81 event from Boston, Mass. T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz both hit their marks, making the UFC Bantamweight Championship main event official. Full weigh-in results […]
Who wins the T.J. Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz main event at UFC Fight Night 81, and how? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR It’s shocking to put into perspective how little Dominick Cruz has fought over the […]
Ben Saunders fights Patrick Cote Sunday night in an attempt to extend a three fight winning streak to four, all in the UFC since making his return in 2014. The 32-year-old spent 11 fights out […]
Former UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis fights this Sunday for the first time since losing that title to Rafael dos Anjos in March. On Friday, Pettis said he failed to take dos Anjos seriously into […]
Who wins the Anthony Pettis vs. Eddie Alvarez co-main event at UFC Fight Night 81, and how? What’s next for each given Conor McGregor’s expected move up to face champ Rafael dos Anjos? MICHAEL BANE, […]
Dominick Cruz meets T.J. Dillashaw in the main event of Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 81 card for the UFC Bantamweight Championship, and he decided to have some fun with the open workouts on Friday. Cruz […]
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