HYDEN BLOG: A Look Ahead To Upcoming Big Fights
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist No events from this past week and not a lot of big news either, so I’ll take a look ahead at some upcoming big fights, starting with next week. […]
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny and UFC 257
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist There were two UFC events this past week, with one throwing a major monkey wrench into the longterm viability of Conor McGregor as a draw. Let’s get to the […]
UFC Fight Night 1/20/2021 Review
Omari Akhmedov vs. Tom Breese Middleweight Fight This fight started at a million miles an hour. Breese went for a guillotine as soon as the fight started, but Akhmedov slipped out of it. The rest […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
By: Frank Hyden, Senior Columnist The UFC ran their first event on ABC the other day and it featured some really exciting fights. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar GOOD- […]
HYDEN BLOG: Thoughts on Some MMA News
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist It was another slow week for MMA so I’ll just hit upon some news and maybe make a few predictions. UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo and Henry Cejudo have […]
HYDEN BLOG: Israel Adesanya vs. Jan Blachowicz is a Superfight?
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist The UFC recently announced that UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya will move up to light heavyweight and face UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 on March […]
HYDEN BLOG: Some Personal and Year-End MMA Thoughts
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist 2020 is finally coming to a close. I suppose I could do a good “Year in Review” type of thing and I’ll give it a shot here in a […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal was this past weekend and featured some big fights. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal GOOD- Marcin Tybura […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori GOOD-Jordan Leavitt stops Matt Wiman Leavitt grabbed a […]
UFC Fight Night Review 12/5/2020
Eat your Heart out Arn Anderson Matt Wiman vs. Jordan Leavitt Lightweight Fight This fight barely lasted 30 seconds. Leavitt went for a double leg takedown and Wiman tried to counter by wrapping his legs […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark, plus Anderson Silva’s prospects
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown, then I’ll give my thoughts on Anderson Silva. UFC Fight Night Smith vs. Clark […]
UFC 255 Review
Classic Finish Shogun Hua vs. Paul Craig Light Heavyweight Fight There was nothing that stuck out about this fight. Both Fighters traded top position in the first round. Craig certainly had the upper hand the […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 253 and UFC 255
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 253 and UFC 255 took place over the past few days and they featured some big title fights. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 253 GOOD- Raufeon Stots […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 252 and UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 252 and UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos were this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 252 GOOD- Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storely They fought […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixiera
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixiera was this past week and the winner inserted himself squarely into the title picture. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Santos […]
UFC Fight Night Review 11/7/2020
Dominat-Yan Claudia Gadelha vs. Yan Xiaonan Women’s Flyweight Fight This was a very good fight for Xiaonan, she got better as it went along. She was on her back for the majority of the […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 250 and UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 250 and UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva were both this past weekend. We had a new champion crowned in Bellator and we’ve likely seen the final fight […]
UFC Halloween Fight Night Review
Style over Substance Bobby Green vs. Thaigo Moises Lightweight Fight Bobby Green was deceptively good in this fight. If you watched it, it seemed like he was getting hit more than he was giving, but […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 254
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 254 was yesterday and it featured the retirement of a UFC legend. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 254 GOOD- Tai Tuivasa stops Stefen Struve Tuivasa blasted Struve […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Zombie
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Zombie was this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Zombie GOOD- Thomas Almeida vs. Jonathan Martinez Both men […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator Paris and UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator Paris and UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen were this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator Europe 10 GOOD- Mads Burnell stops Darko Banovic Burnell took […]
UFC Fight Night 10/10/2020 Review
Escape, Escape, Escape. Yousef Zalal vs. Ilia Topuria Featherweight Fight This was a very entering fight to watch, it had a bit of everything and was mostly even. The only facet of it that wasn’t […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator Europe 9 and UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator Europe 9 and UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana were both this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator Europe 9 GOOD- Charlie Leary stops Keifer Crosbie […]
UFC Fight Night 10/3/2020 Review
Get Back You Eight Legged Freak! Dequan Townsend vs. Dosko Todorovic Middleweight Fight Unfortunately it was a bad night for The Tarantula Dequan Townsend. Todorovic had control the whole time, consistently landed big shots while […]
UFC 253 Review
Main Card Mean Hakeem achieves the Dream Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov Featherweight Fight This was a great opener to the card. Entirely standing up, and Tukhugov seemed to have something going wrong later in […]