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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Covington was this past week. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Covington GOOD- Kevin Holland vs. Darren Stewart This was […]
Prelims Bam Bam Nam Jerome Rivera vs. Tyson Nam Bantamweight Fight This fight seemed to be going like many others, the first round was a lot of feeling out, and Rivera was trying to build […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai was this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai GOOD- Hunter Azure vs. Cole Smith There […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown, then hit on some quick pieces of news UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. RakicGOOD- […]
3rd Rounds a Charm Ricardo Lamas vs. Bill Algeo Featherweight Bill Alego just couldn’t get his plan to come through. It seemed he wanted to keep the fight standing up, and it certainly had its […]
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist The UFC ran another event in this super busy time for sports. It featured a legend who’s not quite ready to give it up yet, and he’s fighting like […]
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