Mirko “Cro Cop” Filopovic has pulled out of his fight with Anthony Hamilton at UFC Fight Night 79 later this month due to injury, and he’s in turn announced his official retirement from the sport. […]
“I just turned 31 and I have 31 fights as well. And I have plans to fight until maybe 37, 38, and I think what is really hard on the body is the weight cutting. […]
A former UFC Bantamweight Title challenger is returning to the fold, as FoxSports.com reports that Michael McDonald will be back in action at UFC 195. In what will be his first fight since a loss […]
After a stand-alone special for Fox that has since been posted online, the “UFC 193 Embedded” series starts in earnest tonight with the first of several short episodes which will follow Ronda Rousey and Holly […]
The Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) has handed down medical suspensions to all competitors from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 77 event in Sao Paulo, with five out up to six months due to injuries suffered […]
“I’m very happy to be able to show my work, to be able to show my team’s work; I feel fulfilled. I want more, I want more challenges. I’m here for that. I want to […]
Anthony “Rumble” Johnson got the fight he wanted from the UFC, as he’ll face Ryan Bader this January in the main event of UFC on Fox 18. The bout is an important matchup for both […]
Ahead of next week’s UFC 193 event from Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, the UFC put together a 40-minute special episode under the “Embedded” branding, airing it over the weekend on Fox. The special is […]
Anderson Silva will be eligible to return to the cage starting in February of 2016, and with the UFC returning to Brazil on March 5 for UFC 197, he wants to take part on that […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov is unsure of his next move after a bad rib injury took him out of a fight with Tony Ferguson on next month’s Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale event in Las Vegas. The undefeated […]
“I wanted to fight this year, but I decided to wait because the UFC wants me to fight in February. They gave me this date. I’ll be in Australia next week for Joanna vs. Valerie […]
Back in the win column Saturday night, taking out Dan Henderson for the second time in two years, Vitor Belfort moved his sights to yet another rematch after UFC Fight Night 77: Luke Rockhold. During […]
It turns out the UFC will be heading to Brazil in March after all, though it won’t be in a stadium in Curitiba. UFC SVP in Brazil Giovani Decker announced after Saturday’s UFC Fight Night […]
Following an exciting night of finishes at UFC Fight Night 77, four fighters were given $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonuses. Vitor Belfort, Thomas Almeida, Alex Oliveira, and Thiago Tavares each earned their bonuses with […]
Despite having a main event I had a hard time getting excited for, I was very excited for this fight night to come as it offered all sorts of exciting matchups. Thankfully it lived up […]
In what was almost an identical finish to their 2013 bout, Vitor Belfort stopped Dan Henderson on Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 77 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The opening two minutes featured painfully little […]
Glover Teixeira closed out the undercard for UFC Fight Night 77 on Saturday night with a violent barrage of strikes against Patrick Cummins, forcing a standing TKO in the night’s co-main event. Teixeira was doing […]
Who wins the Vitor Belfort-Dan Henderson trilogy bout at UFC Fight Night 77, and how? Which other bouts on the Brazil card are you most interested in seeing? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Let’s call this […]
Following a stretch of just one event over the last four weeks, the UFC kicks off a run of four straight weekends of events in a row on Saturday night. UFC Fight Night 77 brings […]
31-year-old Alan Belcher hasn’t fought since April of 2013, and on Friday he said he won’t be coming back to the cage. “I’m done fighting. I’m finished. I’ll never, ever fight again. This is my […]
“I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm. I am into it in a […]
It’s time for a brand new Thursday night podcast from MMATorch with editor Jamie Penick joined by columnists Shawn Ennis and Rich Hansen to talk all things MMA. On tonight’s new episode, they discuss Nick […]
What the UFC has done with this card is similar to what Bellator did when it set up its Ken Shamrock-Kimbo Slice card: get a main event with name value that will draw eyes while […]
An intriguing featherweight matchup is heading to UFC Fight Night 81 in Boston this January, as the UFC announced this week that Charles Rosa will take on Jimy Hettes. Rosa, 29, made his UFC debut […]
“It’s more palatable that it’s Jon Jones coming back and getting it than the whole [Alexander] Gustafsson situation coming off a knockout loss and all that. For me, it looks like I’ve got to beat […]
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