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 […]
Undefeated strawweight Justine Kish was expected to be one of the contenders during the 20th season of the Ultimate Fighter, but a knee injury kept her out of the competition before it even began. Now, […]
Georges St-Pierre has not entirely decided whether or not to return to action, but according to his boxing coach Freddie Roach, they’ve devised a plan to make that determination one way or another. In an […]
The rematch between Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez may be coming earlier than planned. Though the UFC had been looking at running a stadium in Brazil in March, it was reported on Wednesday’s UFC Tonight […]
After another week off last week, The Ultimate Fighter is back tonight to keep trudging along to the Dec. 11 finale event in Las Vegas. Last time we were here, Julian Erosa from Urijah Faber’s […]
The UFC is returning to Newark, New Jersey, on January 30 for UFC on Fox 18, and the card will be headlined by a light heavyweight showdown between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Ryan Bader. The […]
As a private company, the UFC doesn’t officially release numbers for their pay-per-view events, so those reported wind up being best estimates based on a number of industry factors. However, the fighters involved in the […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov had to pull out of his upcoming fight with Tony Ferguson last week after injuring himself again in training. Here’s a guy with tremendous talent (whether he’s interesting to watch is another matter) […]
With Ronda Rousey’s latest title defense coming up next weekend at UFC 193, the UFC has made her last title defense available online. Check out the full fight video below for Rousey’s UFC 190 victory […]
Jon Jones has signed his first new sponsorship deal since being reinstated by the UFC, with supplement manufacturer GAT making him their first endorsed MMA athlete. “I am very grateful to have such a terrific […]
“What are you talking about? I have beaten him already. He is dead. Look at his body language. His body is weak and his mind is weaker. I can smell the lack of confidence. If the […]
Kelvin Gastelum has a new opponent for the UFC Fight Night 78 event in Monterrey, Mexico, later this month, as Neil Magny has stepped up on a couple weeks notice for the main event bout […]
Miesha Tate’s not keeping anything to herself, and continues to speak out following the UFC’s decision to rescind a promised third fight with Ronda Rousey in favor of next week’s Rousey-Holly Holm bout at UFC […]
“I’ve been doing this sport, or I did this sport for a long time. Can’t say that I’m currently doing it. I’m not going to close the door on never coming back to fight. But […]
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