Dana White claims Mayweather vs. McGregor did 6.5 million PPV buys In a conversation posted on Instagram, UFC President Dana White said that the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight did 6.5 million pay-per-view buys. […]
And just like that, it’s all over. The “Money” fight pitting UFC champion Conor McGregor against undefeated boxing king, Floyd Mayweather, is in the books. The fight certainly was a spectacle and while combat sports […]
Pundits, analysts, and fight connoisseurs around the world collectively give Conor McGregor a zero percent chance of beating Floyd Mayweather this Saturday night in Las Vegas. Even though McGregor is the current UFC lightweight world champion, a […]
What has to happen in the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight for this to help MMA vs. hurting MMA? JOHN HARRIS, MMATORCH Contributor I think it really depends on McGregor’s performance. If he is able to […]
We are two days away from what will most likely be the most watched PPV in the history of combat sports as UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor takes on 49-0 boxing legend Floyd Mayweather. McGregor […]
Brian Stann leaves the UFC Perhaps nobody is a better representative for the sport of MMA than Brian Stann. He is a decorated war veteran, a successful UFC vet, and perhaps the only man in […]
At UFC Fight Night 110 the UFC will present a card with one of its headliners embroiled in a potentially damming lawsuit against the UFC. The headliner/plaintiff in question, Mark Hunt, recently struck a major […]
The UFC is not advertiser friendly. That is not a statement from a television executive in the mid-1990s, but from the world’s largest video sharing platform, YouTube. While the UFC is a company that primarily […]
Twenty years ago this week, the Torch Newsletter cover story detailed Olympic wrestlers shining at an Extreme Fighting MMA pay-per-view event, one of a handful of upstart aspiring competitors to the UFC organization, and the […]
Ten years ago this week, MMATorch senior columnist Shawn Ennis asserted that MMA could become as big as American’s top team sports leagues, but a few things stood in the way. Since this column was […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: DOS ANJOS VS. FERGUSON NOVEMBER 5, 2016 MEXICO CITY, MEXICO FROM MEXICO CITY ARENA LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS (6:30 PM ET) AND FOX SPORTS 1 (8:00 PM ET) Michael Grocke here […]
MMATorch columnist Shawn Ennis ten years ago this week looked at the differences between the two MMA powerhouses worldwide – Pride and UFC – and voted for which promotion was better in each category. Look at […]
Five years ago this week, WWE wrestler and executive Triple H (Paul Levesque) commented on comparisons people make between WWE pro wrestling and UFC mixed martial arts. The following is the inflammatory quote and Jamie […]
C.M. Punk lasted just two minutes and fifteen seconds in his UFC debut against Mickey Gall. Punk was supremely disappointed in his performance and himself and acknowledged how poorly the fight went. “I lost and […]
The following Top Five List was published originally on June 21. With GSP remaining in the news, here’s a reposting of Jamie Penick’s list of the top five fights he’d like to see George St. […]
Five years ago, MMATorch columnist Jason Amadi asserted that women’s MMA wasn’t at the level worthy of being featured in UFC yet. Later that week, MMATorch columnist Frank Hyden countered with an argument that it was […]
It should come as no surprise that in the purest form of competition, what we all know as mixed martial arts, brain trauma is most likely an inevitability for fighters. Where knockouts and suplex slams […]
Five years ago this week, MMATorch columnist Jason Amadi argued that women’s MMA wasn’t at a level worthy of being added to UFC yet. Here’s him making his case. The last paragraph is especially poignant in […]
In an absolutely stellar main event at UFC 202, Conor McGregor edged a majority decision over Nate Diaz to avenge his loss from UFC 196. The thrilling fight saw McGregor much more patient than in […]
UFC 202 AUGUST 20, 2016 LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz square off for a second time tonight from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, headlining a UFC 202 card featuring […]
How do you expect the Conor McGregor-Nate Diaz rematch to play out at UFC 202? Will McGregor avenge his UFC 196 loss? Will Diaz emerge victorious again? How does it play out? MIKE HISCOE, MMATORCH […]
After all the talk and drama surrounding Nate Diaz and Conor Mcgregor, we’ll finally get to see the rematch this Saturday night after both men weighed inside the welterweight limit on Friday. McGregor will be […]
How do you expect the Conor McGregor-Nate Diaz rematch to play out at UFC 202? Will McGregor avenge his UFC 196 loss? Will Diaz emerge victorious again? How does it play out? DAN MOORE, MMATORCH […]
What’s next for Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor after UFC 202? Likely a feud with the UFC about media responsibilities and money, followed by some public bickering and juvenile tweets, followed by a truckload of […]
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