MEDIA & BUSINESS: Picking a future star from every UFC division
Alright, this is the part of the column where I go on a long diatribe explaining how the UFC is currently devoid of major stars, and why this is a problem for all of 2017. […]
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ROUNDTABLE: What should the UFC do with Jon Jones if his drug test failure is affirmed?
What should the UFC do with Jon Jones if his drug test failure is affirmed? RICK MONSEY, MMATorch Contributor If Jon Jones drug test failure is affirmed that’ll be a bummer on so many different […]
HYDEN’S TAKE: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night 115
MMA action returns as UFC Fight Night 115 was this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC Fight Night 115 GOOD- Leon Edwards vs. Bryan Barberena Barberena did well standing but couldn’t stop […]
COLE’S TAKE: FIGHTS TO MAKE AFTER UFC FIGHT NIGHT 115
UFC Fight Night: Rotterdam took place last weekend, and while the card was light on big name fighters, it did provide some exciting action. We saw a main event fight between two giants, and several […]
TUESDAY’S NEWS DIGEST 9/5: Reebok introduces new UFC Fight Night apparel, Ronda Rousey’s next match, Former UFC Diego Brandao kicks a fighter in the neck and leaves the cage
Reebok and UFC announce new “UFC Fight Night” and “Legacy Series” apparel Reebok and the UFC announced a new line of apparel called the UFC Fight Night Collection. Reebok and UFC® today introduced their new […]
UFC AND FITE TV ANNOUNCE NEW TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP
The UFC has entered into a new digital partnership with the combat sports network, FITE TV. FITE TV will now broadcast UFC PPV events on its streaming platform to customers in the United States. The […]
GROCKE’S UFC FIGHT NIGHT 115 LIVE REPORT 9/2: Volkov vs. Struve, Bahadurzada vs. Wilkinson, Reneau vs. Bernardo, Edwards vs. Barberena
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 115 LIVE REPORT SEPTEMBER 2, 2017 ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS AT AHOY ROTTERDAM ON UFC FIGHT PASS Keep it locked here all afternoon for live updates of today’s UFC: Rotterdam event. My name […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 115: Monsey’s preview and prediction of the Struve-Volkov main event
The UFC comes to Rotterdam, Netherlands for Fight Night 115 on Saturday. The event is being aired exclusively on UFC Fight Pass with the main card starting at 3PM/12PM (ET/PT). The main event is a […]
MONSEY’S TAKE: Fans fight with UFC Fight Pass and my $200 hat
For better or worse Mayweather vs. McGregor was a historic night. Many made predictions that the previous PPV buy rate record of 4.6 million made in 2015 by Mayweather vs. Pacquiao would be broken. Fans […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 115 PRIMER: Harris’s preview and predictions of Volkov vs. Struve headlined card
The dust has settled and the buzz has finally started to die down from the circus that was Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather. The fight ended as many predicted with Mayweather scoring a TKO victory […]
THURSDAY NEWS DIGEST 8/31: White claims Mayweather-McGregor did 6.5MM buys, McGregor wants third fight against Diaz at 155, Diaz’s coach wants $20-30 MM for McGregor fight
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. […]
HEYDORN’S TAKE: The UFC needs to strike while the Conor McGregor iron is hottest and book him against Nate Diaz immediately
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 […]
HEYDORN’S TAKE: Logic be damned. Enjoy the fun inside the impossibility of Conor McGregor beating Floyd Mayweather
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 […]
ROUNDTABLE: What has to happen in the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight for this to help MMA vs. hurting MMA?
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 […]
HARRIS’S TAKE: Dana White’s Big Mistake
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 […]
MONDAY NEWS DIGEST 8/21: Brian Stann moving on from UFC commentary role, Anthony Joshua open to MMA fight, Polaris 5 results
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 […]
MEDIA & BUSINESS: Mark Hunt’s lawsuit inexplicably under the radar
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 […]
BUSINESS & MEDIA: Why YouTube restrictions are bad for all of MMA
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 […]
20 YRS AGO: Fascinating look at MMA’s struggles as Shamrock jumps to WWF, two Olympic wrestlers make MMA debuts on EFC Battlecade PPV
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 […]
10 YRS AGO – COLUMN: Ennis says MMA has potential to become as big as the major team sports in America, but what has to happen first?
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 […]
GROCKE’S LIVE UFC FIGHT NIGHT-MEXICO CITY REPORT: Real-Time Results & Analysis of Dos Anjos-Ferguson, TUF Latin America Finals
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 […]
10 YRS AGO: Pride vs. UFC: Which Aspects of Each Promotion Would You Keep?
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 […]
5 YRS AGO: Triple H gives UFC a little advice on how to sell tickets and says unlike UFC, WWE “never gives you a crap game” (w/Penick’s Analysis)
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 says he knows he is better than he looked last night, calls it “lopsided and upsetting” (w/Cervantes Analysis)
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 […]
WEDNESDAY’S DAILY TOP FIVE: Top Fights to Make For Georges St-Pierre if he returns to UFC
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. […]