The UFC had been holding off on booking TUF winner Julianna Pena while she faced legal issues stemming from an arrest in December, but now that it’s been resolved they plan to get her a […]
Daniel Cormier had to pull out of his UFC 197 bout with Jon Jones due to injury, opening the door to Ovince St. Preux in an Interim Title fight against Jones on April 23. On […]
USADA has released a statement confirming a reduced suspension for Yoel Romero over a failed drug test from January, and the middleweight contender will be out just six months, making him eligible to compete by […]
Frankie Edgar is fighting Jose Aldo at UFC 200 for the Interim UFC Featherweight Championship, a rematch of their fight for the title proper back in February of 2013. Edgar, the former UFC Lightweight Champion, […]
Middleweight contender Yoel Romero could be back in action in 2016, as MMAFighting.com reports that he’s reached a settlement with USADA over an anti-doping violation in January. Romero was suspended for two years due to […]
“Oh yeah, I f***ed that show up. I put a bigger hole on that shit. What did you guys think, I’m some f***ing game to be played with? I’ve been on this game for too […]
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier’s leg injury will not require surgery, and he could be back in the cage by August or September, according to a report from Dave Meltzer at MMAFighting.com. Cormier this […]
Anderson Silva is returning to action at UFC 198 in Brazil, but while he’s got a scheduled fight set against Uriah Hall, he’s already looking forward to future fights. The former UFC Middleweight Champion said […]
“Why would I rematch him in a different weight class with no belt? Now, to make this fight at 155, where he was full of juice in his body, where he hides and nobody tests […]
Daniel Cormier will be out from four to six weeks with a leg injury, and in his first comments after pulling out of UFC 197, the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion apologized for missing this […]
Jon Jones will remain on this month’s UFC 197 card, with UFC President Dana White announcing on ESPN’s SportsCenter Sunday evening that Ovince St. Preux has stepped up for that fight on three weeks notice. […]
With Miesha Tate wanting to fight by this summer, there had been some speculation that perhaps Ronda Rousey might just return early to face her. However, UFC President Dana White said this week the plan […]
Jon Jones isn’t one to stay on cards when his opponent drops out, but the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion said on Saturday that he’s willing to fight in UFC 197’s main event in three […]
On Thursday Jon Jones got clearance to fight at UFC 197 after a traffic stop led to a probation violation. On Friday, Daniel Cormier pulled out of that event. As first reported by BJPenn.com, and […]
Fresh off his tenth win in 11 fights, Neil Magny has secured a new four fight contract with the UFC. News of the new deal was first reported by MMAFighting.com, citing confirmation from Magny himself. […]
The UFC has released a former Ultimate Fighter winner, as Norman Parke revealed on Facebook Friday that he’s lost his spot on the roster. “I just wanna say a huge thanks to the UFC for […]
Given the McGregor-Diaz rematch, Velasquez-Browne, and Mousasi-Brunson fights at UFC 200, which other realistic matchups can the UFC book on that card to make it as big as they want it to be? MICHAEL BANE, […]
“You know as an athlete obviously it’s good because I get to fight, but as a fan it sucks. There’s not much I can say but it really doesn’t have any logic behind it. To […]
There were no big events this week, so I’ll just hit upon some of the news of the week this time around. It’s now official that UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor will fight Nate Diaz […]
Welcome to MMATorch’s new Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope […]
The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of April 1, 2016. POUND FOR POUND 1 Jon Jones 2 Demetrious Johnson 3 Dominick Cruz 4 Luke Rockhold 5 Rafael dos Anjos 6 T.J. Dillashaw 7 […]
With Torch columnist Shawn Ennis out for the week, Torch editor Jamie Penick is back with a solo audio podcast to break down the latest in the world of MMA. This week brings a rundown […]
Nate Diaz doesn’t feel he’s gotten his just due in the wake of his upset win over Conor McGregor earlier this month at UFC 196, and now that the rematch is set for UFC 200 […]
The May 29 UFC Fight Night 88 event will be headlined by a major bantamweight fight between Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt, and on Thursday the UFC added another highly significant matchup in the 135 […]
“Frankie Edgar is happy about this fight. Frankie will avenge his loss to Aldo and will kill two birds with one stone… After that, Conor will have nowhere to go. He’ll be trapped. He won’t […]
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