UFC Fight Night Review 4/17/2021
Lightweight Fight Luis Pena vs. Alexander Munoz The 1st round of this fight was pretty wild and furious. Both of these men want a KO to their name to move up the division’s rankings. Pena […]
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 257 and UFC Fight NIght: Whittaker vs. Gastelum
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 257 and UFC Fight NIght: Whittaker vs. Gastelum were this weekend and featured some good fight and a lot of decisions. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 257 […]
Bellator 257 Review
175 Lb. Contract-Weight Feature Fight Sabah Homasi vs. Paul Daley This was a crazy fight that started very intense right out of the gate. Homasi almost got a KO in the first but Daley somehow […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 256 and UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 256 and UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland were both this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 256 GOOD/BAD- Goiti Yamauchi vs. Dan Moret Moret drops […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 255, and McGregor vs. Poirier 3 is signed
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 255 was this past week and featured a big title fight and the continuation of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. Also, Conor McGregor’s next fight is set. […]
MMA Rankings
Notes: (1)Jon Jones is not ranked due to his impending move to the heavyweight division. (2) Yoel Romero is not ranked due to his impending move to the light-heavyweight division Heavyweight Francis Ngannou -UFC Heavyweight […]
MMA Rankings (Womens)
Featherweight Amanda Nunes -UFC Champion Cris Cybrog -Bellator Champion Julia Budd Felicia Spencer Kayla Harrison Megan Anderson Arlene Blencowe Leslie Smith Pam Sorenson Kaitlyn Young Bantamweight Amanda Nunes -UFC Champion Germaine de Randamie Holly Holm […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 260
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 260 was yesterday and featured a huge title change, let’s get right to the rundown. UFC 260 GOOD- Jamie Mullarky stops Khama Worthy They traded for a bit […]
UFC 260 Review
Jamie Mullarkey vs. Khama Worthy Lightweight Fight It only took 46 seconds. Mullarkey caught Worthy completely off guard and landed a huge shot. This was a win he needed. 11 straight finishes for an accomplished […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland was last night. Was it good or bad? Well, read on to find out. UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland GOOD- Tai Tuivasa […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad was last night and it featured a horribly tainted main event. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad BAD- […]
UFC Fight Night 3/13/2021 Review
Darren Stewart vs. Eryk Anders Middleweight Fight This was exactly the fireworks display that we wanted it to be. In the last minute of the first round Anders started throwing like crazy after he caught […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane was this past Saturday and it was…it was something. A lot of decisions on the card, in fact, all the main card fights […]
UFC Fight Night 2/27/2021 Review
Alex Carceres vs. Kevin Croom Featherweight Fight I’ll be honest, this fight bored me. Everytime Carceres seemed to put a couple strikes together it appeared that he backed off. Carceres even had a couple submission […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis was this past Saturday and it featured an upset in the main event. UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis GOOD- Nassourdine Imavov vs. […]
UFC Fight Night 2/20/2021 Review
Tom Aspinall vs. Andrei Arlovski Heavyweight Fight This was a slugfest that you would expect. The first round was pretty back and forth with a bit of an advantage for Aspinall. Aspinall got the better […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 258, plus Jon Jones to challenge for the UFC Heavyweight Title
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist UFC 258 was this past weekend and it featured a big title fight in the welterweight division. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 258 GOOD- Julian Marquez submits Maki […]
UFC 258 Review
Maki Pitolo vs. Julian Marquez Middleweight Fight This fight certainly made a big turn in the 2nd round. The first was all Pitolo, he nearly got a finish with a submission. The 2nd picked up […]
UFC 257 Review
Amanda Ribas vs. Marina Rodriguez Women’s Strawweight Fight This was a great Brazilian style fight where it went to the ground fast. Rodriguez always seemed to have the octagon in her control. This was an […]
HYDEN BLOG: A Look Ahead To Upcoming Big Fights
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist No events from this past week and not a lot of big news either, so I’ll take a look ahead at some upcoming big fights, starting with next week. […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny and UFC 257
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist There were two UFC events this past week, with one throwing a major monkey wrench into the longterm viability of Conor McGregor as a draw. Let’s get to the […]
UFC Fight Night 1/20/2021 Review
Omari Akhmedov vs. Tom Breese Middleweight Fight This fight started at a million miles an hour. Breese went for a guillotine as soon as the fight started, but Akhmedov slipped out of it. The rest […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
By: Frank Hyden, Senior Columnist The UFC ran their first event on ABC the other day and it featured some really exciting fights. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar GOOD- […]
HYDEN BLOG: Thoughts on Some MMA News
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist It was another slow week for MMA so I’ll just hit upon some news and maybe make a few predictions. UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo and Henry Cejudo have […]
HYDEN BLOG: Israel Adesanya vs. Jan Blachowicz is a Superfight?
By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist The UFC recently announced that UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya will move up to light heavyweight and face UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 on March […]