Tecia Torres News

Adam Martin - May 9, 2021

UFC women’s fighter Angela Hill put out an open call to other women’s strawweights, and Tecia Torres has volunteered her services. Hill was set to fight Amanda Ribas in a high-profile women’s strawweight bout on the UFC Vegas 26 undercard, but the fight fell apart at the last minute when Ribas tested positive for COVID-19. Unfortunately, the late scratch meant that it was impossible for the UFC to get someone to fight Hill and she was pulled from the card without getting a fight. It’s possible that the UFC will try and re-book this fight but it’s also possible the promotion could have Hill return in a quick turnaround fight since she is not fully healthy and ready.

Harry Kettle - December 17, 2020

UFC fighter Sam Hughes and her coach Eddie Grant have responded to Daniel Cormier’s comments from UFC 256. On Saturday night, Hughes lost to Tecia Torres as a result of a doctor stoppage courtesy of an eye injury. It turns out that she wound up being diagnosed with hyphema, or pooling of blood inside the eye, and the UFC’s ophthalmologist said that her iris was 80% filled with blood.

Harry Kettle - December 7, 2020

Angela Hill has announced that she will not be fighting Tecia Torres at UFC 256 after testing positive for COVID-19. Hill is often viewed as a big fan favorite in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and rightly so, whether it be due to her fighting style or her overall personality. She was hoping to get another crack at Torres five years on from their battle at UFC 188, but now, she’ll have to wait and see whether or not the fight gets rebooked.

Chris Taylor - March 2, 2019

A women’s strawweight bout between Weili Zhang and Tecia Torres took place tonight’s UFC 235 main card from Las Vegas. Tecia Torres entered tonight’s fight looking to rebound, this after suffering back to back decision losses to Jessica Andrade and Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Drake Riggs - November 29, 2018

The UFC strawweight division is deeper and better than it’s ever been right now and leading the new wave of talent is China’s Weili Zhang (18-1). Holding quite the impressive record of 18-1 in her 19 career bouts, Zhang’s lone loss came in her pro debut. Having not looked back since, Zhang has dominated her competition on route to 16 finishes (10 KO/TKOs, six submissions) and six titles in Kunlun Fight MMA.

Chris Taylor - July 28, 2018

A women’s strawweight bout between former division champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and perennial division contender Tecia Torres took place on tonight’s UFC on FOX 30 main card. Joanna entered tonight’s bout on a two-fight losing skid, with both of those losses coming at the hands and feet of current women’s strawweight title holder Rose Namajunas.

Drake Riggs - May 18, 2018

"Rose is the champion, Joanna is not the strawweight queen." – UFC strawweight contender @TeciaTorres. Watch full interview: https://t.co/GAt6MVZt27 pic.twitter.com/Xrii6eVxCU — MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) May 18, 2018

Tom Taylor - May 14, 2018

Last Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 224, Raquel Pennington got her long-awaited shot at Amanda Nunes and the UFC women’s bantamweight belt. Regrettably, this title shot didn’t go as planned for Pennington, as she was stopped by the champion in the fifth round. Unfortunately, Pennington’s dashed title dreams are also accompanied by a bit of controversy, as she could be heard telling her corner she was “done” between the fourth and fifth rounds, and was encouraged to return for a fifth round all the same.

Drake Riggs - April 9, 2018

During the UFC 223 fight week this past week, along with all the drama surrounding that event, the UFC also held a press conference for their next big lineup of events. Somewhat similar to the “Time Is Now” and “Summer Kickoff” pressers we’ve seen in recent years. These style of press conferences feature all of the headliners for the upcoming events as well as all title fight participants. One of which included the likes of top welterweight contenders and rather outspoken, Colby Covington who stole the show as per usual.

Drake Riggs - March 20, 2018

Tecia Torres: “Well here in Brazil…we’re friends so we’re gonna be friends but when it comes down to the fight in May, business is business. Amanda [Nunes] is the champion for a reason. She deserves to be there but in this sport we all want that same spot so we have to fight for it and Raquel [Pennington] is going in there to fight for it. At the end of the day, business is business. Outside that, we’re friends and there’s no reason to be rivals.” Nina Ansaroff: “The thing is, it’s not just Amanda and Raquel…we’re fighters too, we know what they’re going through the same as they know what we go through. So to me it’s not a big deal. If I were sparring Tecia in the gym, it would be the same thing. Her girlfriend would want to help her do good against me and Amanda would help me not have trouble with her. Fighting is just the business. It’s even better because you’re getting paid for it you know? We do this as part of our job, it’s not that big of a deal.”

Chris Taylor - February 24, 2018

UFC Orlando Results: Jessica Andrade defeats Tecia Torres A key women’s strawweight bout between top contenders Jessica Andrade and Tecia Torres served as the co-main event of tonight’s UFC on FOX 28 fight card in Orlando.

Drake Riggs - December 27, 2017

Reports and rumors were circulating recently that the Rose Namajunas would be making her first title defense at UFC 221 in Australia…but not in a rematch with the woman she defeated for the title, Joanna Jedrzejczyk but the woman she’s 1-1 with, Tecia Torres. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the February 24 UFC on Fox 28 will be getting a big Strawweight fight between Torres and Jessica Andrade. Torres entered the UFC a part of The Ultimate Fighter season 20 and most recently defeated Michelle Waterson at UFC 218 by unanimous decision, extending her winning streak to three. Her last and only loss came to the champion, Rose Namajunas via split decision in a very close fight. Torres also holds a win over Namajunas from back when they fought in Invicta. A trilogy between the two happening was something that made most sense outside of Joanna getting a rematch. Well, either of those options or Jessica Andrade getting her second title shot.

Justin Golightly - October 17, 2017

If you thought the UFC were done announcing fights, think again. And if you think MTV is going to stop Michelle Waterson from fighting, you’re wrong. It was just revealed that Waterson would be competing on The Challenge raising money for charity. Naturally we thought this meant she’d be taking a break from fighting, but that isn’t the case. The UFC just announced that Karate Hottie will be fighting Tecia Torres at a ridiculously stacked UFC 218 card in Detriot. DETROIT! You got #AnotherOne@TeciaTorres takes on @KarateHottieMMA at #UFC218!!

Russell Ess - April 28, 2017

There are a few fighters that have struggled with being bullied growing up. UFC strawweight Paige VanZant says she enrolled in college early to get away from the high school bullying she was going through. UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was bullied during his childhood until the day he stood up to his peer tormenting him. Uriah Hall got to a point during his childhood that he wanted to end the life of the person that was bullying him. Even Anderson Silva was bullied as a kid.

Scott Hernandez - February 8, 2017

BJPENN.COM Radio returns at 8PM ET/5PM PT with another solid guest list for your MMA fix! 8:15 PM ET- We kick off tonights show with “The Tiny Tornado” Tecia Torres –@teciatorres. Coming off a successful return to action over the weekend in Houston, Tecia breaks down her decision victory over Bec Rawlings and gives us some insight as to what the future has in store for the straw weight contender.

Tom Taylor - January 23, 2017

There’s a reason MMA is often referred to as “the hurt business”. Though they are certainly not what we hope for, our hectic sport frequently produces some truly nasty injuries. We’ve seen arms snap like tooth picks. We’ve seen legs break like spaghetti. We’ve seen skulls literally shatter. And of course, we’ve seen a whole hell of a lot of gruesome cuts.

Russell Ess - June 10, 2016

To put an end to the work week, this UFC strawweight posted an amazing photo that got a lot of her fans revved up and ready for the weekend. Tecia Torres posted this throwback pic on Thursday and her fans have been blown away with it. Torres captioned the artistic and racy photo, “#tbt To the time when we decided an origami mask would be sexy 😎 photographer @mightyjax #MadMaxIsh.”

Russell Ess - April 14, 2016

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