In the Cage – 9.26.11 Brian McKenna September 26, 2011 News Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of event announcements, fight matchups, and injuries/cancellations from throughout the world of MMA. Jamie Varner may be retiring from MMA Former WEC lightweight Jamie Varner may be throwing in the towel on his career after his loss on Saturday night at Titan Fighting Championships 20. Varner lost via unanimous decision against Dakota Cochrane, which triggered him to send out a tweet that said “I gave fighting another shot I need 2 thank u guys 4 ur support! But I just don’t have it anymore. Love u all but ull never c me fight again.” The tweet was later taken down by the former WEC champ. Varner has gone 1-4-1 since WEC 46 in January 2010. SOURCE: MMA Fighting M-1 Challenge card on Oct. 14 filling up Showtime will broadcast five fights from M-1 Challenge 27 on Oct. 14. Currently, six fights are scheduled for the card, including a main event heavyweight title rematch between Guram Gugenishvili and Kenny Garner. The co-main event fight will be a light heavyweight title fight between Vinny Magalhaes and Mikhail Zayats. Also on the card will be a fight between middleweights Arthur Guseinov and Eddie Arizmendi. In welterweight competition, Tom Gallicchio takes on Daniel Madrid and Yasubey Enomoto squares off against Joshua Thorpe. The last fight listed as of today is a bout between Jose Figueroa and Daniel Weichel. SOURCE: Sherdog Bubba Jenkins to make professional MMA debut at TPF 11 The 157-pound NCAA wrestling champion Bubba Jenkins will make his professional MMA debut on Dec. 2 at Tachi Palace Fights 11. The wrestler will take on another TPF newcomer in Chris Huerta in a lightweight clash. Jenkins has joined American Top Team in Florida to mold him into a true mixed martial artist. SOURCE: MMA Junkie Photo: Jamie Varner (Jeff Sherwood/Sherdog.com)
