Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of results, event announcements, fight matchups, and injuries/cancellations from throughout the world of MMA.

UFC 141 gets Cerrone-Diaz, Nunes-Gamburyan, and Assuncao-Pearson

The UFC’s Dec. 30 card slated for the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is beginning to fill up with fights.
The night’s co-main event will feature a lightweight battle [...]

Every Monday, The MMA Corner takes a look – with video footage when possible – at the previous weekend’s action at small regional and international shows with a focus on UFC and Pride veterans, consensus-ranked fighters and up-and-coming prospects. Here’s what went down between Oct. 26 and Oct. 30:

Spotlight Event

Spotlight Event
Deep: Cage Impact 2011, [...]

UFC 137 took place from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Oct. 29.  The card, originally slated to feature a welterweight title bout, was headlined by Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn after champion Georges St-Pierre was forced out with an injury.

Diaz pushes Penn toward retirement

Former Strikeforce title-holder Nick Diaz used his cardio [...]

Bellator traveled to the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan., for a highly-anticipated welterweight title fight between the champion Ben Askren and MMA veteran Jay Hieron. Also on the card were the two heavyweight semifinal fights as Eric Prindle took on Ron Sparks and Neil Grove battled Thiago Santos. The event was televised live on MTV2.

 Askren takes split decision to retain title

In one of the most closely contested title [...]

Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of results, event announcements, fight matchups, and injuries/cancellations from throughout the world of MMA.

Deep Cage Impact 2011 Results

First Round (Afternoon Event)
Katsunori Kikuno def. Kwang Hee Lee by TKO (Punches) – Round 1, 4:59
Kazunori Yokota def. Katsuya Toida by TKO (Soccer Kicks and Punches) – Round 2, [...]

Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of results, event announcements, fight matchups, and injuries/cancellations from throughout the world of MMA.

UFC 137 Weigh-in Results

Welterweight contenders Nick Diaz and B.J. Penn both made weight before having to be separated after getting physical in a staredown. The former champions will meet in the main event of [...]

It should have been Georges St-Pierre against Nick Diaz.  Right?
Or was it GSP against Carlos Condit?
Well, now we’ve come full circle, with Diaz in the main event, but against B.J. Penn rather than the current UFC welterweight champion.
Despite all of the changes to the main event of Saturday’s UFC 137 event, which takes place at [...]

When Zuffa merged its WEC brand with the UFC, three lightweights stood out from the pack as the most promising imports at 155: the final WEC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, former title holder Ben Henderson and, finally, perennial contender Donald Cerrone.
While Ben Henderson recently defeated UFC lightweight contender Jim Miller, it could be argued that [...]

Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of results, event announcements, fight matchups, and injuries/cancellations from throughout the world of MMA.

Illinois commission does not license Kraniotakes, then reverses decision

Andreas Kraniotakes was the man to replace an injured Pedro Rizzo in the main event against Tim Sylvia at ProElite 2, until this morning when [...]

Mixed Martial Arts is the fastest growing sport in the world, and continues to grow each day. With so many fighters that are up-and-coming, it is difficult to remain in the spotlight.
The UFC has been the forefront of growth of MMA, and to many, represents the majority of what people view as the sport. The [...]