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In the Cage – 4.30.12

Posted April 30th, 2012 by Bryan Henderson, Editor-in-Chief

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

Lyoto Machida battles Ryan Bader at UFC on Fox 4

Ryan Bader has suffered back-to-back losses, the first two defeats of his career.  The UFC isn’t giving him any breaks though, as the promotion [...]

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Leslie Smith (L) delivers a kick to Kaitlin Young (Esther Lin/Invicta FC)
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Invicta Fighting Championships: Ensuring a Bright Future for Women’s MMA

Posted April 30th, 2012 by Bryan Henderson, Editor-in-Chief

The UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator had the week off. Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson were scrapping in a featured boxing attraction on HBO. Baseball’s hot prospect, Bryce Harper, was stepping to the plate for the first at-bat of his Major League career. And where were the eyes of MMA fans focused? [...]

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The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil – The Aftermath, Week Six

Posted April 30th, 2012 by Dale De Souza

This week, on episode six of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil, we recap Team Vitor’s move to 4-0 in the competition with Cezar Mutante’s submission win over Leonardo Macarrao, and though Team Wanderlei’s spirits have not been crushed, Anistavio Gasparzinho feels a bit left out. Naturally, coach Wanderlei Silva is fed up with Gasparzinho’s “speeches,” as [...]

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Coenen (R) battles Ruyssen (Jayare Gallegos)
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Invicta FC 1: Coenen Cruises, Penne, Carmouche Score Big Wins

Posted April 28th, 2012 by Rob Tatum, News Manager/Assistant Editor

Invicta Fighting Championships hosted its inaugural event from Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan., on April 28. The all-women’s promotion put together an 11-fight card that featured a number of well-known female fighters, including former Strikeforce champion Marloes Coenen battling Romy Ruyssen for the second time. The entire event streamed live on the promotion’s [...]

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Chris Saunders (R) prepares with his coach Urijah Faber (The Ultimate Fighter/Facebook)
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The Ultimate Fighter: Live – The Aftermath, Week Eight

Posted April 27th, 2012 by Rob Tatum, News Manager/Assistant Editor

The eighth installment of The Ultimate Fighter: Live kicked off with Team Cruz celebrating their sudden death win on last week’s episode. Team Cruz’s Vinc Pichel was elated at the win, while Team Faber’s John Cofer fought off tears in defeat.
Discussing this week’s match-up between Sam Sicilia and Chris Saunders, bantamweight champion Cruz praised Sicilia’s [...]

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In the Cage – 4.27.12

Posted April 27th, 2012 by Corey Adams

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

Invicta FC 1 Weigh-in Results

Fighters tipped the scale for the first Invicta event, which will be an all-female promotion. Invicta Fighting Championships 1 will take place on April 28 [...]

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Bellator Prospect Rundown: A Look at Five Bellator Prospects to Watch in 2012

Posted April 27th, 2012 by Dale De Souza

Bellator Fighting Championships has been delivering great action from start to finish for almost six full seasons, with one “Summer Series” in between, and while the promotion has delivered such veterans as Brad Blackburn, Jamie Jara, Roger Huerta and Shinya Aoki, the key thing at which it excels is building and development of young top-shelf prospects [...]

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Can Dan Henderson Succeed Against Jon Jones Where Others Have Failed?

Posted April 27th, 2012 by Brian McKenna

Dominant.  Elite.  Unstoppable.  These are words that people are currently using to describe current UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
Prior to his successful title defense last Saturday, there were some skeptics in the crowd on whether or not “Bones” would make it out of Atlanta with the belt based on [...]

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Invicta FC 1 Preview: Move Over Men, Marloes Coenen and Co. Rule This House

Posted April 27th, 2012 by Bryan Henderson, Editor-in-Chief

Women’s MMA has enjoyed its moments in the spotlight, producing a handful of stars. Of course, there’s Gina Carano. There’s “Cyborg.” Sarah Kaufman. Miesha Tate. Ronda Rousey. And Marloes Coenen. But not a one of those ladies rose to fame in an all-women’s mixed martial arts promotion. They haven’t [...]

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In the Cage – 4.26.12

Posted April 26th, 2012 by Brian McKenna

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

Bellator 68 fight card rounds out

Bellator Fighting Championship has finalized their Bellator 68 event by filling up the fight card.  The main event on the evening will be the season-six featherweight tournament final [...]

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