There are 800 million users on Facebook so it’s easy to see why the UFC has attempted to harness the social media site by streaming preliminary card fights to expand its brand. However, thus far, the promotion has managed to reach only one percent of the users—evidenced by the 8.4 million “likes” on their page.
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Following every UFC and Strikeforce event, The MMA Corner will break down the event and suggest fights the promotion should make in the future. This week, our focus is on UFC on Fox 3: Diaz vs. Miller, which took place on May 5 from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J.

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This week, on episode seven of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil, we recap Hugo Viana’s victory last week over Marcos Vinicius Vina by unanimous decision and we open up with coach Vitor Belfort’s announcement of Rony “Jason” Bezerra vs. Anistavio “Gasparzinho” Medeiros, or as we will call it, “Jason vs. Gasparzinho.”
Coach Wanderlei Silva says he didn’t [...]

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

Jones vs. Henderson possible for UFC 151 Sept. 1

Dana White told reporters this week that right now it looks like Jon Jones will defend his light heavyweight title against Dan Henderson on Labor [...]

The UFC’s third installment on network television took place from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J. Headlining the event was former Ultimate Fighter winner Nate Diaz against Jersey-native Jim Miller. Also on the card was a pivotal welterweight battle between Josh Koscheck and Johny Hendricks. The main card aired live on Fox, while the [...]

Bellator Fighting Championships took a break from its run of title bouts, and instead put on a lightweight superfight between the champion Michael Chandler and veteran of over 50 fights Akihiro Gono. Not only that, but in the co-main event, two welterweights Ben Saunders and Bryan Baker squared off to determine who would move one [...]

In the final episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Live before the quarterfinal round, Team Cruz’s Mike Rio locked horns with Team Faber’s Andy Ogle. The match-up was determined by default, but Team Faber held a 4-3 advantage leading into the bout.
Faber’s team celebrated Chris Saunders’ upset win over Sam Sicilia last week. However, UFC President [...]

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 147 headliner ‘official’ with Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva II

On Thursday, UFC president Dana White confirmed the main event for UFC 147.
The main bout will be The Ultimate [...]

On Friday, May 4, the UFC will hold the weigh-ins for UFC on Fox 3from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J.
The event is headlined by a five-round lightweight fight between former Ultimate Fighter winner Nate Diaz and well-rounded New Jersey native Jim Miller. The card also features a pivotal welterweight match-up between Josh Koscheck [...]

[Full disclosure: The MMA Corner's own Gianni Grippo, a highly decorated BJJ brown belt and the author of this feature, is a training partner of John Cholish's at the Renzo Gracie Academy.]
Coming into this weekend’s UFC on Fox 3 in New Jersey, it is evident that the organization set it up so that many of [...]