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

Frankie Edgar vs Jose Aldo set for UFC 153 main event

A knee injury has taken Erik Koch out of his featherweight title match with Jose Aldo.
Frankie Edgar will replace him for his first fight [...]

This morning, while many American citizens were hard at work—or just goofing off while earning a paycheck—Asian promotion One Fighting Championship was hosting a night of fights halfway around the globe.
The event, titled “Pride of a Nation” and available in the United States via internet streamed pay-per-view at 8:30 a.m. ET, featured a bantamweight that [...]

The shockwave from UFC 151 has yet to leave the minds of MMA fans, as a new story about the situation seems to surface each passing day. Most of the storylines have focused around Jon Jones and his refusal to face Chael Sonnen.
Jones seemingly didn’t want to face a fighter the caliber of Sonnen on [...]

Earlier this week, UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre took to his official Twitter account to announce, at long last, that he has been medically cleared to fight. GSP also said he would be returning to the Octagon to defend his belt at UFC 154 in the friendly confines of the Bell Centre in Montreal. The [...]

It has been a week since the cancellation heard ‘round the MMA world.
While the fate of Jon Jones and the light heavyweight championship bout took center stage, the champ and the title tilt were far from the only fighters and fights that felt the shockwave of UFC 151’s implosion. The entire lineup was left without [...]

New concepts and ideas are always a great upside for elevating the sport of mixed martial arts. After all, looking back in history, if it weren’t for the great athletes and risky business decisions being made, we would have never seen the sight of the worldwide entity the sport is today.
Hoping to contribute to the [...]

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

Three more fights announced for UFC on Fox 5

Look no further than UFC on Fox 5 for the most recent TUF champion to make his return to the Octagon as Michael Chiesa will [...]

The life of a fighter isn’t always what it’s cut out to be.
After all, these professional athletes spend hours upon hours and months at a time training for what could be anywhere from a few seconds to 25 minutes inside the Octagon. At times, the benefits don’t seem to coincide with the preparation that it [...]

Why is it that two of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, and former UFC heavyweight champions, are fighting in one day, but nobody is talking about it?  Is it because the promotion they are fighting in has done a horrible job of promoting the event?  Or, is it because they are “older” fighters [...]

When one thinks of the Philippines and combat sports, inevitably the first image that comes to mind is of a boxing ring and superstar Manny Pacquiao. “Pacman” has become a legend in his homeland.
However, boxing isn’t the only combat sport practiced on the island nation. There is also mixed martial arts, and several Filipinos are [...]