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

TUF Brazil season two coaches announced

Heavyweights Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira and Fabricio Werdum will coach against each other on the UFC’s second installment of Brazilian reality show. The pair will meet in a customary [...]

Anyone who knows the norm of a Bellator Fighting Championships card knows what to expect.
Aside from Sean Wheelock and Jimmy Smith on commentary, and Mercedes Terrell and Jade Bryce working the ring cards while occasionally helping us break down a submission or two, fans know they’re getting a generous helping of intriguing fights. Prospects, veterans, [...]

On Oct. 19, Rosi Sexton’s phone started ringing. The name on the caller ID was that of Ian Dean, matchmaker for the Cage Warriors promotion, where, just eight days later, Sexton was to fight Sheila Gaff for the promotion’s vacant women’s flyweight championship. Before she even answered Dean’s call, Sexton had a premonition about what [...]

A fighter must finish fights in the house or suffer the consequences of a bad decision.  This was the lesson I learned on the seventh episode of TUF 16.
We must be honest in saying that Michael Hill from Team Nelson was not able to back his tough words in the house nor was Matt Secor [...]

Ryan Ford has been fighting professionally since 2007, but he has only fought under the Bellator banner one time. After 22 professional fights, Ford is looking to break out and become a star, like most fighters in the business.
For Ford, fighting under the Bellator banner is an honor and a privilege.
“Fighting in Bellator is going [...]

“The People’s Warrior” Josh Burkman traveled on quite the road to get to his bout with Gerald Harris this Saturday.
For Burkman, it started with a 9-1 record compiled through 2003. Two years later, Burkman found himself as part of The Ultimate Fighter 2—and eventually, the UFC roster. Now, Burkman owns a 5-1 streak in his [...]

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 156

Franke Edgar and Jose Aldo were originally set to square off at UFC 153 but an injury to Aldo forced the fight to be [...]

Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski is a name that needs no introduction to MMA fans. He’s a former UFC heavyweight champion and has defeated some of the best fighters in the world that weigh in over 206 pounds.
However, since leaving the UFC, the Belarusian has encountered a mixed bag of results. After winning his first two fights [...]

The last name Gracie brings certain expectations. Two of the elder Gracie brothers, Helio and Carlos, are widely credited as the founders of the fast-growing martial art Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Both of them had many sons, most of whom are involved in BJJ on a global scale as some of the highest-level practitioners and masters.
In the [...]

Every mixed martial artist has a base. For some, it’s wrestling or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, but in the case of 27-year-old Tyrone Spong, it’s kickboxing. The Suriname-born, Netherlands-raised fighter is still a top-10 competitor in the striking world, but he has now shifted his focus to the world of MMA.
“It’s a whole different ballgame,” Spong said [...]