After a journey to the “fight capital of the world” Las Vegas, Resurrection Fighting Alliance returned to its roots in Kearney, Neb., at the Viaero Event Center on Nov. 30.
Headlining a six-bout main card was Jared Downing vs. Jordan Rinaldi for the RFA featherweight title. Rinaldi came in undefeated at 6-0, with Downing winning his [...]

This week’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter 16 showcased the third and fourth quarterfinal fights. After watching Neil Magny and Colton Smith advance to the season’s semifinal round last week, it was time for four more fighters to lace up their gloves and go to battle.
Team Nelson comrades Joey Rivera and Jon Manley squared off [...]

Bellator returned from the Thanksgiving break to host its 82nd event from the Soaring Eagle Casino in & Resort in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
In the night’s main event, the season-seven welterweight tournament champion was crowned as former champion Lyman Good battled unbeaten Russian Andrey Koreshkov. The winner will challenge the winner of the season-eight title bout [...]

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

Lavar Johnson injured, forced out of bout with Brendan Schaub

The UFC injury bug continues, as Lavar Johnson has pulled out of his UFC on FOX 5 fight with Brendan Schaub due [...]

Pat Healy isn’t a name on many MMA fans’ radars. Ask your average fan and you’re likely to be met with a blank stare, despite the fact Healy was set to challenge for the Strikeforce lightweight title.
Of course, those plans fell apart after Gilbert Melendez injured himself on two separate occasions, and now Healy will [...]

Quality over quantity is a hotly contested debate in any business. A great example is Microsoft versus Apple.
From the ’90’s into the 2000’s, Microsoft blew up much faster than Apple, largely because Microsoft’s business model was built on a much more open architecture than Apple’s. Microsoft created a less quality product, but more of it, [...]

The forthcoming Strikeforce: Champions card is just one fighter-withdrawal away from having to re-brand itself in the singular form.
After initially planning to have three title fights on Jan. 12 before closing its doors, Strikeforce has already been forced to pull lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez and middleweight champion Luke Rockhold from the event due to ongoing [...]

Anderson Silva is holding the middleweight division hostage, and Michael Bisping is sick of waiting for his shot at UFC gold.
The longtime middleweight has finally started earning the big wins needed to become a realistic contender to Silva’s title, having defeated big name fighters like Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Brian Stann over the past year, [...]

This episode kicked off with a recap of last episode, when Team UK teammates Norman Parke and Brendan Loughnane squared off. Parke walked away with the unanimous decision.
In the house, Xavier Lucas gave Team Australia stories about his time in the South African special forces. His stories showed the intense operations he experienced while employed [...]

Lately in the UFC, a couple champions have been sidelined due to injury. Welterweight king Georges St-Pierre recently came back from knee surgery to defeat interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154, and bantamweight titleholder Dominick Cruz remains sidelined due to a knee injury.
When a champion is injured and can’t defend his belt, usually an [...]