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

MacDonald vs. Ellenberger at UFC on Fox 8

The UFC has confirmed that welterweights Rory MacDonald and Jake Ellenberger will meet in a July bout at UFC on Fox 8. The fight will take place on the Fox portion of the broadcast.

Source: MMA Fighting

Bellator announces Summer Series four-man tournaments

This summer will see Bellator holding four-man tournaments in lieu of the traditional eight-man tournaments for their Summer Series. This seasonal change will see a tournament champion crowned in the heavyweight, light heavyweight, and bantamweight divisions.

Dates, venues, and participants are to be announced. The eight-man tournament format will return in the fall.

Source: The MMA Corner

Nelson out of UFC 160, Story in

Gunnar Nelson was forced to withdraw from a meeting with Mike Pyle at UFC 160 due to a knee injury. His replacement will be Rick Story for the May 25 card.

Source: Sherdog

One FC 9 set for May 31 with two title fights

The Asian promotion One FC has announced the event “One FC 9: Rise to Power,” which will be headlined by a main event between promotional featherweight champion Honorio Banario vs. Koji Oishi. The co-headliner will be between Bibiano Fernandes and Koetsu Okazaki, fighting for an interim bantamweight title while champion Soo Chul Kim is out due to surgery.

The event will take place May 31 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines. It will be available for streaming via online pay-per-view.

Source: MMA Junkie

Photo: Rory MacDonald(Dave Mandel/Sherdog)

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David Massey
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David Massey studied Humanities and Art History at the University of Central Oklahoma. He first found interest in MMA from the first TUF show and has been hooked ever since. He began posting on mmajunkie then submitting Sunday Junkie entries and that began his interest in writing about MMA. Through twitter David found other MMA enthusiasts and began contributing articles to marqueemma.com. He looks forward to growing as a writer and being a part of the sport he loves.