Panama: Joselyne Edwards is just days away from starting her fight year 2026 with a battle in which she will have the opportunity to settle an outstanding score. The ‘Panther’ of Panama will step into the octagon on Saturday, February 21st, to participate in the UFC Houston event, where she will fight for the second time in her career against France’s Nora Cornolle.
This fight will be part of the preliminary card of the event, which will take place at the Toyota Center in Houston, and is scheduled for three rounds in the bantamweight division. Edwards enters this fight with a record of 16 wins and six losses in mixed martial arts (MMA). Of those wins, seven have been by knockout and four by submission. Within the UFC, she has had 11 fights, winning seven and losing four.
The Panamanian has won her last three fights, the last of which was on August 9, 2025 when she defeated Brazilian Priscila Cachoeira by technical knockout at 2:24 minutes of the first round. Cornolle, for her part, has a record of nine wins and three losses in MMA. She currently has five UFC fights, with three wins and two losses. The Frenchwoman made her UFC debut on September 2, 2023, and her opponent was Joselyne Edwards.
Antecedent
Almost two and a half years ago, Joselyne Edwards and Nora Cornolle faced off at the UFC Fight Night held at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. The ‘Panther’ aimed to spoil her opponent’s debut against her fellow Frenchwomen, but things didn’t go as planned. On that occasion, Edwards lost by unanimous decision in three rounds. Judges Ben Cartlidge and Damien Gluski scored it 27-30, and the judge Clemens Werner scored it 28-29 in favor of Cornolle. The day after the fight, the Panamanian woman shared her opinion on what happened on her Instagram account.
Joselyne Edwards (back view) and Nora Cornolle (front view) fought for the first time in France
She used the following words: “I know I won, but unfortunately, we have to accept it and move on.” According to official UFC statistics on the fight, Edwards landed a total of 75 strikes and Cornolle 85. The Panamanian fighter secured 5 of eight takedowns, while the French fighter did not take her down at all during the fight. Edwards attempted a submission, but Cornolle countered three times. The French fighter landed 40 significant blows to the Panamanian’s 18, but there were no knockdowns.
