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Friday, Aug 28
UFC 102's Jake Rosholt says takedowns...
In just his seventh professional fight, Rosholt believes he's prepared for what will happen when the cage door closes. "When I first signed with the WEC, ... BENT: UFC 102 Previews and Predictions - Chris Leben vs. Jake RosholtMMATorch
Wednesday, Aug 26
UFC 104 main card nearly full, middle...
MMA Waves UFC 104 main card nearly full, middleweight contender Yushin Okami ... Regardless, Okami hopes to improve his stock in the division when he meets Sonnen, a former top WEC middleweight contender who recently returned to the UFC ...
Tuesday, Aug 25
M-1 Global announces complete card fo...
M-1 Global announces complete card for "Breakthrough," HDNet live ... Tiny compared to the UFC, WEC, or Strikeforce's standards. Ive seen Slayer there, and it was like seeing them in a bar with bleachers. ... and more »
Despite WEC 43 rescheduling, Donald "...
MMA Unlimited Despite WEC 43 rescheduling, Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone staying busy ... And while main-event competitor Donald Cerrone, who was set to face Benson Henderson for the WEC's interim lightweight title, will surely be disappointed at ...
Monday, Aug 24
Medical Beat: A look at Ben Henderson...
Medical Beat: A look at Ben Henderson's eye surgery and MMA's pre ... Ben "Smooth" Henderson is one of my favorite fighters in the WEC. Clark Kent-like Coke-bottle glasses ...
Wednesday, Aug 19
Atlanta Braves to honor new WEC champ...
Atlanta Braves to honor new WEC champ and Athens resident Brian ... Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves will honor recently crowned WEC bantamweight champion Brian Bowles next ...
Thursday, Aug 13
Fight Path: WEC 42 winner Dominick Cr...
Fight Path: WEC 42 winner Dominick Cruz's path to MMA began with ... He was given his shot against Urijah Faber at WEC 26. "It was the first time I was even in a fight camp," Cruz said. It was Cruz's only loss, a tap-out via ...
Sunday, Aug 9
Roller outlasts Hicks in "WEC 42: Tor...
Roller outlasts Hicks in "WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles" prelim ... LAS VEGAS – MMA fans in attendance for the preliminary card of Sunday night's "WEC 42: Torres vs. ... WEC 42 Weigh-In ResultsMMA Unlimited Lost in the 101 aftermath, WEC 42 weigh-in resultsFight Ticker all 3 news articles »
Friday, Aug 7
WEC's long-awaited 125-pound weight c...
WEC's long-awaited 125-pound weight class likely to come in early 2010 The WEC plans to host eight shows this year, and to make room for the flyweights and additional talent in the WEC's other weight classes (bantamweight, ... and more »
Tuesday, Aug 4
MMAjunkie.com Radio goes "Primetime" ...
Radio goes "Primetime" on Thursday with WEC 42 ... The event, which takes place the day after UFC 101 in Philadelphia, is headlined by WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres vs. top contender Brian Bowles. ... Shane Roller ready to erase memory of April loss with WEC 42 bout ...MMAjunkie.com
Friday, Jun 12
Radio today: Reed Harris, Jamie Varner, Brian Bowles, Anthony ...
Also joining the show today are WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner, WEC 42 headliner and bantamweight challenger Brian Bowles, and WEC 41 winners Anthony Pettis and Antonio Banuelos. (Not bad for a two-hour show, eh?) Catch MMAjunkie.com Radio ...
Tuesday, Jun 9
Official MMA Partner of
OH WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown (who defeated Urijah Faber at this past Sunday's WEC 41 event), Jake Shields (who submitted Robbie Lawler in this past Saturday's Strikeforce main event) and trainer to the stars Cesar Gracie (whose students Shields ...
Monday, Jun 8
WEC General Manager Reed Harris: Eight shows targeted for 2009, 10 ...
OH The WEC, founded in 2001, has never promoted more than seven annual shows (2006 and 2007), and six were held in 2008. Zuffa LLC, the UFC's parent company, bought the promotion in December 2006 and hosted its first WEC show in February 2007. ...
WEC 41 win earns Donald Cerrone fall rematch with lightweight ...
WEC lightweight Donald Cerrone (10-1 MMA, 3-1 WEC) will get a second shot at current champion Jamie Varner (16-2 MMA, 4-0 WEC) some time this fall. While Cerrone has made no attempt to hide his desire for the rematch, WEC general manager Reed Harris ...
Sunday, Jun 7
WEC 41 prelims: Manny Gamburyan's WEC featherweight debut a success
Rolando Perez via submission (triangle choke) - Round 1, 2:30 Stay tuned to MMAjunkie.com for a complete recap of tonight's Versus-televised main card, including the night's main event between WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown and challenger Urijah ...
Saturday, Jun 6
Friday's featherweight tournament winner crowned first Bellator ...
OH Additionally, Bryan Baker (10-1), who went 2-1 during a recent stint with the WEC, topped former IFL star and recent UFC fighter Matt Horwich (22-13-1) via unanimous decision. Horwich, who went 0-2 in the UFC, has now lost three straight fights and ...
Friday, Jun 5
Cub Swanson hopes to use Plan A to perfection in WEC 41 bout with ...
OH When Cub Swanson (13-2 MMA, 3-1 WEC) learned he would face Jose Aldo (14-1 MMA, 4-0 WEC) at Sunday's "WEC 41: Faber vs. Brown," he said it was "an honor to fight an opponent who thinks of himself so highly." While that little jab could have fueled a ...
Thursday, Jun 4
"TUF" castoff Noah Thomas' journey finally leads to WEC 41 bout ...
OH For Thomas, Sunday night's bout is a chance to prove to White, to the WEC, to Zuffa, LLC, that he learned his lessons and belongs in the sport. "It's going to a very tough fight," Thomas said. "I feel he brings some good things to the table, ...
WEC 42 tickets on sale today
WEC 42 takes place Aug. 9 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres meets top contender Brian Bowles in the Versus-televised main event, and in the co-feature, Jeff Curran takes on Takeya ...
Friday, May 29
WEC's Jose Aldo and DREAM's Joe Warren make their names
1 lighter-weight fighter in the world, with Warren and Aldo hoping to add their names to talks that involve Faber, Yamamoto, WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown and WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres. Aldo (14-1) faces Cub Swanson (13-2) ...
UFC to skip Chicago in 2009; Indianapolis, Memphis on short list ...
I hope WEC returns then. WEC 40 was amazing! Brown, pulver, and even clay guida were awesome enough to take the time and shake everyone's hand...let alone take pictures with. I have been waiting for them to come to Indy for years. ... UFC event may be coming to Conseco Fieldhouse in 2010 indy.com
Wednesday, May 27
"TUF" alumn Noah Thomas signs with WEC, replaces Eddie Wineland at ...
WEC 41 takes place June 7 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif. WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown meets former champ Urijah Faber in the Versus-televised main event. Thomas, who was eliminated from "TUF 5" by eventual finalist Manny Gamburyan, ...
Tuesday, May 26
Shinya Aoki, Melvin Manhoef and Paulo Filho among DREAM.10 additions
MMA Unlimited OH Meanwhile, Filho (16-1), once considered the world's top middleweight fighter, will look to rebound from two lackluster fights with Sonnen in the WEC. Filho narrowly won their first meeting in December 2007, and after failing miserably to make weight ...
Saturday, May 23
Larson rolls, Nover and Barry shocked in action-packed UFC 98 prelims
OH Larson has now earned five-straight wins, including two consecutive bouts in the UFC, coupled with a pair of wins in the Zuffa-owned WEC. Pyle loses in his UFC debut but should earn a return trip to the organization and a chance to perform after a full ...
Thursday, May 21
Fight Path: WEC's Anthony Pettis found MMA after father's tragic death
OH The experience was part of a rough-and-tumble upbringing for Pettis (6-0), whose preliminary card lightweight fight against Mike Campbell at "WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II" on June 7 will mark his WEC debut. His tough Milwaukee neighborhood, though, ...
Wednesday, May 20
WEC and PFC veteran Jeff Bedard calls it quits after seven-year run
OH by John Morgan on May 20, 2009 at 5:45 pm ET Despite recently earning his 13th win in 15 career bouts, WEC veteran and current PFC bantamweight champion Jeff Bedard has competed professionally for the last time. Bedard announced his retirement in the ...
Tuesday, May 19
Welterweight Mike Pyle tapped as "standby" fighter for UFC 98
by John Morgan on May 19, 2009 at 4:50 pm ET Strikeforce, WEC, Affliction and Sengoku veteran Mike Pyle (17-5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been tapped as a "standby" fighter for Saturday night's "UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida." MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) ...
Monday, May 18
BJ Penn has "no interest in ever fighting in Nevada or Las Vegas ...
OH Since coming back to the UFC he has lost to Hughes and GSP twice. His wins, all dominant came against Pulver, Stevenson, and Sherk. Pulver is now fighting at 145 in the WEC and hasn't fared too well. Stevenson never evolved as a fighter and may be out ...
Saturday, May 16
Vladimir Matyushenko outlasts Jason Lambert at "Call to Arms I"
OH In earlier action, UFC, WEC and Strikeforce veteran Tiki Ghosn (11-7) also earned a unanimous-decision win over Brian Warren (11-13-1), while Daniel Puder (7-0) remained undefeated with a TKO win over Jeff Ford (4-4). Vladimir Matyushenko def. ...
Friday, May 15
Transcript of today's MMAjunkie.com Chat with WEC Executive Reed ...
WEC Reed Harris says: Tapia had a good fight with Tamura in Chicago. We like Manny and are working with his managers right now kisujede says: Speaking of WEC on Versus, how have ratings been? And how big has the difference been between live ratings and ...
MMAjunkie.com Radio: Veteran Mike Whitehead and MMA legend Don Frye
OH by MMAjunkie.com Staff on May 15, 2009 at 10:20 am ET Veteran fighter Mike Whitehead, who's formerly competed with the UFC, WEC, IFL and Affliction, will be a guest on today's edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio, where he'll discuss his June 6 Strikeforce ...
Thursday, May 14
Urijah Faber not only potential star training at Ultimate Fitness
OH by MMAjunkie.com Staff on May 14, 2009 at 6:50 pm ET While former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber's Ultimate Fitness Gym in Sacramento, Calif., is known primarily as "The California Kid's" home base, he's not the only promising fighter working ...
Wednesday, May 13
Fight Path: "Danger" was bullrider Donald Cerrone's middle name
OH by Kyle Nagel on May 14, 2009 at 8:20 am ET A few minutes into a conversation with Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, it becomes clear that the 26-year-old WEC star is – to put it bluntly – one tough son of a bitch. You want examples? ... Interview: Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone MMA for Real all 3 news articles
Saturday, May 9
Kyle Dietz vs. Charlie Valencia official for 10-fight WEC 41 card
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on May 09, 2009 at 3:50 pm ET A bantamweight bout first reported by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) between WEC newcomer Kyle Dietz (5-0 MMA, 0-0 WEC) and Charlie Valencia (10-5 MMA, 3-3 WEC) has been officially added to the ...
Thursday, May 7
WEC executive Reed Harris joins mmajunkie.com for May 15 online chat
OH What the WEC and the UFC need to accept is that some fighters dont care about smart business, they wanna know in their minds and hearts that they're the best mmaist in the world in their weight class period, and if the WEC/UFC just wanna make money, ...
Tuesday, May 5
At 6-foot-1, UFC lightweight Cole Miller could make cut to 145 ...
OH - Dann Stupp After all, many fighters who struggled in the UFC dropped weight and started second careers in the WEC. Leonard Garcia and Jens Pulver, for example, are former UFC lightweights who became top 145-pound contenders in the UFC's sister promotion. ...
DREAM and PRIDE vet Luiz "Buscape" Firmino joins American Top Team
OH Among others, Firmino (12-4) is currently training with WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown, who fights Urijah Faber next month in WEC 41's main event. Brown briefly discussed Firmino in his latest WEC.tv blog, calling him "another quality training ...
Monday, May 4
Eight bouts now official for UFC 101; main event not yet announced
OH Amir Sadollah is an afterthought at this point, I could really care less about seeing him fight a WEC import. I have to admit that Neer vs. Batman is intriguing. I completely disagree. The Grove vs. Almeida fight will be really solid. ... UFC fills out UFC 101 in Philadelphia MMA Ring Report
Friday, May 1
Xavier Foupa-Pokam, Chael Sonnen official as replacements for UFC 98
Sonnen will also be looking to rebound from a defeat. The four-time UFC veteran and WEC title challenger was submitted by top contender Demain Maia at UFC 95 in February. The bout was Sonnen's first in the UFC in nearly three years. ... Sonnen Replaces Herman, To Fight Miller at UFC 98 MMAFrenzy.co...
WEC vet Avena heads California's first hybrid MMA/Muay Thai card
OH Avena built a 3-3 record in two years with the WEC, including an August 2007 submission win over UFC and WEC veteran Tiki Ghosn. Meanwhile, Hollenbeck has earned four first-round victories to open his career, all with the California-based Cage Combat ...
Thursday, Apr 30
Irvin off UFC 98 card, Foupa-Pokam to replace if immigration ...
OH - John Morgan, Dann Stupp I always wondered why a fighter of his caliber went to the WEC anyways. Brock is a solid fighter, but he is a little too aggressive a lot of the time and that is when he gets in trouble. He needs to slow it down a little bit and be a little more ...
Ticket sales strong for June's potentially record-setting WEC 41 event
OH by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Apr 30, 2009 at 11:45 am ET Ticket sales are strong for World Extreme Cagefighting's June event, which features a rematch between WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown and former title-holder Urijah Faber. ... WEC 41 Ticket Sales Are Strong So Far 411mania.com
Wednesday, Apr 29
Fredson Paixao returns at WEC 42
OH - Dann Stupp Paixao recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio host "Gorgeous" George Garcia he's slated for a return at WEC 42. Although not officially announced by the organization, WEC 42 is expected to take place on Aug. 23. WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres will ...
Tuesday, Apr 28
Despite quick return, Brock Larson never hesitated to accept UFC ...
Larson fought twice for the UFC between 2005 and 2006, but the grappling ace instead found a home in the WEC. After earning a 5-1 mark in the UFC's sister organization – his lone loss in that stretch coming at the hands of former WEC welterweight ...
Monday, Apr 27
Ten bouts now official for "WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II" in June
Faber II" on June 7 in Sacramento, Calif., was mapped out Monday as the organization officially added eight bouts to the event. The card will be headlined by a previously announced main event between WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown (21-4 MMA, ...
Sunday, Apr 26
WEC's Damacio Page proving an angel of life to New Mexico youth
OH - John Morgan The hard-hittng, heavily tattooed WEC bantamweight is an aggressive fighter who has racked up six first-round TKOs in his 15-fight career, including a stunning six-second knockout in 2006 and a brutal 18-second destruction of Marcos Galvao at WEC 39 in ...
Friday, Apr 24
Kyle Dietz signs with WEC, meets Charlie Valencia at WEC 41 in June
OH - John Morgan, Dann Stupp A bout between recent signee Kyle Dietz (5-0) and veteran Charlie Valencia (10-5) will take place in June at World Extreme Cagefighting's "WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II" event. Deitz's manager, Nate Brodnax of MMAAgents.com, today told MMAjunkie.com ...
Thursday, Apr 23
UFC 98's Frankie Edgar credits loss to Maynard for evolving his game
OH - John Morgan Even though, he's a better fit at 145, I'm guessing 155 in the UFC carries more prestige (and coin) than 145 in WEC. Plus, he's a solid competitor here and fun to watch, just don't see him cracking into top 5. Edgar is a very good young fighter, ...
Thursday, Mar 26
VERSUS officially announces "WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II"
Brown defeated Faber in their first meeting, snapping a 13-fight win streak for "The California Kid" and earning the American Top Team fighter the WEC's featherweight crown. Brown has since defended the belt in first-round submission win over Leonard ...
Friday, Feb 22
Cub Swanson Reflects on Jens Pulver, Prepares for Fight Outside WEC
In the aftermath of a disappointing 35-second submission loss to Jens “Little Evil” Pulver (22-8-1) at December’s WEC 31 event, lightweight Cub Swanson (11-2-0) still finds it difficult to cope with the results of that night. Unfortunately for Swanson, Pulver had other ideas.
Wednesday, Feb 13
WEC 32 Results: Condit Keeps Belt, Varner and Torres Crowned New WEC Champions
Three belts were on the line, two changed hands, but one dominant welterweight headliner avenged a loss and defended his title Wednesday at WEC 32. In his WEC debut, former UFC fighter Leonard Garcia made short work of K-1 and Shooto veteran Hiroyuki Takaya. The Team Jackson connected on a w...
Tuesday, Feb 12
WEC Champ Carlos Condit Considers Move to UFC
While 23-year old welterweight Carlos Condit (21-4) is looking forward to defending his WEC championship belt Wednesday against Carlo Prater (21-5-1), he has eyes set on stepping in to another Zuffa owned organization: the UFC. “I couldn’t be more pleased, man,” Condit said.
Monday, Feb 11
Hotshot Josh Grispi Looks to Make Name in WEC (Story from Yahoo! Sports)
Not long after its purchase by Zuffa, the company that owns the UFC, the World Extreme Cagefighting organization landed a national television contract with the cable network Versus. And Karalexis has no doubt that Grispi is ready for anything. The WEC’s featherweight division is loaded...
Saturday, Feb 9
Leonard Garcia Makes WEC Debut at Wednesday’s “Condit vs. Prater”
MAIN CARD Champ Carlos Condit vs. Carlo Prater (for welterweight title)Champ Rob McCullough vs. Jamie Varner (for lightweight title)Champ Chase Beebe vs. Miguel Torres (for bantamweight title)Antonio Banuelos vs. Manny TapiaLeonard Garcia vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
