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Year 2009

 

Rate Video: Frank Mir talks Fedor Emelianenko at UFC 98 Q and AVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, May 28

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By rss@youtube.com (Dugless57) Author: Dugless57 Keywords: Frank Mir Fedor Emelianenko UFC 98 MMA 100 WEC Added: May 28, 2009

Rate Video: MMA Live Episode 44Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at AOL Video external link    Tue, May 5

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MMA Live brings WEC champ Miguel Torres in-studio to help breakdown UFC 96. Stephan Bonnar and Shane Carwin also joins the program to discuss UFC ... video.aol.com

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Original at truveo.com external link    Wed, Apr 29

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http://www.justa11en.comThe CBS prime time broadcast of Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson (EliteXC), along with the Urijah Faver vs Jens Pulver (WEC ... www.truveo.com

Rate Video: MMA Live Episode 47Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at truveo.com external link    Wed, Apr 8

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MMA Live previews WEC 40 and Bellator Fighting Championships on ESPN Deportes. Former WWE Superstar Bobby Lashley joins the program to discuss his ... www.truveo.com

Rate Check out this video for this weeks UFC fight!

Original at Yahoo! Video external link    Wed, Mar 11    5 related articles

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Like to watch the UFC fight? Try the MMA organization WEC, exclusively on Versus channel! UFC fight fans tune in on Nov. 5 at 8pm to see champion ... video.yahoo.com

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Original at MSN video external link    Wed, Feb 18    5 related articles

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Check out the fight LIVE this week, only on Versus If youre a UFC fan, youll love the MMA organization WEC. Nov. 5 at 8pm, champ Urijah Faber ... video.msn.com

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Original at MSN video external link    Wed, Feb 18    5 related articles

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Check out this weeks WEC MMA fight on Versus channel At 8 pm Nov. 5, Urijah Faber defends his title vs. Mike Brown. This MMA fight is going to be ... video.msn.com

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Original at MSN video external link    Wed, Feb 18    5 related articles

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Like to watch UFC fighting Check out WEC on Versus Nov. 5, at 8 pm: Champion Urijah The California Kid Faber defends the featherweight title ... video.msn.com

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Original at MSN video external link    Wed, Feb 18    5 related articles

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Cant get enough of UFC fights Watch WEC this Wednesday at 8pm as Urijah Faber defends his title vs. Mike Brown UFC fans you could win pro MMA ... video.msn.com

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Original at MSN video external link    Wed, Feb 18    5 related articles

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Like to watch the UFC fight Try the MMA organization WEC, exclusively on Versus channel UFC fight fans tune in on Nov. 5 at 8pm to see champion ... video.msn.com

Stories

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Rate Hoelzer Reich Finds Itself Banned By The WEC And UFC

Original at The MMA News external link    Tue, Dec 8

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By Charttopper During this past weekends TUF event, fighter Joe Brammer wore a Hoelzer Reich walk-in T-shirt in his loss to Marc Bocek. This sent the entire MMA community into an uproar across media outlets and forum boards such as the Underground and Sherdog. WEC general manager Reed Harris told MMAjunkie.com and Yahoo! Sports that Zuffa, LLC, will no longer allow its athletes to wear Hoelzer Reich apparel into the cage at UFC or WEC events. During this past weekends TUF event, fighter Joe Brammer wore a Hoelzer Reich walk-in T-shirt in his loss to Marc Bocek. This sent the entire MMA community into an uproar across media outlets and forum boards such as the Underground and Sherdog. The California based clothing company has come under fire for it’s brand of [......   [read the full post]

Rate Zuffa bans controversial clothing brand Hoelzer Reich from future UFC, WEC events

Original at MMAjunkie.com Articles external link    Tue, Dec 8

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By John Morgan [kingofabuelos] California-based Hoelzer Reich apparel company has been banned from sponsoring fighters at future UFC and WEC events. MMAjunkie.com has since confirmed the report with a representative from Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of both MMA promotions.

Rate Report: Zuffa bans Hoelzer Reich

Original at MMAPayout.com external link    Tue, Dec 8

By Kelsey Philpott Maggie Hendricks of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Zuffa will be banning Hoelzer Reich from the Octagon in both the UFC and WEC. World Extreme Cagefighting general manager Reed Harris told Cagewriter that Zuffa fighters will no longer be allowed to wear Hoelzer Reich clothing in their...

Rate Hoezler Reich offers statement, WEC’s Reed Harris says no more

Original at MMA Opinion external link    Tue, Dec 8

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By Brandt DeLorenzo The Savage Scienge MMA Blog has posted a statement released by Hoelzer Reich earlier today, but WEC President Reed Harri has already called for a Zuffa-wide ban on the clothing company. The company, based out of California, features many German WW2 images on t-shirts, shorts, and other m...

Rate Will Campuzano vs. Coty Wheeler set for WEC 46 prelims in January

Original at MMAjunkie.com Articles external link    Tue, Dec 8

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By John Morgan [kingofabuelos] A bantamweight contest between Texan Will Campuzano (6-1 MMA, 0-1 WEC) and three-time WEC veteran Coty Wheeler (10-2 MMA, 1-2 WEC) has been added to the WEC's first show of 2010. MMAjunkie.com learned of the addition from sources close to the promotion, and WEC officials have since confir...

Rate Will the Comcast/NBC Deal Give the WEC a Viable Business Model?

Original at Bloody Elbow external link    Tue, Dec 8

By Leland Roling During The Ultimate Fighter Finale on Saturday night, Josh Gross tweeted an interesting question. Would you buy a PPV that featured Frankie Edgar at 145 vs. Jose Aldo for the title with possibly another division title up for grabs. Throw on either Torres or Faber for more draw, price it aroun...

This Week

 

Rate "WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff" fight card complete with 10 bouts for Dec. 19

Original at MMAjunkie.com Articles external link    Mon, Dec 7    1 related articles

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By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] The fight card is set for the Dec. 19 "WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff" event. The upcoming World Extreme Cagefighting show, headlined by lightweight contenders Donald Cerrone (10-2 MMA, 3-2 WEC) and Ed Ratcliff (7-1 MMA, 3-1 WEC), takes place at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Rate Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Steve Cantwell set for UFC 108 prelims

Original at MMAjunkie.com Articles external link    Mon, Dec 7

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By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] A light heavyweight bout between veteran Vladimir Matyushenko (23-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and former WEC champion Steve Cantwell (8-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) is set for the preliminary card of next month's UFC 108 event. MMAjunkie.com learned of the Jan. 2 matchup over the weekend.

Rate Holzer Reich's Nazi-esque shirts make way to UFC and Spike TV

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Mon, Dec 7

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By Maggie Hendricks The UFC has banned clothing from the Octagon because of squabbles with clothing companies, or because of contract disputes with fighters. They need to take a stand on this, and not allow Hoelzer Reich clothing on a UFC or WEC fighter.

Rate MFC 23 ‘Unstoppable’ – 12/04/2009 – Live Round-by-Round coverage

Original at MMA Blitz external link    Fri, Dec 4    1 related articles

By Casey Trowbridge Tonight’s event is loaded with former UFC and WEC competitors and features three middleweight bouts which will go along way towards crowning a new middleweight champion. The previous champion, Trevor Prangley was stripped of the [...]

Rate Opinion: Better Not Pout: MMA Wishlist for 2010

Original at Bloody Elbow external link    Fri, Dec 4

By Mike Fagan 2. WEC integration into the UFC - In the main event of WEC 44, Mike Brown and Jose Aldo, two of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet, made a combined $41,000.  Three days later, meddling midcard middleweight Kendall Grove made $44,000 fighting a prelim fight at UFC 106.  The only th...

Rate Steve Cantwell Vs. Vladimir Matyushenko added to UFC 108 in January

Original at MMA Blitz external link    Thu, Dec 3

By Casey Trowbridge A light heavyweight contest between Vladimir Matyushenko (23-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Steve Cantwell (7-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has been added to UFC 108 on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas. Cantwell , the former WEC light heavyweight champion has dropped two straight inside the octagon. His most recent loss came by un...

Rate Fight Path: Pounding the pavement led Hawaii's Brandon Visher to WEC 45

Original at MMAjunkie.com external link    Thu, Dec 3

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When he saw the UFC, he loved it. When he turned 19, he started doing some MMA training, and with his background it came fairly easily. ...

Rate December fight cards a boost for Las Vegas economy

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Thu, Dec 3

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By Steve Cofield If you're a fight fan, this is a great month to come to Las Vegas. Over the next four weeks, there are three big MMA cards Sin City needs the help from The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, WEC 45 and UFC 108. Cung Le v. Scott Smith Josh Thompson v. Gilbert Melendez Matt Lindland v. Ronaldo Souza

Rate WEC: Meet Anthony Njokuani, the roadblock in front of The Polish Hammer

Original at MMAMemories.com external link    Thu, Dec 3    1 related articles

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By Staff The school that I was going to at first was uh it had like a lot of stuff going on, you can do hip hop dancing, you can do breakdancing, you can do uh kickboxing, American kickboxing. Uh, so I was doing uh some martial arts over there for my breakdancing so I was doing martial arts for my breakdanci...

Past Month

 

Rate Undefeated Lightweights Dave Jansen and Kamal Shalorus to Clash at WEC 46

Original at MMA Blitz external link    Tue, Dec 1

By Casey Trowbridge Dave Jansen (11-0 MMA, 1-0 WEC) who defeated Richard Crunkilton at WEC 43 back on October 10 will face Kamal Shalorus (5-0-1 MMA, 1-0 WEC). Shalorus made his debut at WEC 44 with a TKO victory over Will Kerr.

Rate UFC Middleweight Jake Rosholt Released

Original at 5thRound.com external link    Tue, Dec 1

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By Tom Ngo Former WEC and now UFC fighter Jake Rosholt has been released by the world’s biggest MMA organization following his recent loss to Kendall Grove at “UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II.” He compiled a 1-2 record in the UFC with his only win coming against Chris Leben. He was submitted by both Dan Mill...

Rate Four more Bouts added to WEC 46 ‘Varner Vs. Henderson’ on Jan. 10

Original at MMA Blitz external link    Thu, Nov 19

By Casey Trowbridge Four more bouts have been made official for WEC 46 on January 10 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, including the remaining two bouts set for television. In a Bantamweight contest, set for the night’s preliminary card, former WEC bantamweight champion Eddie Wineland (15-6-1 MMA, 2-2 WEC) l...

Rate WEC President Reed Harris creating a stacked PPV ‘You just gotta watch’

Original at MMAmania.com external link    Wed, Nov 11

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By Jesse Holland “When we decided to focus on the lighter weights we knew we had our work cut out for us. But if you look at boxing for example, it took many yeas, but now the lightweight guys are the guys everybody is interested in. If you look at the time frame, I only started really focusing on the light weights a...

October of 2009

 

Rate Quick Hits: Horodecki Likely to Sign With WEC, Curran Signs With Strikeforce, Lawler Expects December Fight, and more

Original at MMAFrenzy.com external link    Tue, Oct 20

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By Justin H Lightweight fighter, Chris Horodecki is expected to sign with the WEC very soon, according to his trainer Shawn Thompkins. If the deal goes through, the 22 year old fighter would enter the organization with a 13-1 record, having suffered his only loss to Ryan Shutlz in the IFL.Jeff Curran’...

Rate WEC 45 Likely for December 19 in Las Vegas

Original at MMAFrenzy.com external link    Sun, Oct 18

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By Kris Karkoski During the latest installment of ESPN’s “MMA Live,” Cerrone’s teammate Rashad Evans said “The Cowboy” could get his anticipated rematch with Varner with Henderson hurt, and the Cerrone-Varner matchup appears to be a possibility to headline WEC 45, though a non-title bout, including...

Rate Was Cerrone vs. Henderson the WEC fight of the year? You decide

Original at Yahoo! Canada Sports external link    Mon, Oct 12

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By Maggie Hendricks Torres vs. Mizugaki at WEC 40: This fight was billed as Miguel Torres' coming home party. After playing a major part in the growth of Chicago's MMA scene, Torres fought in the Windy City for the first time as a champion. He faced Takeya Mizugaki, a Japanese fighter who made his WEC debut filling...

Rate Opinion: WEC 43 Weigh-In Results

Original at Bloody Elbow external link    Fri, Oct 9

By Kid Nate Ben Henderson: At an early age I was into taekwondo and I think my love for grappling arts just evolved from that. I love jiu-jitsu and wrestling, and I have been training with some of the best striking coaches available. I feel like my entire game is evolving.

Rate Called Out MMA II Full Card Set for Nov. 14

Original at The MMA News external link    Mon, Oct 5

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By Chart Topper The Full November 14th Fight Card: 1. 185 lbs. Hector ‘Sick Dog’ Ramirez - UFC (8-3-1) vs. Bret Bergmark - WEC (5-1-1) 2. 145 lbs. Bao ‘The Taz’ Quach - Strikeforce, Affliction, EliteXC (17-9-1) vs. Georgi ‘Insane’ Karakhanyan (12-1) 3. 155 lbs. Wander Braga - WEC (16-1) vs. Alberto Crane - UFC (12-4) 4. 185 lbs. Sean ‘The Destroyer’ Loeffler (17-4) vs. Brad Harris (5-1) 6. HW Virgil Zwicker (6-1) vs. Mychal Clark (6-9) 7. 155 lbs. Sevak Magakian (7-2) vs. Saad ‘Assasin’ Awad (7-3) 8. 155 lbs. Juliano Prado (4-2) vs. RJ Clifford (3-1) 9. HW Maurice ‘The Gorilla’ Jackson (1-1) vs. Dave Mejia (4-0) 10. 185 lbs. Ben ‘Blitzkrieg’ Jones (3-1) vs. Waylon Kennell - Strikeforce (4-2) 11. 125 lbs. Sophie Bagherdai (3-1) vs. Avery Vilche (1-2)   [read the full post]

Rate UFC Signs Rodney Wallace, Debut Set For TUF 10 Finale Possibly Against Brian Stann

Original at MMAFrenzy.com external link    Mon, Oct 5

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By Kris Karkoski The UFC has signed light heavyweight Rodney Wallace to a four-fight deal, with “Sho Nuff The Master” slated to make his Octagon debut on December 5 at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, possibly against former WEC champ Brian Stann. Wallace confirmed his signing and debut in an interview wit...

Year 2009

 

Rate When Stardom Surpasses Value: The Tale of Miguel Torres and Urijah Faber

Original at Bloody Elbow external link    Thu, Sep 24

By Michael Rome A UFC/WEC merger is inevitable at this point in my mind.  The UFC is suffering from a main event shortage, and introducing two new titles into the mix would help them handle a schedule that gets heavier every year.  With Rampage apparently retiring, Matt Hughes a loss away from retirement, a...

Rate Opinion: UFC Fight Night 19: Carlos Condit vs. Jake Ellenberger Prediction

Original at MMABettingBlog.com external link    Thu, Sep 10

By Pat 170 lbs. Carlos “Natural Born Killer” Condit (22-5) vs. Jake Ellenberger (21-4) Condit vs. Ellenberger Odds The second bout of the night features another former WEC standout in the form of Carlos “Natural Born Killer” Condit, who will make his second Octagon appearance against MMA vetera...

Rate Podcast: FREE TODAY! August 25 Observer Radio: Post-Raw, Mayweather, Vince is 64, WEC canceled, your calls

Original at Figure Four Weekly Online external link    Mon, Aug 24

It's the bi-weekly FREE edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! Dave Meltzer and I are back tonight to recap Monday night's Raw show from Las Vegas, with thoughts on Vince's birthday, Mayweather, the Breaking Point PPV so far, and more! We'll also talk Mayweather's legal woes, a major Sept...

Rate Podcast: The Blitzkrieg (9th June 2009)

Original at MMA Blitz external link    Tue, Jun 9

By EuanTaylor On this week’s show: *Strikeforce recap with the failure of a former UFC legend *Why Casey wants to marry WEC aka WEC 41 recap and discussion of fighter pay outs *WWE Extreme Rulez stuff *INJURIES! from the above shows and other randomness Email the show: blitzkrieg@mma-blitz.com Follow...

Rate Podcast: WEC 41 Picktastic Pick’em~!

Original at MMA Blitz external link    Fri, Jun 5

By EuanTaylor Join Casey and Euan as they preview this weekend’s WEC 41 show headlined by the WEC Featherweight Championship rematch between Mike Brown and Urijah Faber and also touch on some stories including Kimbo Slice coming to The Ulitmate Fighter next season. Follow us on Twitter: Ca...

Rate Opinion: MMA Gambling Spotlight: Strikeforce, WEC 41, and Bellator X

Original at Bloody Elbow external link    Thu, Jun 4

By Leland Roling Baker hasn't been the most impressive fighter for a guy who holds a 9-1 record with his lone loss being to UFC fighter Chael Sonnen, but he has enough power and good enough wrestling to gain top control to pound opponents. Horwich is mostly known for surviving against tough competition. He ha...

Rate April in Review

Original at Total MMA external link    Tue, May 5

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By Fraser Strikeforce: Shamrock v. Diaz Dream.8 WEC: Torres v. Mizugaki I know it’s all the rage to hate on EliteXC, but I quite enjoyed their shows and have missed them this year. This Strikeforce show picked up where EliteXC left off with an exciting, dramatic main event, a great

Rate Opinion: The Sport Is Called MMA Not UFC

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Tue, Mar 31

By TIM VREELAND At current I watch Affliction, Dream, Sengukou, Strikeforce, WEC and, UFC primarily. Though other MMA events occur I see them when I can.  Soon after HW champ Randy Couture leaves UFC to pursue a fight with Fedor. Fedor Emelianenko Alexsander Emelianenko Anderson " Spider" Silva

Rate Opinion: January: The best MMA month ever?

Original at Bloody Elbow external link    Sun, Feb 1

By BJJDenver UFC 93: UFC 94: WEC: Affliction: Poll What was the best event in January 2009? UFC 93 Henderson vs Franklin Affliction: Day of Reckoning WEC Varner vs Cerrone UFC 94 GSP vs Penn Other (please clarify in the comments)   8 votes | Results

Rate UFC 94 Preview

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sat, Jan 24

By John Shubert I think Gono is a little over the hill, and Fitch is an incredible fighter who will overwhelm Gono with his wrestling and ground and pound. Karo is 18-5, 1-0 in the WEC, 8-3 in the UFC, with nine wins by submission. Lyoto Machida-Thiago Silva Georges St. Pierre-BJ Penn

Rate Opinion: Best Of MMA 2008

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Fri, Jan 2

By Rear Naked Fight That Should Have Happened, But Didn't Fedor vs Couture Santos vs Carano Liddell vs Rua Silva vs Anyone Alvarez vs Diaz Fight of the Year Alvarez vs Hansen - DREAM 3 Shamrock vs Le - EliteXC/Strikeforce Condit vs Miura - WEC 35 Nogueira vs Sylvia - UFC 81 Torres vs Maeda - WEC 34

Rate MMA Week In Review: Justin Levens Dead, Will Ribeiro Critically Injured, More

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sun, Dec 21

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By Josh Nason Affliction had a conference call this week to generate some buzz for their January event, headlined by Fedor (seen right) vs. Andrei Arlovski. Look forward to an MMA upcoming event update with plenty of UFC, Affliction and WEC news tomorrow.

Rate Podcast: vol 179 - The Lights Out Show

Original at TPSRadio.net external link    Tue, Dec 2

By The Lights Out Show  K-1’s New Year’s Eve “Dynamite” not all MMA  Is it better to be an exciting fighter who doesn’t always win or winning fighter who isn’t very exciting? MMA’s top fighters weigh in.  UFC 91 PPV buys a record? What was the UFC’s biggest MMA event? We’ll tell you.  WEC 37 preview

Rate Podcast: vol 178 - The Lights Out Show

Original at TPSRadio.net external link    Thu, Nov 27

By The Lights Out Show Affliction Wear: A fashion statement or sacrilegious?  Affliction gets 3-wayed, and not the cool kind  Dana White for President, says UFC fighter  Dana White sees a Super Fight of his own  WEC 38 carts out and oldy but goody  Jake Shields to the UFC…ProElite says “not so fast”

Rate Podcast: vol 176 - The Lights Out Show

Original at TPSRadio.net external link    Fri, Nov 21

By The Lights Out Show  Fedor Emelianenko wants Brock Lesnar!  TUF 6 Finalist quitting MMA for good  Fabricio Werdum says he’s staying with the UFC. Dana White has other plans  UFC 91 Fight Salaries - Did anyone get “Fabered”?  WEC 37 card finalized  Strikeforce “Destruction” preview

Rate Opinion: Why I Believe The UFC Will - And Should - Dominate MMA

Original at Bloody Elbow external link    Mon, Nov 10

By subo Do I think that fighters deserve more than they get?  Yes!  But I have a different prescription than most for that happening. This is a solution that I've devised to quell two burning desires that I have for the sport: to see the top twenty in every weight class fighting under the UFC/WEC bann...

Rate Podcast: MMA Nation Exclusive: Live Interviews With WEC Superstars Urijah Faber and Carlos Condit

Original at Bloody Elbow external link    Tue, Oct 14

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By Luke Thomas During my live broadcast of MMA Nation from the Patriot Center on Saturday I was fortunate enough to sit down with WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber and WEC Welterweight champion Carlos Condit. We talked about potential dream match-ups, whose next in line for them to fight, predic...

Rate Opinion: The WEC comes up big yet again

Original at Five Ounces of Pain external link    Thu, Feb 14

By Sam Caplan What I love about the WEC fights are that they are true MMA fights. They can go anywhere (standing or on the ground) at just about any time and the momentum changes are frequent. Just because a guy dominates the first two minutes doesn’t mean he’s going to be dominating the final seconds of the b...

Rate Podcast: Carlo Prater Is Ready For The Fight Of His Life

Original at Jarry Park external link    Fri, Feb 8

By Ariel Helwani How he received a title shot in his WEC debut His thoughts on fighting in the WEC as opposed to the UFC Why he was not promoted in the last WEC show and why he is the only fighter from the triple main event not to be featured on the official poster (weird isn’t it?)

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