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Video: www.thefukerton.com Interviews Jaime Varner part 2Original at YouTube
• Fri, Jan 2
By rss@youtube.com (jdnormand) The Fukerton talks with Jaime Varner about all things MMA, for more interviews please visit www.thefukerton.com Author: jdnormand Keywords: chad dukes fukerton wjfk jaime varmer mixed martial arts WEC UFC MMA Added: January 2, 2009
Video: Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown 2 WEC UFCOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Nov 6
By rss@youtube.com (steroidssavedmylifef) Mike Brown is a very lucky man...but he won!! In the rematch he is gonna see a DEMON!! Author: steroidssavedmylifef Keywords: WEC UFC mma martial arts urijah faber mike brown Added: November 6, 2008
Video: WEC - Urijah Faber vs. Mike BrownOriginal at YouTube
• Fri, Oct 31
By rss@youtube.com (UFC) The fights are on! World Extreme Cagefighting® presents WEC: FABER vs. BROWN, live on the VERSUS network at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, Wednesday, Nov. 5 from The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Author: UFC Keywords: wec ufc mma martial arts cagefighting fight faber brown
Dan Miller to replace Alessio Sakara at UFC Fight Night 17 against Jake Rosholt
Original at MMAmania.com
• 11 hours ago
By Jesse Holland His limited experience was evident in his recent World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) debut against Nissen Osterneck. Rosholt won the bout via technical knockout, but not before eating several knuckle sandwiches and looking as if he could be stopped.
Dan Miller Replaces Alessio Sakara Against Jake Rosholt at UFN 17
Original at MMA Madness
• 12 hours ago
A change has been made for the upcoming Feb 7 UFC Fight Night card in Tampa, Fla as MMAWeekly.com confirmed late on Wednesday night that Dan Miller has stepped in to replace Alessio Sakara in a middleweight match-up with former WEC fighter, Jake Rosholt...
Punches in bunches: WEC adds flyweights and more
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Wed, Jan 7
Top flyweight Shinichi Kojima. Daniel Herbertson Photo. • WEC is adding a 125-pound flyweight division. (MMA Weekly) • A matchup between up and coming welterweight prospects Dustin Hazelett and Ben Saunders is close to being finalized for UFC 96...
WEC to add flyweight division
Original at CNN/SI
• Wed, Jan 7
- WEC and UFC still maintain crossover categories in the lightweight and welterweight classes. Those two divisions, however, have a vast amount of talented ... WEC To Add Flyweight Division in Early-2009 MMAFrenzy.com all 3 news articles
WEC to Add Even Smaller Men to Its Roster
Original at Cage Potato
• Wed, Jan 7
By ben MMAWeekly.com sources on Tuesday revealed that the WEC is adding a 125-pound flyweight division. With WEC 38 in San Diego just three weeks away, no 125-pound bouts are expected for that fight card. The promotion's next event, likely in March, is a more apt candidate to host the WEC's new comm...
WEC Adding Flyweight Division
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Tue, Jan 6
By Brett Jones MMAWeekly.com sources on Tuesday revealed that the WEC is adding a 125-pound flyweight division. With WEC 38 in San Diego just three weeks away, no 125-pound bouts are expected for that fight card. The promotion's next event, likely in March, is a more apt candidate to host the WEC's new comm...
WEC to expand, by adding Flyweight class
Original at combathooligans (WordPress)
• Tue, Jan 6
By Casey Trowbridge Adding A Flyweight class would give the promotion 3 distinct divisions not featured in its sister promotion, along with Bantamweight and Featherweight. The two promotions both utilize Lightweight and Welterweight divisions in their events. It would also make World Extreme Cagefight...
WEC To Add Flyweight Division in Early-2009
Original at MMAFrenzy.com
• Tue, Jan 6
PA - The WEC shifted it’s heavier middleweight (185) and light heavyweight (205) divisions to it’s sister promotion, the UFC, in late-2008 to differentiate ...
WEC To Add Flyweight Division in Early-2009
Original at MMAFrenzy.com
• Tue, Jan 6
By Kris Karkoski (admin) World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) Logo World Extreme Cagefighting will feature a 125-pound flyweight division beginning in March according to MMA Weekly, joining existing bantamweight (135), featherweight (145), lightweight (155), and welterweight (170) classes.
UFC and WEC Veterans to Bolster MFC Middleweight Division
Original at MMA on Tap
• Tue, Jan 6
By John Chandler The Maximum Fighting Championship has recently added three new fighters to it’s ever-growing middleweight division - Rory Singer and Solomon Hutcherson, who were both featured on the third season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show as well as former World Extreme Cagefighting mi...
Josh Koscheck to Face Paulo Thiago at UFC 95
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Mon, Jan 5
• 1 related articles
By Kid Nate “We’re investing in his career for two years. Jungle Fight gave us a big chance and now we put him into UFC. Rani (Yahya) may only be back in March (at WEC), so the whole team is focused on his preparation. If he wins, maybe we’ll get the submission of the night bonuses”, celebrates Ataíde Junior,...
Report: Riddle vs. Bruno Likely at UFC Fight Night 17 in February
Original at MMA on Tap
• Mon, Jan 5
• 7 related articles
By John Chandler Riddle, who currently trains at Arizona Combat Sports along with WEC champions Jamie Varner and Carlos Condit, was victorious in his UFC and professional debut at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale in June, winning an unanimous decision over house rival Dante Rivera.
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December MMA highlight video
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Mon, Jan 5
Watch this killer MMA highlight video where Facey of http://fightface.blogspot.com/ has put together the most memorable stoppages from all the MMA events in December. The TUF 8 finale, UFC's "Fight for the Troops," WEC 37, UFC 92, and Fields...
Beating is Fundamental: The ten best fights of 2008
Original at MMAmania.com
• Sun, Jan 4
By Jesse Holland Black & white (and red all over): Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson - UFC 86 Winner: Cerrone by unanimous decision. Like most great fights, there are no losers here. I still don’t like that the UFC chose to eliminate weight classes in the WEC, but we can at least be grateful it wasn’t this...
WEC Announces Full Card for “Varner vs. Cerrone”
Original at MMA on Tap
• Thu, Jan 1
By John Chandler The show’s co-main event will feature a rematch between former champions as Urijah Faber will attempt to bounce back from his recent loss to Mike Thomas Brown against one-time UFC lightweight title holder Jens Pulver. Faber won an unanimous decision over Pulver in a 2008 fight-of-the-y...
New Details Emerge in Justin Eilers Homicide
Original at Cage Potato
• Tue, Dec 30
By ben James Malec's booking photo, courtesy of canyonco.org) Sherdog has a new update on last Friday's report about the Christmas night shooting death of UFC/WEC/EliteXC vet Justin Eilers in Canyon County, Idaho. Here's what we know now:
Justin Levens Found Dead.
Original at The MMA News
• Thu, Dec 18
By Chart Topper Justin Levens was found dead Wednesday afternoon as was his wife Sarah McLean-Levens, and the incident is being described as a possible murder-suicide. Levens had fought for UFC, IFL, and WEC with his last run in the Octagon coming in June 2006 as part of UFC Fight Night 5. will bring you more details as they become available. Justin Levens was found dead Wednesday afternoon as was his wife Sarah McLean-Levens, and the incident is being described as a possible murder-suicide. Levens had fought for UFC, IFL, and WEC with his last run in the Octagon coming in June 2006 as part of UFC Fight Night 5. The MMA News [...] [read the full post]
UFC Fight Night 16 recap and final thoughts
Original at MMAmania.com
• Wed, Dec 10
By MMAmania Wiman demonstrated his resolve and resilience, however, hanging in for the entire three rounds. He eventually dropped the unanimous decision. Steve Cantwell, the last man to hold the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) light heavyweight title, got his UFC career of to a start with a bang.
Podcast: UPC95-Bonnar,Fabiano
Original at mevio.com
• Fri, Dec 5
Stephan Bonnar an BJJ Phenom Wagnney Fabiano Join Gary Alexander on this episode and talk WEC and UFC, The Big Dogs come out Thanks to Osiris Shoes,, Kingdom Clothing, Rockwell Watches, Rico D Leon Belts and Hans at Triumph United.
UFC Quick Hits: TUF 8 Semis, UFN 17 Bookings, 'Undisputed' Delay?
Original at Cage Potato
• Wed, Dec 3
By ben Reminder: Bounce to Spike TV directly after WEC 37 tonight for the final two episodes of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir, which will feature all four of the season's semi-final matchups. They will be: Some TUF fans claim to have already seen a promo on Spike that inadvertent...
My WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia Preview and Predictions
Original at ufcblogger (WordPress)
• Mon, Dec 1
By someonespecial4 This is a number one contender fight in the bantamweight division. Sherdog ranks Bowles as the number 3 bantamweight fighter in the world and has Ribeiro as the number 8 guy. Ribeiro is coming off of a big win over former WEC batamweight champ Chase Bebee at WEC 34. He is universally ranked i...
Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver 2 Expected For WEC 38
Original at MMAFrenzy.com
• Tue, Nov 25
By Kris Karkoski Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber (21-2) is likely to rematch Jens Pulver (21-10-1) at WEC 38 on January 25th in San Diego, California. Faber and Pulver previously met at WEC 34 in June with Faber getting the best of the former UFC lightweight champion in an exciting five-rou...
Podcast: vol 176 - The Lights Out Show
Original at TPSRadio.net
• Fri, Nov 21
By The Lights Out Show VOLUME 176 (Released Thursday, November 20th. Now archived for you here.) The Smack Talk begins for Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira TUF 6 Finalist quitting MMA for good Fabricio Werdum says he’s staying with the UFC. Dana White has other plans WEC 37 card finalized
Podcast: Combat Hooligans.com Show Episode 63 (11th November 2008)
Original at Combat Hooligans.com Show
• Wed, Nov 12
WEC 36 and the EPIC FAIL OF ALL EPIC FAILS! Cooking With Bodily Fluids aka the weekly Ultimate Fighter recap. UFC and WWE cleaning house Recap of Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr. and the undercard More reasons why boxing is NOT dead. Cage Rage 2.0 and much more.
Ultimate Fighter TV report
Original at Figure Four Weekly Online
• Wed, Nov 12
By Brett Wilson brentwilson5@gmail.com (mailto:brentwilson5@gmail.com)Other than the fabulous Jones - Calzaghe tilt and some other boxing fun from Germany it was a pretty quiet weekend in combat sports. I finally got around to watching the WEC card and Sengoku which were both decent ca...
WEC 36: Faber vs Brown Recap
Original at MMA HQ
• Thu, Nov 6
By Dr J I honestly never anticipated seeing Urijah Faber get KO’d last night by Mike Brown. Brown had a good gameplan and solid striking and took the fight to Faber. Faber just got caught trying to throw one of his fancy moves and that side elbow left him exposed. A huge victory for Brown and a very tough...
WEC 36: Faber vs Brown Preview
Original at MMA HQ
• Tue, Nov 4
By Dr J Jens Pulver Vs. Leonard Garcia - Leonard Garcia returns to action for his first fight since February after going through some federal legal issues this summer. Since leaving the UFC lightweight division for the WEC’s featherweight division, Garcia is 1-0 and looks to take the next step to...
Podcast: Total MMA Radio: Post UFC 90/EliteXC Death Hyperbole
Original at Total MMA
• Sun, Nov 2
By Dave Walsh We’re back! Alan and myself discuss the death of EliteXC, Anderson “The Dragon” Silva, dos Santos in hockey brawls, Eric Pele, the possibility of Urijah Faber using a superkick at the upcoming WEC, it is exactly what you expect from us. That means it is awesome.
MMA Live Episode 17
Original at MMABettingBlog.com
• Sat, Sep 6
Updated news on Randy Couture vs Brock Lesnar,UFC 88, UFC 91, Chuck Liddell vs Rashad Evans, WEC 185 & 205 divisions to fold and some of the fighters will go to the UFC and more.
Opinion: Bloody Elbow August MMA Meta-Rankings: Middleweight
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Wed, Aug 27
By Kid Nate This division remains a mess! Despite a wealth of talented fighters and seven major promotions (UFC, WEC, EliteXC, DREAM, WVR, Afflictiong and Strikeforce) booking top fighters, there's more confusion than clarity at 185. First off, Anderson Silva has cleaned out the UFC middleweigh...
Chicago has a choke hold on tickets for UFC 90Original at Yahoo! Sports
• Tue, Aug 19
By Steve Cofield White was joined by main event fighters Anderson Silva and Patrick Cote. Thiago Alves and Diego Sanchez also attended the presser. Michael David Smith of AOL Fanhouse was on hand and posted video conversations with Cote and WEC star Miguel Torres.
Opinion: UFC 87: Seek and Destroy BloodyElbow.com Staff Predictions
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Fri, Aug 8
By Luke Thomas Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch Demian Maia vs. Jason MacDonald Chris Nelson: Does the UFC honestly believe people care about Manny Gamburyan because of The Ultimate Fighter? This should be on the undercard. Of the WEC. Gamburyan via Submission, Round 1. Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno
Podcast: Wrapping up UFC 85 ‘Bedlam’ with Jesse Holland from MMAmania.comOriginal at MMAmania.com
• Tue, Jun 10
By Jesse Holland If that’s not enough, stick around for WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber. “The California Kid” goes into great detail about his fight against Jens Pulver, what they spoke about inside the cage, his specific training regimen and of course, who he wants to fight next.
Opinion: WEC Pulver v. Faber Wrap-Up
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Sun, Jun 1
By Michael Rome I went to a WEC event tonight, but it really felt like a UFC. It was a packed major arena with superstar reactions, big fights, and two great fights. Urijah Faber got an incredible reaction live, the loudest I've heard at an MMA event for anyone besides Chuck Liddell (who was in attendance, b...
Opinion: Dana White = Vincent K McMahon
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Thu, May 29
By Jerret Anderson Right now, the UFC led by Dana White is the top promotion in the country, and probably the world when it comes to MMA. Much like Vince McMahon in the 80's and 90's Zuffa is snatching up talent (Brock Lesnar, Shane Carwin, etc) and using its money to buy out rivals (WEC, Pride, and the WFA).
Podcast with WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber (listen here!)
Original at Five Ounces of Pain
• Wed, May 28
By Sam Caplan Thanks to VERSUS and Sinuate Media, I was given an opportunity to host podcasts featuring both WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber and former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver. Pulver and Faber will be meeting each other for the title this Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on VERSUS, live from the A...
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Original at Recent News on SubFighter.com
• Wed, May 28
On Sunday, June 1, 2008 Featherweight Champ Urijah Faber will take on former UFC Champ Jens Pulver at the Acro Arena in Sacramento, CA. Versus, the home for World Extreme Cagefighting, will be televising this event- the biggest WEC event to date! Jens Pulver Interview (1), (2)
WEC 31 Reader Photos
Original at MMA HQ
• Tue, Feb 19
By Dr J Our very own MAD, a loyal reader here at MMA HQ, was able to attend last weeks WEC 31 event in New Mexico and was able to enjoy the event with some family. MAD was kind enough to send along a few photos from the event. more…) Some reader submitted photos from WEC 31.
Podcast: UPC70-The Big Show
Original at mevio.com
• Fri, Nov 23
Gary Alexander talks TUF 6 Elite XC UFC 78 Evans Bisping results WEC Faber Randy Couture VS UFC and Dana White dueling press conferences. Likeness ownership... and more and more oh yeah Matt Serra is off the Next UFC card that SUCKS.... www.theMMAshow.com myspace.com/theultimatepodcast
Podcast: Combat Hooligans.com Show Episode 12 Part 1 (17th October 2007)
Original at Combat Hooligans.com Show
• Thu, Oct 18
The Middleweight division and its lack of depth in the UFC. The depth of the Welterweight division, the future of Jake Shields and how that ties to the WEC. The introduction of different weight classes. Legalization of MMA in Pennsylvania and what that could mean for New York.
WEC 29: Two titles on the line tonight in Las Vegas
Original at UFCmania.com
• Sun, Aug 5
By UFCmania Two title bouts — one of which includes the debut of middleweight sensation Paulo Filho — headline the very solid World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) event tonight at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Doerksen is a hard-nosed and well-rounded UFC veteran. From the IFL to t...
Video: Tyson Griffin vs Urijah Faber at GC 42Original at UFCmania.com
• Thu, Jun 14
By UFCmania Boy, did he ever. UFC lighweight Tyson Griffin has been asked a lot about his win over WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber (his only career defeat) in the run up to his showdown with Clay Guida at UFC 72: “Victory” this Saturday. Griffin says Faber wants no part of him. And I can see the reaso...
WEC: Jens Pulver vs. Urijah Faber?
Original at UFCmania.com
• Fri, Jun 8
By Jesse Holland MMA on Tap is reporting that Jens Pulver (21-7-1) will be ditching the UFC after his showdown with BJ Penn at The Ultimate Finale 5 according to his manager Monte Cox. I know some fans look down on the WEC as some sort of minor leagues for the UFC. The same WEC that recently signed Paulo Filho and...