WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz took place on Saturday, March 6, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Here are the official results: MAIN CARD: Bantamweight Title Match - Dominick Cruz def. Brian Bowles via TKO (due to injury) to attain title – Round 2 at 5:00 Joseph Benavidez def. Miguel Torres... [Read more]
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The weigh-ins for WEC 47 took place on Friday, March 5, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. All 22 competitors successfully made weight for their fights. WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz is scheduled for Saturday, March 6, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The event is headlined... [Read more]
Former WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres suffered his first loss in five years last August at WEC 42 against Brian Bowles. The defeat snapped an impressive seventeen-fight win streak he had compiled. Torres is now ready to get back on the winning track and has his eyes set on getting a rematch with... [Read more]
DATE: March 6, 2010 VENUE: Nationwide Arena LOCATION: Columbus, Ohio BROADCAST: Versus MAIN CARD: Bantamweight Title Match - Brian Bowles (Champion) vs. Dominick Cruz Miguel Torres vs. Joseph Benavidez Jens Pulver vs. Javier Vasquez Deividas Taurosevicius vs. LC Davis Bart Palaszewski vs. Karen Darabedyan PRELIMINARY... [Read more]
The WEC revealed on Wednesday that WEC 48 on April 24 will be the promotion’s first event to air live on pay-per-view. The card features two title fights. In the headliner, featherweight champ Jose Aldo takes on Urijah Faber, and lightweight champ Ben Henderson faces off against Donald Cerrone... [Read more]
WEC lightweight contender Donald Cerrone recently spoke with WEC.com on his upcoming fight against Ed Ratcliff at WEC 45. He said: “He’s a one-dimensional fighter, man. He’s not going to take me down or try to wrestle me and I’m not going to want to take him down. He’s... [Read more]
Versus announced on Wednesday the signing of a multi-year extension with Zuffa, parent company of the UFC and WEC. The deal extension will have the channel air two UFC and seven WEC events live in 2010. “We have had great success with VERSUS and are excited about extending our deal for WEC and... [Read more]
The WEC officially announced on Monday that a WEC lightweight title unification fight between champion Jame Varner and interim champion Ben Henderson has been set to take place at WEC 46 on January 10 in Sacramento, California. Varner hasn’t fought since a split decision victory over Donald Cerrone... [Read more]
The WEC officially announced on Tuesday WEC: 44 Brown vs. Aldo, which takes place November 18 from The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event will feature a featherweight title fight between champion Mike Brown and Jose Aldo. “This fight is for more than just the... [Read more]
DirecTV has dropped the Comcast-owned VERSUS channel, which broadcasts World Extreme Cagefighting events and various other sports programming, after a renewal agreement could not be reached by the midnight deadline on August 31. Here is what DirecTV posted on their website: “Our contract with... [Read more]
The WEC recently announced that its WEC 43 event has been set to take place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, on October 10. The event was previously scheduled to take place September 2 at the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio, but an injury suffered by main event fighter Ben Henderson... [Read more]
The WEC officially announced today that it has postponed its WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson event on September 2 to October 10 at a venue that will be later announced by the organization. The postponement is due to main event fighter Ben Henderson suffering an injury. Ticket refunds for the September... [Read more]
WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown will be defending his title against Jose Aldo at WEC 45 on November 11, according to InTheGuard.tv. Brown recently defeated Urijah Faber via unanimous decision in their rematch to retain his belt at WEC 42, and extended his winning streak to ten fights. Aldo also... [Read more]
The WEC has officially announced that Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Ben Henderson will face off at WEC 43. The bout will be contested for the interim WEC lightweight belt, as current WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner is out of action with a hand injury and unable to defend his belt. WEC... [Read more]
The official live gate revenue for WEC: 41 Brown vs. Faber 2, as reported by the California State Athletic Commission, was $818,415, with a total attendance of 13,027. The following are the fight bonuses that were given out at the event: Fight of the Night: Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber Knockout of the... [Read more]
The following x-rays of Urijah Faber’s broken hand were posted on his twitter page, which you can follow at http://twitter.com/urijahfaber. Read More →
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