This past year, mixed martial arts fans from around the world were treated to some of the finest fights of all-time. To commemorate these epic bouts, World Extreme Cagefighting and VERSUS have announced that four of the year’s best fights will be featured on WEC: Best of 2010, airing on Dec. 23 at 7pm ET/4pm […]
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Pettis gets UFC lightweight title shot, beats Henderson by points; Cruz becomes UFC champ
Full results below: WEC lightweight title bout/#1 UFC lightweight contender Anthony Pettis def. Benson Henderson via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) WEC/UFC Bantamweight Championship bout Dominick Cruz def. Scott Jorgensen via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) Donald Cerrone def. Chris Horodecki via triangle choke in R2 (2:43) Kamal Shalorus def. Bart Palaszewski via split decision […]
WEC 53 official weigh ins: All fighters make weight
All fighters for today’s WEC 53 weigh ins were on weight. Below are all participants weights. The official WEC 53 weigh-in results include: Main Card: WEC Lightweight title belt/#1 contender for UFC lightweight title Benson Henderson (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (154.5) WEC Bantamweight title/UFC Bantamweight title Dominick Cruz (134.5) vs. Scott Jorgensen (135) Undercard: Donald […]
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Henderson vs. Pettis preview
VERSUS will air a historic night of World Extreme Cage fighting action on Thursday, December 16, at 9 p.m. ET, live from Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz. The night includes a lightweight battle as champion Ben Henderson defends his title against Anthony Pettis followed by the highly-anticipated match between bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and Scott […]
Cub Swanson talks WEC 52, Faber weight cut and Greg Jackson
Cub Swanson spoke to us at Fight Hub TV and fight correspondent Marcos Villegas about his upcoming fight with Mackens Semerzier. He also touches on Urijah Faber coming down to 135lbs, how he thinks Faber will do at that weight and how he personally feels that Dominick Cruz will be champ for a long time. […]
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2 bouts added for WEC 53
Two more bouts have been made official to WEC 53 as it was announced that lightweight Danny Castillo will face Will Kerr, while bantamweights Renan Barao and Chris Cariaso are scheduled to meet. WEC 53 takes place Dec. 16 at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz with Ben Henderson defending his title against Anthony Pettis. In […]
UFC and WEC merge
In a media conference call today, UFC President Dana White announced the UFC is adding two new championship divisions at bantamweight (135lbs.) and featherweight (145lbs.), while also announcing a new television deal with the VERSUS Network to air four UFC fights in 2011. “As the UFC continues to evolve and grow globally, we want to […]
Varner, Roller set to clash at WEC 53
Former WEC champ Jamie Varner (16-4-1 MMA) will face Shane Roller (8-3 MMA) at WEC 53 at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz. on Versus. This match up was first reported by MMAWeekly.com earlier today. Stay tuned to fighthubtv.com when more of the WEC 53 card is announced. […]
WEC 51 card now official
The full card is below: WEC featherweight title bout Champ Jose Aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan Under card: Miguel Torres vs. Charlie Valencia Donald Cerrone vs. Jamie Varner Chan Sung Jung vs. George Roop Leonard Garcia vs. Mark Hominick Prelims: Mike Brown vs. Cole Province Chris Horodecki vs. Ed Ratcliff Antonio Banuelos vs. Chad George Demetrious […]
WEC 50 results
Dominick Cruz def Joseph Benavidez via split decision (47-48, 48-47, 49-46) Anthony Petties def Shane Roller via triangle choke in R3 (4:51) Chad Mendes def Cub Swanson via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Scott Jorgensen def Brad Pickett via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Bart Palaszewski def Zach Micklewright via TKO in R2 (0:31) Maciej […]
