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WEC Announces Complete “WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown” Lineup
Aug 21, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET | 21 Comments

World Extreme Cagefighting on Wednesday announced the complete lineup for WEC 36 “Faber vs. Brown”, which features a main event featherweight championship bout between 145-pound king Urijah Faber and challenger Mike Brown.
WEC 36 takes place on September 10th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Floria and will air live on Versus.
The [...]

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Danny Castillo To Face Ed Ratcliff at WEC 36
Aug 21, 2008 - 12:30 am ET | 6 Comments

Lightweights Danny Castillo and Ed Ratcliff will square off at WEC 36, World Exteme Cagefighting announced on Wednesday.
Castillo (5-1) racked up five-straight wins to open his career but was defeated by Donald Cerrone via first-round submission in his WEC debut at WEC 34 in June.
Ratcliff (6-1) followed up four-straight victories outside of the octagon with [...]

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Mark Munoz Withdraws From WEC 36 Bout Against Steve Steinbeiss
Aug 21, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 2 Comments

Mark Munoz (4-0) has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled WEC 36 bout against Steve Steinbeiss (4-1) due to an undisclosed injury.
No replacement has yet been announced.
MMA Weekly reported the lineup change on Tuesday.
Undefeated in his professional career, Munoz defeated Chuck Grigsby via first-round TKO in his WEC debut at WEC 34 in June.
Steinbeiss, [...]

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WEC 35 Fighters Test Clean
Aug 14, 2008 - 8:00 am ET | 7 Comments

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that all ten WEC 35 fighters who were tested for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse have tested negative.
The ten-bout event took place on Sunday, August 3rd, at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and aired on Versus.
The [...]

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WEC Bantamweight Champ Miguel Torres “Itching” To Fight Again Soon
Aug 12, 2008 - 9:00 am ET | 8 Comments

“I was there [at WEC 35]… hell yeah. I wanted to see in person what [Brian] Bowles and Damacio [Page] are capable of inside the cage. And they didn’t disappoint — I was impressed with both of them.
Bowles is a bit young and inexperienced. I saw a couple holes in his game. Damacio got the [...]

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Ten WEC 35 Fighters Drug Tested
Aug 5, 2008 - 11:11 am ET | 10 Comments

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that ten WEC 35 fighters were tested for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse.
The ten-bout event took place on Sunday, August 3rd, at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and aired on Versus.
The tested fighters were Carlos Condit, [...]

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WEC 35 Medical Suspensions: Condit, Miura Among Seven Suspended Fighters
Aug 4, 2008 - 6:49 pm ET | 6 Comments

WEC 35 headliners Carlos Condit and Hiromitsu Miura are among seven fighters who have been issued medical suspensions by the Nevada State Athletic Commission following the August 3rd event at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Neva
Condit, who defeated Miura via TKO in the fourth round of their welterweight [...]

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WEC 35 Fighter Salaries: Carlos Condit Earns $44,000 For Title Defense
Aug 4, 2008 - 4:51 pm ET | 19 Comments

The Nevada State Athletic Commission today released the official fighter salaries for WEC 35.
The ten-bout event took place on Sunday, August 3rd, at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired live on Versus.
Reigning WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit was the highest paid fighter of the event, taking [...]

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WEC 35 Results: Condit and Varner Defend Titles, Cantwell Crowned Light Heavyweight Champ
Aug 3, 2008 - 6:18 pm ET | 32 Comments

Carlos Condit (c) def. Hiromitsu Miura via TKO – Round 4, 4:43
WEC Welterweight Championship
Steve Cantwell def. Brian Stann (c) via TKO – Round 2, 4:01
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship
Jamie Varner (c) def. Marcus Hicks via TKO – Round 1, 2:08
WEC Lightweight Championship
Brian Bowles def. Damacio Page via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:30
Josh Grispi def. [...]

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WEC 35 Weigh-In Results
Aug 2, 2008 - 9:27 pm ET | 22 Comments

Hiromitsu Miura (169) vs. Carlos Condit (169.5)
WEC Welterweight Championship
Steve Cantwell (205) vs. Brian Stann (201.5)
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship
Marcus Hicks (155*) vs. Jamie Varner (155)
WEC Lightweight Championship
Damacio Page (135) vs. Brian Bowles (136)
Josh Grispi (145) vs. Micah Miller (145)
Carlo Prater (170) vs. Brock Larson (171)
Dave Terrel (170) vs. Blas Avena (170)
Todd Moore (154) vs. Shane [...]

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Quick Hits: Kimbo and Carano Return In October, Jones Replaces Drwal at UFC 87, and More
Jul 29, 2008 - 4:00 pm ET | 23 Comments

Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano will return to network television at EliteXC Saturday Night Fights 3 on October 4th at the Bank Atlantic Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The event will be broadcast on CBS. Carano will likely meet Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos at the event, while Kimbo may take on Brett Rogers, though several other [...]

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Quick Hits: Garcia-Pulver in September, Silva-Cote at UFC 88, Alves-Sanchez Moved To UFC 90, and More
Jul 22, 2008 - 5:00 pm ET | 33 Comments

Leonard Garcia has agreed to a September 10th featherweight bout against former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver at WEC 36. [MMA Junkie]
Anderson Silva will likely face Patrick Cote in a middleweight title bout at UFC 88 in Atlanta. [MMA Weekly]
A long-rumored bout between welterweight contenders Thiago Alves and Diego Sanchez has been moved from UFC [...]

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WEC Invades Florida For The First Time
Jul 19, 2008 - 8:00 am ET | 5 Comments

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) announced today that two world titles will be on the line on Wednesday, September 10th when the organization makes its initial foray into the great state of Florida. In the main event, WEC Featherweight Champion “The California Kid” Urijah Faber defends his title against Florida’s own Mike Brown, and in the [...]

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Quick Hits: “Rampage” Court Date Set, WEC 36 in Florida, and More
Jul 17, 2008 - 6:02 pm ET | 21 Comments

A third meeting between recent Strikeforce light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Ruiz and Jeremy Freitag will likely serve as the swing bout for EliteXC “Unfinished Business” on July 26th. [MMAJunkie]
World Extreme Cagefighting has signed former NCAA wrestling champions Jake Rosholt, Johny Hendricks, and Shane Roller. Rosholt will take on Danillo Villefort in his WEC debut [...]

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WEC’s Alexandre Nogueira Suspended, Fined For Positive Drug Test
Jul 9, 2008 - 10:16 am ET | 13 Comments

WEC featherweight Alexandre Nogueira has been suspended for one year (until May 31, 2009) and fined $2,500 by the California State Athletic Commission after testing positive for Boldenone at WEC 34 in June.
Nogueira (13-5-2), a former Shooto lightweight champion, was defeated by Jose Aldo via second-round TKO at the June 1st event. Despite losing three [...]

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