Former UFC lightweight champion and current WEC featherweight Jens Pulver, who is coming off of a loss to WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, will likely return to the cage in October, possibly against Alexandre Franca Nogueira.
The UFC is planning to hold an event in Chicago in October and in Boston in November and will also [...]

WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho and Chael Sonnen will rematch for the 185-pound title in September at WEC 36 according to Tatame.com.
Filho (16-0), undefeated in sixteen professional MMA bouts, won the vacant WEC middleweight title with a first-round TKO of UFC veteran Joe Doerksen at WEC 29. In his controversial first title defense, Filho defeated [...]

The World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) organization will return to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on August 3rd for WEC 35, a championship tripleheader which will be aired live on Versus.
Carlos Condit, Brian Stann and Jamie Varner will all be in action on the main card looking to defend their WEC crowns.
Carlos [...]

WEC ON JUNE 1, HEADLINED BY FABER/PULVER CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE, MAKES VERSUS MOST-WATCHED CABLE NET AMONG KEY MALE DEMOS
Fight was Highest-Rated and Most-Watched WEC on VERSUS Telecast Ever;
Epic Bout to Re-Air Wednesday, June 4, at 7 and 10 p.m. ET
Stamford, CONN. (June 3, 2008) — VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive cable [...]

In front of a sold out crowd at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber successfully defended his 145-pound title, besting former UFC lighweight champion Jens Pulver in a dominating-yet-exciting unanimous decision victory.
The “California Kid’s” victory highlighted the twelve-bout card which was broadcast on Versus.
Faber dominated from the opening bell, controlling [...]

QUICK RESULTS

Champion Urijah Faber def. Jens Pulver via unanimous decision
WEC Featherweight Championship
Champion Miguel Torres def. Yoshiro Maeda via TKO – Round 3, 5:00
WEC Bantamweight Championship
Mark Munoz def. Chuck Grigsby via KO – Round 1, 4:15
Rob McCullough def. Kenneth Alexander via split decision
Donald Cerrone def. Danny Castillo via submission – Round 1, 1:30
Mike Brown def. Jeff [...]

Jens Pulver (145) vs. Urijah Faber (144.5)
WEC Featherweight Championship
Yoshiro Maeda (135) vs. Miguel Torres (135)
WEC Bantamweight Championship
Kenneth Alexander (155.5) vs. Rob McCullough (155.5)
Chuck Grigsby (204.5) vs. Mark Munoz (205.5)
Donald Cerrone (155.5) vs. Danny Castillo (155)
Mike Brown (145) vs. Jeff Curran (144.5)
Will Ribeiro (135) vs. Chase Beebe (136)
Jeremy Lang (183.5) vs. Tim McKenzie (184.5)
Luis Sapo [...]

Former WEC Light Heavyweight Champion Doug “Rhino” Marshall (7-3) has signed a one-fight contract with Lemoore, California-based Palace Fighting Championship according to the Visalia Times-Delta.
Marshall, who remains under contract with the WEC, will fight for the promotion on July 18th at PFC 9.
His opponent has not yet been announced.
“Rhino” has never fought outside of the [...]

Wanderlei Silva, Rousimar Palhares, Goran Reljic, and Wilson Gouveia took home $75,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC 84. Silva won “Knockout of the Night” for his 36-second KO win over Keith Jardine. Palhares was awarded “Submission of the Night” for his slick armbar win over veteran Ivan Salaverry. Reljic and Gouveia took home [...]

Brian Stann (6-0), who captured the WEC Light Heavyweight Championship with a first-round TKO of Doug Marshall in March at WEC 33, will attempt his first title defense in a rematch against Steve Cantwell at WEC 35.
Stann dispatched Cantwell (5-1) in their first meeting via TKO in just 41-seconds at WEC 26 in early-2007. Following [...]

“The Ultimate Fighter 6″ runner-up Tommy Speer is headed to the WEC after being released by the UFC following back-to-back losses, according to the Post-Bulletin.
From Speer:
“They’re pumped to have me back because they never wanted to lose me in the first place. We haven’t talked about the money or length of contract yet, but I’ll [...]

After a sell out of almost 8,000 tickets in the lower bowl of the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) announced today that it is opening the upper sections of the arena for WEC: Faber vs. Pulver. The additional seating will be priced at $35 (not including applicable services or taxes). On [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit (22-4) has signed a contract extension with the WEC according to USA Today. Condit had just one fight remaining on his previous contract with the promotion, which is owned by the same parent company as the UFC.
Terms of the extension were not disclosed.
Condit has emerged as one of [...]

MAIN CARD

Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver
WEC Featherweight Championship
Yoshiro Maeda vs. Miguel Torres
WEC Bantamweight Championship
Chuck Grigsby vs. Mark Munoz
Kenneth Alexander vs. Rob McCullough

PRELIMINARY BOUTS

Richard Crunkilton Jr. vs. Donald Cerrone
Jeff Curran vs. Mike Brown
Chase Beebe vs. Will Ribeiro
Tim McKenzie vs. Eric Schambari
Alex Serdyukov vs. Luis Sapo
Jose Aldo vs. Alexandre Nogueira
Charlie Valencia vs. Dominick Cruz

From Sherdog:
An all-Brazilian battle between Alexandre Franca Nogueira and Jose Aldo is set for the June 1 WEC in Sacramento, Calif. Both camps confirmed the bout.
“Pequeno” Nogueira, who reigned for years as champion of Shooto’s 143-pound division, was expected to fight Nick Agallar. Leonard Garcia was then mentioned as a potential opponent before he was [...]