Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of WEC 36 “Faber vs. Brown”, which takes place tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida and airs live on Versus.
WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber clashes with Mike Brown in this evening’s main event, while WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho rematches Chael Sonnen in a [...]

Fighters hit the scales this afternoon in Florida to weigh-in for their matchups at WEC 36, which takes place tomorrow, November 5th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida and airs live on Versus.
WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber weighed in under the 145-pound featherweight limit at 144.5 pounds on his initial [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting will take a page from the playbook of its sister promotion the UFC and launch a reality series in 2009, with the series likely to focus on the bantamweight (135-pound) and featherweight (145-pound) divisions not currently featured in the UFC.
The news comes from WEC vice president Peter Dropick in a recent interview [...]

Lightweight Ed “9MM” Ratcliff has been forced out of his scheduled Wednesday clash with Danny Castillo (5-1) at WEC 36 due to an undisclosed injury.
Stepping in on short notice for the matchup is American Top Team’s Rafael Dias (11-4-1), an IFL and Bodog Fight veteran who will be making his WEC debut in the 155-pound [...]

Light heavyweight UFC veteran Carmelo Marrero (7-2) has been tapped to replace Alex Schoenauer against Steve Steinbeiss (4-1) at WEC 36 on Wednesday, November 5th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
MMA Weekly is reporting that Schoenauer was forced out of the bout due to a torn hamstring.
After topping Cheick Kongo [...]

Featherweight Jeff Curran (31-9-1) has withdrawn from his planned drop to bantamweight at WEC 37 after suffering a hand injury.
MMA Weekly is reporting that Curran had his hand bandaged at UFC 90 over the weekend and has since confirmed with sources that the injury has knocked him off the card. His planned drop from 145-pounds [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting today confirmed the complete fight card for WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown on November 5th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The event was originally scheduled to take place in September but was postponed due to Hurrican Ike.
WEC featherweight champion Urijah Fabers battles 145-pound challenger Mike Brown in [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting today announced that it will no longer promote middleweight (185 pounds) and light heavyweight (205 pounds) fights after the promotion’s December 3rd event, WEC 37, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The WEC, a sister promotion to the UFC owned by Zuffa, LLC, will now focus on just four [...]

Light heavyweight free agent Tito Ortiz confirmed on the latest edition of HDNet’s “Inside MMA” that he is currently in negotiations with Affliction, EliteXC, and the UFC.
The winner of the September 10th WEC 36 bout between former WEC lightweight champion Rob McCullough and Donald Cerrone has been guaranteed a 155-pound title shot title shot. [MMA [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting will soon fold its light heavyweight and middleweight divisions into the UFC and will now feature just bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight classes.
The news was reported on Thursday by Yahoo! Sports.
Additionally, the WEC is considering pay-per-view events for 2009, possibly as early as May, and is also planning to hold more events [...]

WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber and 145-pound contender Leonard Garcia may square off for the title in a future headlining bout in Mexico according to MMA Junkie.
“They’re flying me out six days after the (Pulver) fight to Mexico City to do a press conference and to make a huge announcement,” said Garcia. “As I understand [...]

International Fight League featherweight champion Wagney Fabiano has signed with World Extreme Cagefighting, according to Tatame.
“My objective is to grown in the event [and] get the title. Let’s start with a tough and focused work. It won’t chance anything in my life, I’m always serious and go to any event to win,” said Fabiano to [...]

UFC and IFL veteran Alex Schoenauer has agreed to replace Mark Munoz on short notice and take on Steve Steinbeiss in a lightweight heavyweight bout at WEC 36, reports MMA Weekly.
Munoz withdrew from the bout earlier this week due to an undisclosed injury.
Schaoenauer (13-7), a native of Aregentina and cast member on “The Ultimate Fighter”, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]