World Extreme Cagefighting’s attempt to add a 125-pound flyweight division to join its three existing weight classes remains stalled, with WEC matchmaker Sean Shelby telling Sherdog he’s hopeful the division, which was expected to be added earlier this year, will finally debut in 2010.

Lightweights Shane Roller and Danny Castillo will square off on the main card of WEC 44 on November 18 in Las Vegas, the promotion announced during Saturday’s WEC 43 broadcast. Roller (6-2) is coming off a victory over Marcus Hicks, while Castillo has won three-straight, most-recently defeating Ricardo Lamas.

Former WEC featherweight champ Urijah Faber, out of action since suffering a broken hand in a June loss to Mike Brown, is now expected to return in January, the fighter announced during Saturday’s WEC 43 broadcast. Though Faber failed to mention an opponent for the bout, it appears WEC 43 winner Rafael Assuncao is the leading candidate

A unification matchup between WEC lightweight champ Jamie Varner, sidelined with injuries since his January title defense over Donald Cerrone, and interim title-holder Ben Henderson is expected to take place in early-2010 in Arizona, both fighter’s home state.

Donald Cerrone, who suffered a narrow unanimous decision loss to Ben Henderson in the WEC 43 main event, doesn’t agree with those who think he won the fight: “I think [Henderson] won the fight. Some people will say it might have gone the other way, but he definitely won the fight.”

Ben Henderson, Donald Cerrone, Mackens Semerzier, and Anthony Njokuani earned fight night bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s WEC 43 event at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Ben Henderson was crowned the WEC’s interim lightweight champion on Saturday after earning a unanimous decision victory over Donald Cerrone in an instant classic that headlined WEC 43 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Dave Jansen, Raphael Assuncao, and Damacio Page also picked up main card wins, while Anthony Njokuani, Scott Jorgensen, Mackens Semerzier, Eddie Wineland, Charlie Valencia, and Deividas Taurosevicius were victorious on the WEC 43 prelims.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson, a 10-fight card headlined by an interim lightweight championship matchup between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

MMAFrenzy.com will have live results from the WEC 43 preliminary card beginning at approximately 7pm ET, followed by live updates from the Versus-televised main card at 10pm.

WEC 43 headliners Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson, along with the rest of the ten-bout card, successfully made weight on Friday at the official fighter weigh-ins for Saturday’s event, which takes place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Cerrone (154.4) and Henderson (155) meet for the WEC interim lightweight title in the WEC 43 main event, which airs live tomorrow on Versus.

UFC President Dana white hinted at the possibility of the UFC shrinking the Octagon, in a Q&A with Dave Doyle of YahooSports. The reasoning behind it is uncertain, and Dana did not touch on it in the Q&A at all, but I certainly have my reservations.

The WEC has announced four bouts for the preliminary card of its WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo event on November 18, while two matchups between four MMA newcomers have been added to the undercard of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers on November 7.

WEC lightweight title-holder Jamie Varner, who’s been sidelined with a broken hand since a January win over Donald Cerrone, is expected to return in December against the winner of Saturday’s WEC 43 fight between Cerrone and Ben Henderson, while Faber, also out with a broken hand suffered in a June loss to Mike Brown, is also likely to return at WEC 45 after recently signing a new multi-fight deal with the promotion.

Weigh-ins for Saturday’s WEC 43 event will take place on Friday, October 9 at Cowboys Dancehall in San Antonio, Texas.

Headlined by an interim lightweight championship bout between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson, WEC 43 takes place on October 10 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio and airs live on Versus.

WEC newcomer Mackens Semerzier is stepping in as a short notice replacement for Erik Koch against Wagnney Fabiano at WEC 43 on October 10. The change in the featherweight bout was announced by Semerzier on his facebook page, and was later confirmed by NWI.com

UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva will undergo elbow surgery after all to remove bone spurs and will be sidelined briefly, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is not retiring following his latest loss and intends to fight at least once more, at a November 7 Strikforce event headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers will take place at the Sears Centre near Chicago.

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