Manny Gamburyan, the lightweight runner up on The Ultimate Fighter 5, is likely to make his WEC and featherweight debut against John Franchi at WEC 41 on June 7th at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California

Bart Palaszewski will replace Anthony Pettis and take on Anthony Njokuani at WEC 40 on April 5th in Chicago. Pettis was forced out of the bout with a broken hand.

A rematch between WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown and former title-holder Urijah Faber has been finalized to headline WEC 41 on June 7th at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.

The WEC could make its pay-per-view debut in June for the anticipated rematch between WEC featherweight title-holder Mike Brown and former champion Urijah Faber.

Johny Hendricks, Alex Serdyukov, Damacio Page, and Mike Brown each received $7,500 bonuses from the WEC on Sunday for their performances at WEC 39. The event took place yesterday at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas in front of an official crowd of 6,100, which generated a live gate of $297,990.

WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown submitted Leonard Garcia just 1:57 into their WEC 39 headliner to retain the 145-pound title. Ricardo Lamas, Jose Aldo, and Rob McCullough also earned victories on the evening's main card.

All twenty WEC 39 fighters, including featherweight champion Mike Brown and challenger Leonard Garcia, successfully made weight this morning at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia takes place tomorrow evening at the American Bank Center and airs live on Versus.
Mike Brown, who captured the 145-pound title from Urijah Faber [...]

After an errant knee forced the judges to render an early decision in the lightweight title fight between Jamie Varner and Donald Cerrone at WEC 38 on January 25th, there were reports that Varner may have suffered a career ending eye injury. Those concerns were laid to rest yesterday, according to MMAWeekly. On [...]

Bantamweight contender Brian Bowles has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled title shot against WEC champion Miguel Torres that was to headline WEC 40 on April 5th in Chicago after suffering a back injury during a Monday training session.
Bowles is expected to be sidelined for several months as a result of the injury. He’ll [...]

Featherweights Cub Swanson and Diego Nunes will square off at WEC 40 on April 5th in Chicago.
Swanson recently confirmed to MMA Junkie the bout agreements have been signed for the matchup.
A rising contender in the 145-pound division with 11-straight victories, Swanson (13-2) was derailed with a 35-second loss to Jens Pulver in late-2007. Following a [...]

Richard Crunkilton has been forced out of his WEC 39 matchup against Bart Palaszewski after suffering a knee injury less than a week before the lightweight co-main event was to take place on March 1st in Corpus Christi.
Ricardo Lamas, a 5-0 WEC newcomer, has been tapped to replace Crunkilton and face Palaszewski on short-notice, according [...]

This morning UFC President Dana White appeared on Setanta Sports, to promote tomorrow’s UFC 95, as well as talk about some of the recent announcements coming out of the UFC and some of the upcoming events. You can follow the above link to the Setanta site to view the full video, but some of [...]

In the world of MMA, when a fighter runs into a road block they often change weight classes. If they’re small for the class they’re in they usually shed the extra weight, eat a little less junk, and cut a little more weight on weigh-in day. “The Ultimate Fighter 5″ runner-up Manny Gamburyan [...]

Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber topped the official payroll for WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone, which took place on January 25th at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California, earning $48,000 for his first-round submission of Jens Pulver, who received $35,000 for the loss.
The California State Athletic Commission today released the official [...]

Though details are still emerging, it appears likely that the WEC’s welterweight division, including current title-holder Carlos Condit, will be merged into the UFC’s 170-pound class.
Condit’s scheduled title defense against Brock Larson, which was slated to co-headline WEC 39 on March 1st, has been canceled due to injury, though reports vary on which fighter was [...]