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World Extreme Cagefighting Releases Complete Lineup For WEC 39
Jan 26, 2009 - 1:08 pm ET | 19 Comments
World Extreme Cagefighting Releases Complete Lineup For WEC 39

World Extreme Cagefighting has released the complete lineup for WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia, which takes place on March 1st at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The Versus-broadcast event features five televised main card bouts, including featherweight champion Mike Brown squaring off against Leonard Garcia for the 145-pound title and Carlos Condit defending [...]

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WEC 38 Results: Varner Tops Cerrone in Foul-Shortened Main Event
Jan 26, 2009 - 12:32 am ET | 21 Comments
WEC 38 Results: Varner Tops Cerrone in Foul-Shortened Main Event

WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner retained his title on Sunday at WEC 38 in San Diego with a split decision victory over previously unbeaten challenger Donald Cerrone. The bout failed to go the distance as Varner was unable to continue following an unintentional-but-illegal knee to his head while still on the ground midway through the [...]

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WEC 38 “Varner vs. Cerrone” Live Results and Play-by-Play
Jan 25, 2009 - 4:28 pm ET | 76 Comments
WEC 38 “Varner vs. Cerrone” Live Results and Play-by-Play

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone, which takes place tonight at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California
WEC 38 is headlined by a lightweight clash between 155-pound title-holder Jamie Varner and undefeated challenger Donald Cerrone. The event also features a rematch between former featherweight champion Urijah Faber and  [...]

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WEC 38 Weigh-In Results
Jan 24, 2009 - 11:02 pm ET | 3 Comments
WEC 38 Weigh-In Results

All 20 fighters slated to participate at WEC 38 tomorrow night at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California successfully made weight earlier today.
WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner came in exactly at the 155-pound division limit, while challenger Donald Cerrone tipped the scale at 154.5 pounds. Urijah Faber (145.5) and Jens Pulver (146) [...]

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Changes To Sunday’s WEC 38 Lineup; Additions To WEC 39, WEC 40
Jan 21, 2009 - 6:00 am ET | 17 Comments
Changes To Sunday’s WEC 38 Lineup; Additions To WEC 39, WEC 40

Injuries have forced two lineup changes for WEC 38 as featherweight Rolando Perez has been tapped to replace Fredson Paixao on the evening’s main card against Jose Aldo and lightweight Ben Henderson will meet Anthony Njokuani in place of Ed Ratcliff on the unaired preliminary card.
WEC 38 “Varner vs. Cerrone” takes place this Sunday at [...]

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WEC To Add Flyweight Division in Early-2009
Jan 6, 2009 - 9:51 pm ET | 21 Comments
WEC To Add Flyweight Division in Early-2009

World Extreme Cagefighting will feature a 125-pound flyweight division beginning in March according to MMA Weekly, joining existing bantamweight (135), featherweight (145), lightweight (155), and welterweight (170) classes.
The WEC shifted it’s heavier middleweight (185) and light heavyweight (205) divisions to it’s sister promotion, the UFC, in late-2008 to differentiate itself by focusing on lighter weight [...]

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Fight Card Finalized For WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone
Jan 3, 2009 - 3:39 am ET | 9 Comments
Fight Card Finalized For WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone

World Extreme Cagefighting has finalized the lineup for WEC 38, which takes place on January 25th at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California.
The Versus-broadcast event is headlined by a lightweight championship bout featuring current title-holder Jamie Varner putting the 155-pound title on the line against Donald Cerrone. A rematch featuring featherweights Urijah [...]

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Mike Brown vs. Leonard Garcia To Headline March WEC Event in Florida
Dec 23, 2008 - 3:30 am ET | 21 Comments
Mike Brown vs. Leonard Garcia To Headline March WEC Event in Florida

WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown will square off with Leonard Garcia in his first defense of the 145-pound title.
MMAJunkie.com confirmed the matchup over the weekend and both fighters are set to sign official agreements soon.
The bout will headline a March event that is likely to take place in Florida.
Brown (20-4), a winner of eight-straight, earned [...]

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WEC 37 Results: Torres TKOs Tapia To Retain Bantamweight Title
Dec 3, 2008 - 6:33 pm ET | 36 Comments
WEC 37 Results: Torres TKOs Tapia To Retain Bantamweight Title

WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres (35-1) successfully defended his title on Wednesday night at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, dispatching 135-pound challenger Manny Tapia (10-1-1) with strikes midway through the second round of their WEC 37 headliner.
Bantamweight contender Brian Bowles (7-0) remained undefeated in a featured undercard bout, [...]

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Fighters Make Weight For WEC 37
Dec 3, 2008 - 12:29 am ET | 20 Comments

WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres and 135-pound challenger Mania Tapia were among the 20 fighters who successfully made weight today in Las Vegas for WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia.
The Versus-broadcast event takes place on Wednesday, December 3rd at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
The complete WEC 37 weigh-in results include:

Miguel Torres (134) [...]

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Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver 2 Expected For WEC 38
Nov 25, 2008 - 2:37 pm ET | 28 Comments
Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver 2 Expected For WEC 38

Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber (21-2) is likely to rematch Jens Pulver (21-10-1) at WEC 38 on January 25th in San Diego, California.
Sources close to the fight have confirmed the likely matchup with MMAWeekly.com, though official agreements have not yet been signed for the bout.
Despite losing in convincing fashion to Mike Brown at WEC [...]

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Dana White To “Test The Waters” With Gina Carano; Hopes To Invade Canada
Nov 19, 2008 - 3:01 pm ET | 21 Comments
Dana White To “Test The Waters” With Gina Carano; Hopes To Invade Canada

After expressing his interest in hosting a match between Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, UFC President Dana White has now gone a step further, stating that he might actually be ready to sign Gina Carano, the “Face of Women’s MMA” to the WEC as sort of a trial run:
“Gina Carano is a star, I [...]

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WEC Finalizes WEC 37 Lineup
Nov 18, 2008 - 4:15 pm ET | 3 Comments

World Extreme Cagefighting today finalized the fight card for WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia, which takes place on December 3rd at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and airs live on Versus.
A bantamweight championship bout headlines the eleven-bout card as 135-pound title-holder Miguel Torres takes on challenger Manny Tapia.
The [...]

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WEC Releases Paulo Filho
Nov 18, 2008 - 2:55 pm ET | 9 Comments
WEC Releases Paulo Filho

World Extreme Cagefighting, ahead of its December middleweight and light heavyweight merger with the UFC, has released former 185-pound champion Paulo Filho (16-1).
Filho’s manager, Ed Soares, confirmed the release today with CagePotato.com.
“It’s true. We’ve recevied paperwork that they’re releasing him from his contract,” said Sores. “The WEC’s been great throughout everything, but it’s understandable. He’s [...]

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Paulo Filho To Give WEC Title To Sonnen
Nov 10, 2008 - 10:23 am ET | 9 Comments
Paulo Filho To Give WEC Title To Sonnen

Previously ranked middleweight and WEC 185-pound champion Paulo Filho will ship the middleweight belt to Chael Sonnen as soon as possible, according to SI.com.
Sonnen defeated Filho via unanimous decision on Wednesday at WEC 36 in a bizarre and boring bout that was to be for the title before Filho missed weight by a staggering seven [...]

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