Strikeforce won its head-to-head battle with the WEC on Saturday, as its “Evolution” event on Showtime, headlined by Cung Le vs. Scott Smith, drew 341,000 viewers, while 330,000 tuned in for WEC 45 on Versus, featuring a main event between Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff.

In other news, UFC 107 headliner Diego Sanchez says he is “90% healed” from his loss to BJ Penn on December 12 while the NSAC has denied Jon Jones’ appeal of his disqualification loss to Matt Hamill earlier this month.

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WEC newcomer Chris Horodecki and WEC 45 headliner Ed Ratcliff were among the nine fighters from Saturday’s Versus-televised event is Las Vegas who were issued medical suspensions on Tuesday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Horodecki, along with prelim fighters Zach Micklewright and John Hosman, were suspended until June 8 for possible fractures, while Ratcliff joined four other fighters who received shorter precautionary suspensions.

Joseph Benavidez and Donald Cerrone, main card winners at Saturday’s WEC 45 in Las Vegas, topped the payroll for the Versus-televised event, according to official fighter salaries released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Benavidez earned $25,000 for his win over Rani Yahya, while Cerrone took home $24,000 for his victory over Ed Ratcliff in the WEC 45 headliner. Other top earners included Chris Horodecki ($12,000), Ratcliff ($9,000), and Yahya ($9,000).

It wasn’t pretty, but lightweight contender Donald Cerrone managed to remain in title contention on Saturday, putting two early point deductions for lows blows behind him by choking out Ed Ratcliff midway through the third and final round of the WEC 45 main event at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.

Lightweight Anthony Nkojuani and bantamweight Joseph Benavidez remained in the hunt in their respective divisions by scoring first-round knockouts on the Versus-televised WEC 45 main card.

18 of the 20 fighters set to be in action tomorrow at WEC 45 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, including headlining lightweight contenders Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff, successfully made weight on Friday at the official fighter weigh-ins for the Versus-televised event.

The fight card for “WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff” is now complete following the official addition of the event’s preliminary bouts. WEC 45 takes place on December 19 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas with a lightweight matchup between Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff headlining the Versus-televised main card.

Popular featherweight Urijah Faber, sidelined since a June loss to Mike Brown due to a broken hand, will square off with Raphael Assuncao at WEC 46 on January 10 in Sacramento, California. Despite losing four-straight and six of his last seven, veteran Jens Pulver will return to featherweight action in the WEC cage in early-2010.

World Extreme Cagefighting on Thursday officially announced WEC 46: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff, which takes place on December 19 at The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and is headlined by a matchup between lightweight contenders Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff.

The Versus-televised event also features a lightweight co-main event between former IFL standout Chris Horodecki and Anthony Njokuani and a featured bout between bantamweight contenders Joseph Benavidez and Rani Yahya.

A lightweight matchup between WEC newcomer Chris Horodecki and Anthony Njokuani and a bout between bantamweight contenders Damacio Page and Takeya Mizugaki have been added to WEC 45 on December 19 in Las Vegas, according to reports from MMAjunkie and Sherdog.

Lightweights Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff have agreed to square off at WEC 45 on December 19 in Las Vegas, according to Sherdog, in what is expected to be the co-main event of the Versus-televised card. The matchup is the first rumored for WEC 45, which is expected to take place at The Joint at The Hard Rock.

World Extreme Cagefighting is expected to remain in Las Vegas through the end of the year, as the promotion’s rumored WEC 45 event will reportedly take place on December 19 in Sin City, likely at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

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.