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 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 bantamweight champion Miguel Torres retained the 135-pound title on Sunday in Chicago, edging challenger Takeya Mizugaki via unanimous decision in the evening's headliner.

WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres, challenger Takeya Mizugaki, and the rest of the ten-bout WEC 40 card tipped the scales Saturday afternoon in Chicago. The event takes place on Sunday at the UIC Pavilion and airs live on Versus.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Lightweight IFL veteran Bart Palaszewski (28-11) will make his WEC debut on December 3rd at WEC 37 in Las Vegas against Alex Karalexis (9-3), according to MMA Weekly.
The lightweight matchup is expected to appear on the televised main card, which will air live on Versus.
Palaszewski emerged as a top lightweight in the IFL after racking [...]

– Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are likely to rematch at the UFC’s year-end pay-per-view event on December 27th in Las Vegas. In their first meeting Rua defeated Jackson via first-round KO at PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 in April 2005.
– Georges St-Pierre and Jon Fitch were each awarded [...]

The UFC has officially announced UFC Fight Night 15, which will take place on September 17th at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. The UFC Fight Club presale begins on Wednesday, July 16th. Tickets start at just $35.
The UFC has reached an agreement with Japanese broadcaster WOWOW to broadcast UFC events on the premium [...]

Mike Russow def. Jason Guida via submission – Round 1, 2:13
Terry Martin def. Daiju Takase via DQ (groin kicks) – Round 2, 3:35
Forrest Petz def. Brian Gassaway via unanimous decision
Bart Palaszewski def. Jeff Cox via KO – Round 2, 3:07
Rory Markham def. Jay Ellis via submission – Round 1, 0:57
Clay French def. Jemeel Massouh via [...]

Jason Guida (241.5) vs. Mike Russow (243.2)
Daiju Takase (185.8) vs. Terry Martin (185.2)
Forrest Petz (173.4) vs. Brian Gassaway (174.1)
Jeff Cox (154.4) vs. Bart Palaszewski (155.7)
Jay Ellis (161.6) vs. Rory Markham (180.1)
Jemeel Massouh (155.4) vs. Clay French (155.4)
Herc Hayes (265) vs. Kerry Schall (258.6)
Aaron Rosa (205.6) vs. Ron Fields (204.8)
Hector Urbina (185.6) vs. Dave Kleczkowski (186.5)
Dom [...]