World Extreme Cagefighting will return to the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California on Saturday, April 24, for WEC 48, the promotion’s anticipated pay-per-view debut which will be headlined by featherweight champion Jose Aldo vs. former title-holder and local favorite Urijah Faber.

WEC 48 will also feature a rematch between lightweight champion Ben Henderson and Donald Cerrone as well as former featherweight champ Mike Brown vs. fellow 145-pound contender Manny Gamburyan.

Former featherweight champions Urijah Faber ($52,000) and Mike Brown ($38,000) topped the $272,000 payroll for Sunday’s “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson”, according to figures released Monday by the California State Athletic Commission, while main event winner and lightweight champion Ben Henderson earned $22,000 and former title-holder Jamie Varner took home $18,000.

A pair of submissions highlighted Sunday’s WEC 46 event in Sacramento, California, as Ben Henderson choked out Jamie Varner in the main event to become the undisputed WEC lightweight champion, while former featherweight champ Urijah Faber tapped Raphael Assuncao in the WEC 46 co-headliner.

All twenty fighters scheduled to be in action at tomorrow’s “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson” at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California successfully made weight for the Versus-televised event at Friday’s official fighter weigh-ins.

The fight card for World Extreme Cagefighting’s upcoming “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson” event is now complete, with the Versus-televised event slated to feature 10 bouts from the ARCO Arena on January 10 in Sacramento, California.

WEC 46 is headlined by lightweight champion Jamie Varner vs. interim title-holder Ben Henderson, and the main card also includes Raphael Assuncao vs. Urijah Faber, Dave Jansen vs. Kamal Shalorus, Mike Brown vs. Anthony Morrison, and Mackens Semerzier vs. Deividas Taurosevicius.

The WEC announced today via it’s official Twitter page that Jamie Varner would defend his lightweight belt against interim lightweight champion Benson Henderson at WEC 46 on January 10. The event is scheduled for the Arco Arena in Sacramento California.

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.

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.

World Extreme Cagefighting announced late Monday that it had postponed its September 2 WEC 43 card in Youngstown, Ohio due to an injury suffered by headliner Ben Henderson, who was set to fight Donald Cerrone for the promotion’s interim lightweight title in the evening’s main event.

The entire card has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 10 at a venue to-be-announced and is still set to air live on Versus.

Tickets for WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson, World Extreme Cagefighting’s recently announced event which is set to take place on September 2 at the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio, will go on sale to the general public on July 9.

WEC newsletter subscribers can purchase tickets one day early on July 8 for the Versus-televised event, which is headlined by an interim lightweight championship bout between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson.

For the latest details on Jamie Varner’s injury and the WEC’s title plans continue reading after the jump…