A briefly-rumored future bout between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and middleweight champion Paulo Filho has already been nixed.
Last week both fighters’ manager, Ed Soares, commented that a fight between the two was a possibility but added that it would be an “uphill battle” to get the fighters to agree to the matchup.
Filho on Thursday [...]

Light heavyweight free agent Tito Ortiz confirmed on the latest edition of HDNet’s “Inside MMA” that he is currently in negotiations with Affliction, EliteXC, and the UFC.
The winner of the September 10th WEC 36 bout between former WEC lightweight champion Rob McCullough and Donald Cerrone has been guaranteed a 155-pound title shot title shot. [MMA [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting on Wednesday announced the complete lineup for WEC 36 “Faber vs. Brown”, which features a main event featherweight championship bout between 145-pound king Urijah Faber and challenger Mike Brown.
WEC 36 takes place on September 10th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Floria and will air live on Versus.
The [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) announced today that two world titles will be on the line on Wednesday, September 10th when the organization makes its initial foray into the great state of Florida. In the main event, WEC Featherweight Champion “The California Kid” Urijah Faber defends his title against Florida’s own Mike Brown, and in the [...]

WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho and Chael Sonnen will rematch for the 185-pound title in September at WEC 36 according to Tatame.com.
Filho (16-0), undefeated in sixteen professional MMA bouts, won the vacant WEC middleweight title with a first-round TKO of UFC veteran Joe Doerksen at WEC 29. In his controversial first title defense, Filho defeated [...]

The UFC’s sister organization, World Extreme Cagefighting, will return on December 12th for its first show in more than three months. The stacked card is rumored to include:

WEC Featherweight Championship: Urijah Faber vs. Jeff Curran
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship: Doug Marshall vs. Ariel Gandulla
WEC Middleweight Championship: Paulo Filho vs. TBD (possibly Frank Trigg)
WEC Lightweight Championship: [...]

After Yushin Okami was announced as the main event replacement for Martin Kampmann at UFC 72 there were rumors that Rich Franklin was given his choice between Okami or recent WEC-signee Paulo Filho. This appears to not have been the case after all.
“It took [...]

14-0 mixed martial artists Paulo Filho has nearly reached an agreement with Zuffa owned World Extreme Cagefighting on fighting for the organization. The deal was first reported in Tatame and says Filho will compete in 3-4 events in the organization starting as early as July.
The Brazilian Top Team member is a top 5 middleweight fighter [...]