Thursday, September 9th, 2010

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Just under one day away, and everything is official for WEC 48: ‘Aldo vs. Faber’. All fighters on the card made weight without hesitation, here are the official weigh-in results below:
Main Card:
Jose Aldo (c) (145) vs. Urijah Faber (144.5)
Benson Henderson (c) (155) vs. Donald Cerrone (154.5)
Mike Brown (146) vs. Manny Gamburyan (146)
Anthony Njokuani (156) [...]

Well, many expected WEC would be arriving on pay per view sooner rather than later, and they were right. WEC General Manager Reed Harris has speculated for quite some time that the WEC will indeed break into the PPV market, and it looks as if they will be relying on their hometown hero, Urijah Faber. [...]

All fighters made weight for tonight’s WEC 46 without issue, which is usually the case with the WEC. The main event is a battle for the WEC lightweight title as champion Jamie Varner takes on interim title holder Ben Henderson. The winner of the bout will be known as the undisputed WEC lightweight champion.
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The normally respectful and soft spoken interim WEC lightweight champion Ben “Smooth” Henderson has a few choice words for Jamie Varner. Varner and Henderson are scheduled to meet this Sunday, January 10th at WEC 46 for the unified WEC lightweight title. In the preview video below, both fighters talk about their road to the title, [...]

The WEC once again delivered an action packed night of fights last night, as they crowned a new WEC interim lightweight champion. In the main event of the evening, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone took on Benson “Smooth” Henderson for the interim strap, with the winner likely facing off against the real champion Jamie Varner later on [...]

WEC officials have decided to move the WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson event from September 2nd to October 10th.  The event was formerly scheduled to take part in Youngstown, Ohio, but the future location is currently unknown. Instead of airing on a Wednesday night, it will now air on a Saturday, which is a [...]

Headlined by a fight in the lightweight division for the interim lightweight title, WEC 43 is shaping up to be one of the most interesting cards of the year. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Ben Henderson will clash in the main event, with the winner presumably taking on the current lightweight champion Jamie Varner, later on [...]

The recent word is that Jamie Varner, although he himself said he feels 100%, is still suffering from a fracture in his right hand, and will not be ready for the rematch with Donald Cerrone in September. Speaking to MMAMania, Cerrone feels they may pit him against his friend, Ben Henderson:

I kind of figured that [...]