By Brian Hemminger

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and the WEC putting on incredible shows.  WEC 49 was no different.  I wasn’t as familiar with all the fighters as I normally am, especially since the promotion had loaded up the WEC 48 pay per view event with some of their top talent.  Despite [...]

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By Brian Hemminger
In all my time as a fan and my short time as a mixed martial arts writer, I’ve never witnessed such a plethora of high quality MMA events as we’re about to see in the next 5 days.  All 4 of the US’s top promotions will be putting on shows.  If you are [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

Expect some fireworks at WEC 50 in Las Vegas.  On top of the already anticipated bantamweight title fight between Joseph Benavidez and Dominick Cruz, as well as Urijah Faber’s debut at bantamweight against the always exciting Takeya Mizugaki, we’ve now got another potential main card battle between veteran Bart Palaszewski and undefeated prospect [...]

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Date 4/24/10
Location: Sacramento, CA

Winner
Loser
Method
Time
Class

Jose Aldo
Urijah Faber
unanimous dec.
5:00, R5
Fwt. Title

Ben Henderson
Don Cerrone
submission
1:57, R1
Lwt. Title

Manvel Gamburyan
Mike Brown
KO
2:22, R1
Fwt.

Shane Roller
Anthony Njokuani
submission
3:21, R1
Lwt.

Scott Jorgensen
Antonio Banuelos
unanimous dec.
5:00, R3
Bwt.

Leonard Garcia
Chan Sung Jung
split dec
5:00, R3
Wwt.

Anthony Pettis
Alex Karalexis
submission
1:35, R2
Lwt.

Brad Pickett
Demetrius Johnson
unanimous dec.
5:00, R3
Bwt.

Chad Mendez
Anthony Morrison
submission
2:13, R1
Fwt.

Takeya Mizugaki
Tyler Toner
Rani Yahya
Brandon Visher
unanimous dec
TKO
5:00, R3
2:36, R1
Bwt.
Fwt.

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By Brian Hemminger
I had been looking forward to WEC 48 for months now, the WEC has always been my favorite fight organization and when they decided to do their first Pay Per View I was the first in line to congratulate them.  They deserve everything they get.
Anyways, the sports bar I usually watch PPV’s wasn’t [...]

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By Brian Hemminger
Hey guys, as I’m sure you know, the WEC’s first pay per view will take place tonight.  I mentioned yesterday that you’ll regret it if you miss it, but I’m sure some people for one reason or another will be unable to watch it.  If you want to still follow along, I’ll be [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

I’ve spent a lot of time praising the WEC for their fantastic shows they put on.  Their fighters really know how to bring it, and they are always matching up the best against the best.  Never has that been more true than tomorrow night when former featherweight champ Urijah Faber takes on current [...]

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Las Vegas, NV (USA) – As the world prepares for the most anticipated featherweight title fight in the history of mixed martial arts, ALDO VS. FABER live on Pay-Per-View Saturday, April 24 at 10pm ET/7pm PT, fans will have the opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at the fighters as they prepare for this epic bout.
Below [...]

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Jamie Varner vs. Kamal Shalorus
Josh Grispi vs. LC Davis
Chris Horodecki vs. Ed Ratcliff
Mark Hominick vs. Yves Jabouin

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The best lighter weight fighters in the world are heading to Canada this summer. World Extreme Cagefighting® General Manager Reed Harris announced today that the organization has scheduled a loaded card set to take [...]

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., and PHILADELPHIA, March 15, 2010 – DIRECTV and Comcast have reached an agreement to return VERSUS to the DIRECTV programming lineup today. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
VERSUS will return to the same DIRECTV programming packages it was in at the end of August 2009.

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