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In the UFC Anderson Silva owns the middleweight division, Junior Dos Santos currently holds the heavyweight belt and Jose Aldo is the featherweight champion. Could we eventually see a UFC with eight Brazilians as title holders? I’ll examine each weight class looking at the possibility and likelihood of each. Heavyweight Division: This one is fairly obvious. Dos Santos is currently the champ and with his boxing skills could be champion for a long time. He is rumored to have outstanding jiu-jitsu and while we haven’t seen it yet if he gets past Overeem at UFC 146 both Mir and Velasquez [...]

What a way to start off the new year. Jose Aldo continued his dominance of the featherweight division at UFC 142 in Rio while Vitor Belfort made sure an overweight “Rumble” Johnson didn’t stop the momentum he built after his vicious knockout of “Sexyama.” The rest of the card was no sneeze fest, Palhares grabbed his signature heel hook against Mike Massenzio and Edson Barboza gave us a knockout of the year candidate with his spinning heel kick.  Here are the matches to make after UFC 142 for the main card winners. Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung Aldo destroyed [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting is coming to an end. Tonight marks the final event in the promotion’s history before they fold in to the UFC. As can be expected from a final card in promotional history, WEC 53 is stacked from top to bottom and finishes off with a championship double-header. In the main event, lightweight champion Ben Henderson puts his strap on the line against exciting striker Anthony Pettis. The winner of this bout earns a chance to face off against the winner of Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard in what will be a title unification bout. Co-main event honors [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting invades Edmonton, Alberta, Canada this evening for “WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus.” The event will take place at the Rexall Place and will be broadcast live on Versus. Headlining the night’s fight card is a lightweight showdown between Jamie Varner and Kamal Shalorus. Both fighters are hoping that a win will put then in contention for a title. Here are the predictions for “WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus:” Kamal Shalorus vs. Jamie Varner PREDICTION: Kamal Shalorus def. Jamie Varner via second-round TKO Mark Hominick vs. Yves Jabouin PREDICTION: Yves Jabouin def. Mark Hominick via unanimous decision L.C. [...]

Weigh-ins for “WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus” took place this evening. The weigh-ins were held at the Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, which will also host tomorrow night’s event. “WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus” will be broadcast live on Versus. Here are the official weigh-in results: MAIN CARD Jamie Varner (156) vs. Kamal Shalorus (155) Mark Hominick (144.5) vs. Yves Jabouin (145) Josh Grispi (145) vs. L.C. Davis (146) Chris Horodecki (154) vs. Danny Downes (156) Eddie Wineland (135.5) vs. Will Campuzano (136) PRELIMINARY CARD Karen Darabedyan (155.6) vs. Will Kerr (155) Wagnney Fabiano (135.5) vs. Frank Gomez (135.5) [...]

MMA Weekly is reporting that former featherweight champion and World Extreme Cagefighting star Urijah Faber is making the drop to 135-pounds. Welcoming him to the bantamweight division will be heavy handed Takeya Mizugaki. The former WEC featherweight champion will make the move down to 135lbs for his next fight on August 18 as he faces Japanese fighter Takeya Mizugaki in the WEC. The bout was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the fight stating bout agreements have been issued at this point for the bantamweight showdown. “The California Kid” has always been small for the 145-pound division, so the [...]

MMAFighting.com has reported and confirmed that long-time mixed martial arts veteran and fan-favorite Jens Pulver has been released by Zuffa. Pulver was the UFC’s first lightweight champion and one of only two people to defeat former lightweight champ BJ Penn at 155-pounds. Rumors have surfaced that Pulver could resurface in the WEC as a commentator, but MMAFighting.com has debunked those rumors. Pulver’s agent, Monte Cox, told Versus.com that he hoped his client would remain with the company in a broadcasting capacity. But White, Zuffa’s president, said following the UFC 114 press conference on Saturday that will not be the case. [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting has decided to part ways with their longtime cage announcer Joe Martinez. Martinez is also the announcer for Golden Boy’s weekly Spanish production “Solo Boxeo Tecate.” His other commitments played a part in the depature from the WEC. “I was more than willing to work around the possible conflicts,” said Martinez. “But another main factor was my work within other areas of combat sports. While I do not feel my association with a Spanish-language boxing production has any crossover, it appears to have been a big issue.” Martinez was absent from the WEC’s most recent event, “WEC [...]

Suspensions have been released from this past weekend’s WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber event. Eight fighters have been suspended a length six months for a variety of broken bones and knee injuries. Brandon Fisher and former champion Mike Thomas Brown received 45 days. Here is the complete list: Brandon Visher: suspended 45 days as a precautionary measure Mike Brown: suspended 45 days as a precautionary measure Urijah Faber: suspended six months or until he is cleared by a physician for his left thigh and knee injury Leonard Garcia: suspended six months or until medically cleared for a possible right hand [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting brought out all the stops this past weekend for their pay-per view debut with ‘Aldo vs. Faber.’ The WEC used familiar voices and personalities from the UFC like Dana White, Joe Rogan, Mike Goldberg and Bruce Buffer in hopes of bringing in some more fans. People were unsure of how the event would fair on pay-per view, but early indications from Heavy.com show that the event was successful. According to sources in the cable industry, early estimates indicate that the show did between 150,000 and 200,000 buys on pay per view, a number that has to be [...]