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• Scott Jorgensen vs. Antonio Banuelos at WEC 48

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/18/2010 01:00 PM ET
• Filed Under: WEC
• The first fight on the first pay-per-view card for World Extreme Cagefighting will be a bantamweight bout between Scott Jorgensen and Antonio Banuelos. Damacio Page was originally slated to face Banuelos on the April 24 WEC 48 card, but the WEC announced today ...
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• Miguel Torres Posts Video of Surgery, Rips Ref

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/17/2010 12:55 PM ET
• Filed Under: MMA Videos, WEC
• During the March 6 WEC bout between Miguel Torres and Joseph Benavidez, an elbow from Benavidez opened an enormous cut on Torres' forehead. Moments later, Benavidez got Torres to tap with a guillotine choke, and Torres was left covered in blood. Torres had to ...
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• WEC VP Peter Dropick Talks Versus on DirecTV

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/15/2010 07:00 PM ET
• Filed Under: MMA Media Watch, WEC
• World Extreme Cagefighting is one of the big winners in mixed martial arts today, as the promotion's television home, Versus, is back on DirecTV after a six-month standoff between DirecTV and the parent company of Versus, Comcast. In an interview with ...
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• Versus Is Back on DirecTV, Just in Time for UFC

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/15/2010 04:57 PM ET
• Filed Under: MMA Media Watch, UFC, WEC
• Versus is back on DirecTV. Just in time for UFC fans. After six months of battle, DirecTV and Comcast, the parent company of Versus, announced on Monday that they've come to terms on a new agreement that will put Versus back on the same DirecTV packages it ...
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• WEC 48 Adds Jung-Swanson, Toner-Visher, More

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/12/2010 02:45 PM ET
• Filed Under: WEC
• Four new fights have been added to next month's World Extreme Cagefighting event, with the promotion announcing Friday that Chan Sung Jung vs. Cub Swanson, Tyler Toner vs. Brandon Visher, Brad Pickett vs. Demetrious Johnson. and Takeya Mizugaki vs. Rani Yahya ...
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• MMA Top 10 Pound-for-Pound: Cruz, Benavidez Belong

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/12/2010 11:00 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, M-1 Global
• Two of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts were in the cage Saturday night at WEC 47. They just weren't the two we thought they were beforehand. Prior to WEC 47, a lot of people had bantamweights Brian Bowles and Miguel Torres in their ...
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• Barnett, Maeda-Escovedo Announced for DREAM.13

• By Ray HuiPosted: 03/12/2010 09:03 AM ET
• Filed Under: WEC, News
• A matchup between two WEC veterans and the participation of Josh Barnett were made official Friday for DREAM.13 on March 22 in Yokohama, Japan. Although a rumor leaked hours before that Barnett would likely face kickboxer Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga, DREAM ...
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• Cruz Surprised Bowles Didn't Fight Through Broken Hand

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/11/2010 04:30 PM ET
• Filed Under: WEC
• Five days after taking the World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight championship from Brian Bowles when Bowles failed to answer the bell for the third round, new champion Dominick Cruz expressed surprise that Bowles quit fighting because of a broken hand. ...
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• The MMA Hour Featuring Jens Pulver and Miesha Tate

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 03/10/2010 10:50 PM ET
• Filed Under: WEC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, Videos
• It's been two months, but The MMA Hour is finally back, and it's better than ever. Behold episode 31 of the show in our new studio in New York City. On this edition, we talk to Jens Pulver, who lost to Javier Vazquez at WEC 47 last weekend, about his fighting ...
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• Without Urijah Faber, WEC Ratings on Versus Are Weak

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/10/2010 02:00 PM ET
• Filed Under: WEC, MMA Video Games
• Saturday night's WEC 47 show on Versus featured promotional videos for Urijah Faber's upcoming fight, commercials starring Faber and an interview with Faber. In fact, it felt like Faber was on the TV screen more than any of the fighters who actually fought on ...
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• MMA Top 10 Bantamweights: Rise of Cruz, Fall of Torres

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/09/2010 09:30 AM ET
• Filed Under: WEC, Bantamweights
• We saw a major shift in the bantamweight division of mixed martial arts on Saturday night, when two major upsets took place at WEC 47. The bantamweight title belt, of course, changed hands when Dominick Cruz beat Brian Bowles, who suffered a broken hand and ...
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• Urijah Faber Not a Fan of Lesnar, Cruz; Wants Another Shot at Tyson Griffin

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 03/09/2010 07:55 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, Videos
• Urijah Faber recently took part in a question-and-answer session in Las Vegas, and "The California Kid" was, as always, very honest with his responses. Some of the topics he touched on included: his title fight against Jose Aldo on April 24, why he doesn't ...
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