Dec 22
In late October, UFC President Dana White made one of the first big announcements of the UFC/WEC merger. He said the winner of last week’s WEC lightweight title fight between Ben Henderson and Anthony Pettis would face the winner of January’s UFC 125 title fight between champ Frankie Edgar and challenger Gray Maynard.
Nov 15
After watching the WEC and UFC events last week, one thing is very clear, the UFC needs the WEC. Any way you look at it, World Extreme Cagefighting put on a more exciting and energetic show.
Urijah Faber backed up the hype and entered the bantamweight division with an impressive submission victory over Takeya Mizugaki. Eric Koch provided an impressive TKO victory and Joseph Benavidez followed up his five round war with title holder Dominick Cruz only 3 short months ago, with a second round submission victory over Wagnney Fabiano. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov 14
The WEC merger into the UFC will showcase new fighters in new weight classes that many casual MMA fans know little about. One of the best new prospects in MMA is Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson (8-1 MMA). Read the rest of this entry »
Nov 1
With the UFC/WEC merger set to happen at the beginning of 2011, the smaller UFC Lightweights will finally have the option of dropping down to Featherweight while remaining a UFC fighter. Staying in the UFC meant being in the “big show” and everything that comes with that, including earning more money. Moving to the WEC though, while still under the ZUFFA banner meant less recognition, less sponsorship money and smaller paychecks. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 31
Thursday the UFC announced that on January 1, 2011 the WEC would merge into the UFC. The merger had been talked about for some time and as Dana White said during the press conference “the time is right for this”.
Since the announcement the merger has been broken down, dissected and picked apart. Some have called it great for the sport, while others are worried about the monopoly the UFC now has on MMA.
The merger is big news for MMA, but a lot for the fans to wrap their heads around. What does the merger mean for the fighters and the fans and how does it affect them both is what’s we will attempt to help answer below. Read the rest of this entry »
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