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As expected World Extreme Cagefighting is headed to pay-per-view. The organization today announced via the AP that WEC 48, which retails for $44.99, takes place Saturday, April 24, at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif. Featured bouts include WEC featherweight champ Jose Aldo vs. Urijah Faber, lightweight champion Benson Henderson vs. Donald Cerrone, and former champ Mike Brown [...] SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Two champions entered the cage for the main event With a deftly applied third-round guillotine choke, former interim title holder Benson Henderson did exactly that. A vanquished Jamie Varner was stripped [...] Props: Curtis and Kyle Quoteworthy: “It should be called The Urijah Faber Show instead of World Extreme Cagefighting. They keep giving Faber all of the big promotional deals, in fact they just hooked him up with Amp Energy Drink. Amp just became the official energy drink of the WEC. I called the WEC regarding Amp about two [...] “Ben Henderson … To weather that storm and to get out of some of the submissions that he did (against Donald Cerrone), that was super-impressive man. He’s got like a rubber neck, and that’s definitely something that I had to think about in this training camp. Do I wanna go for some of those chokes? [...] With the first World Extreme Cagefighting event of 2010 merely two weeks away, the promotion is scrambling to complete the Sacramento card … and it is getting close. WEC announced today that Mark Hominick will meet Bryan Caraway in a 155-pound bout slated for the under card portion of the non televised Versus telecast. The bout will [...] After a few late injuries forced some card-shuffling over the holiday season, “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson” is once again nearly complete. The organization today officially announced a contest first reported by MMAjunkie.com as Mark Hominick (16-8 MMA, 0-2 WEC) meets WEC newcomer Bryan Caraway (14-3 MMA, 0-0 WEC) on the evening’s Featuring a lightweight title [...] A bout between undefeated WEC lightweights Dave Jansen (14-0 MMA, 1-0 WEC) and Kamal Shalorus (5-0-1 MMA, 1-0 WEC) has been shifted to the main card of “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson.” MMAjunkie.com learned from sources close to the event that the contest was recently promoted from its previous spot on the evening’s preliminary card. Featuring a [...] Frank Curreri, WEC – Benson “Smooth” Henderson, who gets a crack at WEC lightweight titleholder Jamie Varner next month, recently spent 9 days training with B.J. Penn and has no shame admitting how he fared against the UFC legend.MMA News Credit and Full Story: WEC When WEC interim lightweight champion Benson Henderson (10-1 MMA, 3-0 WEC) meets current champ Jamie Varner (16-2 MMA, 4-0 WEC) on Jan. 10 in the main event of “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson,” “Smooth” can count on at least one fan Donald Cerrone. “I hope Ben wins, and they’ll give me Jamie,” Cerrone said. “I [...] New WEC interim lightweight champion Benson Henderson defeated Donald Cerrone in what is being widely referred to as 2009’s “Fight of the Year.” Henderson, who claimed the organization’s interim lightweight title |
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