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WEC General Manager Reed Harris recently confirmed the good news for Canadian fight fans that the UFC sister-promotion will be bringing its unique brand of cagefighting across the border in the next few months. June 20, to be exact. The WEC has already requested and received the date from the Calgary Combative Sports Commission, according to our [...] Frank Curreri, WEC – If you lose your next fight, will you retire? The inquiry creates a slightly awkward air for both the interviewer and interviewee. But it is to be expected. When you’re a former UFC champion and have been on a significant slide in recent years – media interviews can easily start to [...] Frank Curreri, WEC – It’s no longer speculation, and he’s no longer a secret: Jose Aldo is clearly one of the world’s best pound-for-pound mixed martial artists. It will be hard for anyone to argue otherwise after the explosive Brazilian notched his ninth straight win by destroying WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown.MMA News Credit and [...] WEC.tv’s own Frank Curreri took first place in Sunday’s 2009 World Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championships in Long Beach, California. Representing Robert Drysdale Jiu-Jitsu, the world-class writer showed world-class jiu-jitsu as well as he won the featherweight division in the Brown Belt Masters category. Congrats Frank!MMA News Credit and Full Story: WEC HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – When the final decision was read – Fabricio Werdum earned a unanimous decision win over fellow heavyweight Antonio Silva by winning two rounds to one – the crowd at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., reacted with a mix of boos and cheers. Some felt the 29-28 scores were justified. [...] HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Prior to Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers” event, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said the winners of the night’s two key heavyweight bouts, Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers and Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Silva, could meet at a future event. After Emelianenko dispatched of Rogers via second-round knockout and Werdum edged Silva via [...] HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – The key words going into Strikeforce and M-1 Global’s “Fedor vs. Rogers” main event on Saturday were “puncher’s chance.” Who knew those words referred to WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko? Emelianenko survived an early scare at from the previously undefeated, hard-hitting Brett Rogers and delivered a devastating right hand in the second frame [...] FRESNO, Calif. – If it wasn’t official before, it is now: Strikeforce lightweight Jorge Gurgel (13-6) uses his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt to wrap his hands. Despite the proven striking prowess of hometown fighter Billy Evangelista (10-0), Gurgel stood toe-to-toe with his opponent for 15 minutes but lost for the third time in his past four [...] Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le (6-0) may have vacated his belt to pursue a career in acting, but that doesn’t mean he’s given up fighting completely. In fact, Le may return to action before the end of the year. MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the event that Le has verbally agreed to face slugger [...] Brett Rogers, who headlines Saturday’s CBS-televised Strikeforce/M-1 event at the Sears Centre in Chicago, appears as a guest on tonight’s new edition of “Last Call with Carson Daly” on NBC. Rogers joins author Neil Strauss and the band Peaches on the show, which begins late Friday/early Saturday at 1:35 a.m. ET/PT. Rogers will discuss his upcoming CBS-televised [...] Former “The Ultimate Fighter 1″ cast member and current WEC lightweight Alex Karalexis (10-4 MMA, 4-2 WEC) has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled contest with Kamal Shalorus (4-0-1 MMA, 0-0 WEC) after suffering a broken hand. Fighters.com was the first to report Karalexis’ withdrawal from the WEC 44 prelim contest, and MMAjunkie.com has since |
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