Christmas is less than 24 hours away and MMA fans have received many gifts over the past year.
One of the best gifts they received last year was knowing that WEC fighters would get their chance to perform in the UFC.
World Extreme Cagefighting had been around since 2001. But after Zuffa purchased the California-based MMA company in 2006, the WEC focused more on lighter weight divisions.
Fighters like Jose Aldo, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber became household names in the WEC and carried their talents into the UFC this year.
Here’s a look a some of the other WEC guys who have become top fighters in the UFC.