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WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis is the last World Extreme Cagefighting event before the promotion officially merges with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. WEC 53 will take place on December 16th at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
The event features two title bouts for the WEC lightweight and Bantamweight titles. The main card will be broadcast Live on Versus on Thursday, Dec. 16th at 9PM ET/ 6PM PT.
WEC lightweight champ Ben Henderson takes on Antohny Pettis in the main event, with the winner moving into a #1 contender position for the UFC title. While WEC bantamweight title holder Dominick Cruz defends his title for the second time against Scott Jorgensen in the com-main event.
The full WEC 53 card appears as follows:
Main card
Lightweight Championship bout: Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis
Bantamweight Championship bout: Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen
Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki
Lightweight bout: Bart Palaszewski vs. Iran Kamal Shalorus
Lightweight bout: Zhang Tie Quan vs. Danny Downes
Preliminary card
Lightweight bout: Jamie Varner vs. Shane Roller
Bantamweight bout: Brad Pickett vs. Ivan Menjivar
Bantamweight bout: Eddie Wineland vs. Ken Stone
Lightweight bout: Danny Castillo vs. Will Kerr
Lightweight bout: Ricardo Lamas vs. Yuri Alcantara
Bantamweight bout: Renan Barão vs. Chris Cariaso