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WEC 53 Bonuses Go to Pettis, Henderson, Wineland, Roller

Filed under: UFC, WEC, NewsGLENDALE, ARIZ. – The WEC handed out bonus awards for the final time Thursday night at WEC 53 at Jobing.com Arena outside of Phoenix.

Hosting its final event before merging into fellow Zuffa promotion UFC, the WEC gave out …

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GLENDALE, ARIZ. – The WEC handed out bonus awards for the final time Thursday night at WEC 53 at Jobing.com Arena outside of Phoenix.

Hosting its final event before merging into fellow Zuffa promotion UFC, the WEC gave out its customary $10,000 bonus awards to four fighters following the event. And all four came from the event’s preliminary card, which saw five of seven fights end with first-round knockouts or submissions.

WEC co-founder and general manager Reed Harris announced at the post-fight press conference that the bonus awards went to Eddie Wineland, Shane Roller, Anthony Pettis and Ben Henderson.

WEC 53 Aftermath Notes: Video of ‘The Showtime Kick’, Prelim Madness, Bonuses + More

(In slo-mo for your convenience. Props: kemist. Full-speed gif is at the end of this post.)
Let’s get this out of the way: The cage-spring head-kick that Anthony "Showtime" Pettis landed on Ben Henderson in their lightweight title fight at …


(In slo-mo for your convenience. Props: kemist. Full-speed gif is at the end of this post.)

Let’s get this out of the way: The cage-spring head-kick that Anthony "Showtime" Pettis landed on Ben Henderson in their lightweight title fight at last night’s WEC 53 event was 1) The greatest kick in MMA history, 2) Maybe the most impressive knockdown in MMA history, and 3) Further proof that Pettis is one of the most exciting 155’ers in the universe. (He’s also punched his ticket to challenge for the UFC lightweight title against either Frankie Edgar or Gray Maynard, who both look dull as hell by comparison.)

We already knew Pettis was capable of stuff like this, but to have the balls to throw that kick in the fifth round of a title fight? If he planted his foot wrong, the video above might be titled "Ultimate Fail." Instead, he clinched the match on the judges scorecards with absolute authority. Said Pettis after the fight: “Duke Roufus plays with us, and we try these new kicks. He told us if one of us lands it in the cage that he would take us to dinner. So he owes me some dinner.”

The main event earned both men $10,000 Fight of the Night bonuses. As action-packed as the "Henderson vs. Pettis" broadcast was, the unaired prelims were equally hardcore, producing five first-round stoppages in seven bouts…

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WEC 49: Preview and Predictions

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World Extreme Cagefighting is back on Versus Sunday night for the first time in almost four months, with a card that might feel like something of a letdown compared to April’s pay-per-view offering, but should nonetheless provide plent…

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World Extreme Cagefighting is back on Versus Sunday night for the first time in almost four months, with a card that might feel like something of a letdown compared to April’s pay-per-view offering, but should nonetheless provide plenty of the fireworks that the WEC consistently offers.

We’ve got the preview and predictions on the five-fight televised card below.

Former Bantamweight Champ Eddie Wineland Wants to Stay in the Hunt

Filed under: WECAsk 100 MMA fans to name the former WEC bantamweight champion from Indiana, and all 100 of them are liable to say Miguel Torres. And while the Torres response is true – and certainly understandable – Eddie Wineland might have something …

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Ask 100 MMA fans to name the former WEC bantamweight champion from Indiana, and all 100 of them are liable to say Miguel Torres. And while the Torres response is true – and certainly understandable – Eddie Wineland might have something to say about that.

Wineland was the WEC’s first champ at 135 pounds. He won the belt at WEC 20, knocking out Antonio Banuelos for the title. But that was in the WEC’s pre-Zuffa era, before the big TV deal with Versus and really before “MMA” was a household term. Casual fans not really knowing him could be forgiven. Besides, he lost the belt less than a year later in his first defense at WEC 26.

But on Sunday, at WEC 49 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Wineland goes after his third straight win, and he’ll do it against Will Campuzano to open the televised card on Versus – the latest step on his goal to get another crack at the title.

“You always want to be on the main card – everybody always wants to be seen,” Wineland said. “But whether I’m the first fight or the last fight, as long as I’m there and I get to fight and I get that win, that’s really all that matters.”