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Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki Set for WEC 53

Filed under: WEC, NewsAfter Donald Cerrone dominated Jamie Varner for a unanimous decision win at WEC 51 last month, he extended an open invitation to rematch in Varner’s Phoenix home for WEC 53.

After the bout, WEC general manager Reed Harris told M…

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Donald CerroneAfter Donald Cerrone dominated Jamie Varner for a unanimous decision win at WEC 51 last month, he extended an open invitation to rematch in Varner’s Phoenix home for WEC 53.

After the bout, WEC general manager Reed Harris told MMA Fighting he’d let the two fight each other on every card if he could, but wouldn’t commit to the possibility of a third fight between them in December.

Now it appears both Cerrone and Varner will be fighting on the promotion’s Dec. 16 show in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Ariz. – but not against each other.

Donald Cerrone Wants to Complete Trilogy in Jamie Varner’s Backyard

Filed under: WEC, NewsDonald Cerrone seemed to have so much fun in his grudge match against Jamie Varner on Thursday night that he made no bones about wanting to do it again.

In fact, since the fight at WEC 51 took place in Broomfield, Colo., just 90 …

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Donald Cerrone and Jamie Varner compete at WEC 51.Donald Cerrone seemed to have so much fun in his grudge match against Jamie Varner on Thursday night that he made no bones about wanting to do it again.

In fact, since the fight at WEC 51 took place in Broomfield, Colo., just 90 miles north of Cerrone’s hometown of Colorado Springs, he put aside the post-fight shoving and the between-round bird-flipping against his heated and hated rival and did the gentlemanly thing – he offered to rematch with Varner on his turf next time.

WEC 53 takes place Dec. 16 at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix – Varner’s home. And after dominating in a unanimous decision sweep of the scorecards, Cerrone took to the microphone to offer up a chance to finish the trilogy, now tied 1-1, in Varner’s backyard.

WEC 51 Weigh-In Results

Filed under: WEC, NewsBROOMFIELD, Colo. – All fighters successfully made weight for their WEC 51 bouts at the official weigh-in event at the 1stBank Center on Wednesday.

Main-event featherweights Jose Aldo and Manny Gamburyan each tipped the scale at…

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BROOMFIELD, Colo. – All fighters successfully made weight for their WEC 51 bouts at the official weigh-in event at the 1stBank Center on Wednesday.

Main-event featherweights Jose Aldo and Manny Gamburyan each tipped the scale at 145 pounds for their featherweight title fight. It will be Aldo’s second defense of the belt since taking it from Mike Brown at WEC 44 last November. At WEC 48 in April, he defeated former champ Urijah Faber by unanimous decision.

Gamburyan, a finalist on Season 5 of “The Ultimate Fighter” who dropped down to featherweight from his lightweight days in the UFC, said his experience is his edge in the title fight.

“I trained really hard and I’ve been in some big fights,” Gamburyan told Craig Hummer. “My win over Mike Brown gave me (confidence) … and I’m ready to take that belt.”

Donald Cerrone: No Chance Feud With Jamie Varner Ends at WEC 51

Filed under: WEC, NewsWHEAT RIDGE, Colo. – There are grudge matches, and then there’s Donald Cerrone vs. Jamie Varner.

A rematch nearly two years in the making, the lightweights finally meet again at WEC 51 on Thursday. Think there’s a chance the bad…

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WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. – There are grudge matches, and then there’s Donald Cerrone vs. Jamie Varner.

A rematch nearly two years in the making, the lightweights finally meet again at WEC 51 on Thursday. Think there’s a chance the bad blood might be over after the fight, like has been customary in many other heated rivalry showdowns before it?

Think again.

“Hell no,” Cerrone told MMA Fighting on Tuesday after finishing a workout at the Grudge Training Center outside Denver. “I hope I knock his (butt) out. I’ll say, ‘Hey, (b—-) boy, you wanna have a rematch in your home state in December? Let’s do it. Run it back. Let’s go.”