UFC/WEC Merger: An Ultimate Display of Patience, Perfect Timing

Rarely in today’s sports scene do things make sense: the talk of expanding the baseball playoffs, the media’s obsession with Brett Favre and the whole sport of golf being prime examples.
But Thursday’s announcement that Zuffa will mer…

Rarely in today’s sports scene do things make sense: the talk of expanding the baseball playoffs, the media’s obsession with Brett Favre and the whole sport of golf being prime examples.
But Thursday’s announcement that Zuffa will merge the WEC into the UFC makes sense for all the right financial and competitive reasons while also being […]

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UFC/WEC Merger: An Ultimate Display of Patience, Perfect Timing

UFC-WEC Merger: Pettis Vs. Henderson Winner Gets UFC Title Shot; Is It Too Soon?

Current WEC lightweight champion Ben Henderson (12-1) and No. 1 contender Anthony Pettis (12-1) will do battle at WEC 53, which will be the last WEC event before all the fighters are placed into UFC. The winner of this fight will face the winner of the…

Current WEC lightweight champion Ben Henderson (12-1) and No. 1 contender Anthony Pettis (12-1) will do battle at WEC 53, which will be the last WEC event before all the fighters are placed into UFC. The winner of this fight will face the winner of the Frankie Edgar/Gray Maynard fight for the Lightweight title.
Is this […]

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UFC-WEC Merger: Pettis Vs. Henderson Winner Gets UFC Title Shot; Is It Too Soon?

MMA Business: Pros and Cons of a Potential UFC-WEC Merger

When the top brass at Zuffa, LLC , the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) purchased the relatively unknown start-up promotion World Extreme Cage Fighting (WEC) back in 2006, they knew that it would take some time to bu…

When the top brass at Zuffa, LLC , the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) purchased the relatively unknown start-up promotion World Extreme Cage Fighting (WEC) back in 2006, they knew that it would take some time to build up the company to a level where it could be nearly as powerful as its much […]

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MMA Business: Pros and Cons of a Potential UFC-WEC Merger

UFC-WEC Superfight: Five Reasons We Need Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but the WEC is quickly establishing itself as a force within MMA. Most of this growing attention was thanks in part to it’s resident poster-boy Uriah Faber, but the key feature of the promotion is shift…

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but the WEC is quickly establishing itself as a force within MMA. Most of this growing attention was thanks in part to it’s resident poster-boy Uriah Faber, but the key feature of the promotion is shifting to current featherweight champion Jose Aldo. 
Since the UFC acquired the WEC back […]

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UFC-WEC Superfight: Five Reasons We Need Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar