Zuffa Pruning WEC
Yahoo! Canada is reporting that the UFC is going to be pruning the WEC's 185 and 205lb divisions to further distinguish the two brands. The move will leave the WEC to focus on the 135, 145, 155 and 170lb divisions (thanks to BE reader Kelvin for catching that!).
In fact, he said they are going to take steps to make the two circuits more distinct.
"We're going to make the WEC the smaller weights and the UFC will be the heavier weights. We'll probably take some of the guys in the higher weights, the champions over there and bring them into UFC. We're still trying to figure that out."
WEC features 135-(bantamweight) and 145-pound (featherweight) weight classes as well as 155, 170, 185 and 205. The UFC has 155, 170, 185, 205 and heavyweight.
Dan Stupp adds some informed speculation:
Faber should be a draw in his home town, but Sacramento has been a tough market for the UFC. They did well the first time at UFC 65:
But saw diminishing returns on their return at UFC 73:
The total capacity of the Arco Arena for UFC 73 was 16,811. That leaves 3,628 tickets that were neither sold nor given away. The live gate (total gross receipts from ticket sales) for UFC 73 was $1,551,920, and the total disclosed fighter payroll was $761,000.
Clearly the WEC won't be trying to pack the giant Arco Arena and they won't be saddled with a headliner like Tito vs Rashad. But on the otherhand, do featherweights sell tickets?
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