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#1 Dominic Cruz ably defended his WEC belt against #3 Joseph Benavidez at WEC 50.

#1 Jose Aldo will defend his WEC title against #2 Manny Gamburyan at WEC 51 in September.

Bloody Elbow readers voted Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung at WEC 48 as their fight of the mid-year for 2010.

#1 Jose Aldo will defend his WEC title against #2 Manny Gamburyan at WEC 51 in September.

The Bantamweight division hasn't been seeing too much significant action in a few months. This will change when #1 Dominick Cruz defends his WEC belt against #3 Joseph Benavidez on August 18.

Another division with no major movement in June. The biggest deal was probably #7 Marlon Sandro making short work of #10 Masanori Kanehara at Sengoku Raiden Championships.

#1 Dominick Cruz sits atop the bantamweight rankings as he awaits a rematch with #3 Joseph Benavidez at WEC 50.

Times have changed, and the declining Japanese MMA scene may actually set up a possible royal flush for the WEC in terms of attaining all of the top talent in one weight class. Not only would it give the division a roster of the best talent available to challenge for the title, but it would prove without any shadow of a doubt that Jose Aldo is the best at 145 pounds.

The Alliance Gym's bantamweight king, broken hand and all, still sits atop the division. At WEC 47, the Alliance Gym bantamweight #1 Dominick Cruz easily out kickboxed #2 Brian Bowles at WEC 47 last month.