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What Value Are Submission Attempts in Mixed Martial Arts?
Jordan Breen takes a stab at the issue: The biggest issue is that many people -- some fighters included -- see submissions as an "all or nothing" proposition. Either your opponent taps, or there is n...
WEC 43 Analysis: Lighter Weight Classes Sell Themselves
An ongoing debate among MMA fans in the last couple of weeks has been the idea that the WEC should be absorbed into the UFC as a means to give the WEC's best more exposure, more money, and a way for t...
FightMetric Report for WEC 43's Cerrone vs. Henderson
Want a surefire recipe for MMA controversy? Start with a five round title fight base. Add in a healthy mix of all facets of the sport. Split four of the rounds evenly for the two com...
The WEC Makes a Case for Its Continued Existence
It's impossible to talk about the WEC these days without the discussion turning to the promotion's future. The talk this week was all about the DirecTV mess and whether the show would bomb. &nbs...
WEC 43 Main Card Preview
Two of the WEC's top lightweight fighters will clash in a five-round title match-up on Saturday evening at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas airing live on Versus at 10 PM EST. Donald "Cowboy"...
MMA in Numbers: WEC 42 Update
An unsettling statistic: 8 of the past 15 WEC events have been held out of The Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the most recent in the facility, WEC 42 which featured the headline of Miguel Torres vs....
WEC Says Versus-DirecTV Spat Nothing to Do With WEC 43 Postponement
That's the company line, anyway, but the statements are very odd: Michael David Smith: Why was this card postponed? Peter Dropick: Injury to Ben Henderson. He was injured, went to the doctors and th...
Did the WEC Postpone WEC 43 Because of Versus' Dispute With DirecTV?
Dave Meltzer is suspicious: Dave Meltzer: "I think that what happened is is that they that they don’t want to do that show on September 2nd if DirecTV pulls them on September 1st. So, they&rsqu...
Bloody Elbow Betting Game: Win This Shirt and Other Things
Part of 1st Prize for Earnings Leader: Signatures: Greg Jackson, Jason MacDonald, Roger Huerta, Shane Carwin, Phillipe Nover, Efrain Escudero, Caol Uno, Donald Cerrone, Chris Horodecki, Leona...
Mike Brown vs. Jose Aldo? Hold Your Horses
Greg Savage explains the conflicts, both with scheduling and fighter prioritization: WEC has guaranteed Versus Network eight events this year. Two still need main events. One headliner should be a 13...
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