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Video of Jose Aldo's One Professional Career Loss

Mike Brown fans will be heartened by how Aldo loses this bout. In the middle of the ring Aldo's takedown defense and scrambling is excellent. Against the fence, not so much. From there his guard is...

Is the WEC Getting Outshined Again?

From Kevin Iole's mailbag: Brown and Aldo will meet for Brown’s World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight title in what legitimately figures to be one of the finest matches of 2009 on Nov. 18 at...

Worlds Collide: Time to Bring in the WEC Cavalry

"You have no idea of the magnitude of this thing. If she is allowed to infiltrate this world then George Costanza as you know him ceases to exist. You see, right now I have Relationship George. But th...

Shawn Tompkins: Chris Horodecki Heading to the WEC

From FightHype: According to trainer Shawn Tompkins, MMA lightweight Chris Horodecki will be heading to the WEC. "It looks like Chris Horodecki will be showing up in the WEC," Tompkins revealed in a ...

Distribution Feud at Center of Versus/DirecTV Dispute

The Versus/DirecTV feud continues to anger WEC fans along with fans of the NHL as a rumored "pricing" dispute has taken Versus off DirecTV's network as of August 31st, leaving MMA and hockey fans with...

Snapshot of the Day: Zuffa's Japanese Contingent

The UFC, THQ and WOWOW held a joint press conference today in Tokyo to promote the Japanese broadcast of The Ultimate Fighter 9 (not 10) and release of "UFC Undisputed 2009." A couple interesting note...

Is Zuffa Wasting Money by Keeping the WEC Alive?

In a previous article posted by Kid Nate this morning, some excerpts from Jake Rossen's piece over at Sherdog.com were attached regarding the WEC's current outlook along with some of its future aspira...

Is the WEC Done?

Jake Rossen argues that it's irrelevant: There are purists who would argue that the WEC provides an invaluable service: By highlighting the talents of smaller fighters, gifted athletes can be acknowl...

Versus Denies Report It Engaged in Preliminary Talks With Bellator

Yesterday in an article about the WEC, I linked to a report by Jonathan Snowden at Heavy.com.  In that report, Snowden claimed the following: The Versus network, home to the WEC, was so...

Zuffa Still Toeing the Line on Versus vs. DirecTV

UFC President Dana White sticks to reconciliation argument: On the same day DirecTV pulled the plug on Versus, rival satellite television provider DISH Network made Versus available as a free preview...