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A preview of the upcoming WEC 33 event.

World Extreme Cagefighting has officially announced their next event to be held February 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
This will be the first time the WEC has held an event outside of Las Vegas, Nevada since Zuffa purchased the promotion. The fight card is scheduled to be broadcast live on the Versus network starting at [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter payout numbers from WEC 31: Faber vs Curran that was held on December 12 in Las Vegas.

Jens Pulver: $60,000
Paulo Filho: $56,000
Urijah Faber: $40,000
John Alessio: $26,000
Chael Sonnen: $25,000
Charles Valencia: $12,000
Jeff Curran: $10,000
Doug Marshall: $10,000
Bryan Baker: $8,000
Alex Karalexis: [...]

After a full three month layoff, World Extreme Cagefighting is putting on another show this Wednesday night in Las Vegas and this fight card is worth the weight. Three WEC title belts will be on the line as the Featherweight, Middleweight, and Light Heavyweight titles all go up for grabs. The WEC returns [...]

MMAWeekly.com is reporting that Leonard Garcia will move from the UFC’s lightweight division (155 lb) to the WEC’s featherweight (145 lb) division.
Garcia made his UFC debut against Roger Huerta at UFC 69 in what was one of the best fights of the year. After losing the tough decision to Huerta, Garcia submitted Allan Berube [...]

The WEC has finally announced the next opponent for Middleweight champion Paulo Filho.
MMA veteran Chael Sonnen will face Filho at the next WEC show on December 12 in Las Vegas. Sonnen is a UFC veteran and has most recently spent most of his time in BodogFIGHT.

“Chael matches well with Paulo Filho, who is a [...]

Gabriel Gonzaga put Team Link and Ludlow, MA earlier this year with his quick rise in the heavyweight division. Team Link (in my home state of Massachusetts) has recently added current WEC Middleweight champion Paulo Filho and undefeated UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva to their team making Link one of the strongest BJJ camps [...]