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Loretta Hunt at TheFightNetwork.com is reporting that Joe Riggs has left World Extreme Cagefighting and signed a contract with Strikeforce. Riggs will reportedly make his Strikeforce debut on September 29 in Los Angeles where he will fight current Stikeforce champion Eugene “The Wolf” Jackson for the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship belt. Both Jackson [...]

Here are the official fighter salary numbers from last nights WEC 30 event.

Rob McCullough: $24,000
John Alessio: $22,000
Miguel Torres: $20,000
Rich Crunkilton: $10,000
Chase Beebe: $10,000
Brian Stann: $10,000
Marcus Hicks: $8,000
Donald Cerrone: $6,000
Bryan Baker: $6,000
Rani Yahya: $6,000
Blas Avena: $6,000
Jeff Bedard: $4,000
Ian McCall: $4,000
Jesse Forbes: $4,000
Kenneth Alexander: $3,000
Marcelo Brito: $3,000
Jeremiah Billington: $2,000
Scott McAfee: $2,000
Joe Benoit: $2,000
Coty Wheeler: $2,000

The total fighter [...]

WEC 30 proved to be an excellent night of fights with both title holders retaining their belts at the end of the evening.
“Razor” Rob McCullough made easy work of challenger Rich Crunkilton in the first round. Both guys were throwing heavy punches from the opening bell as McCullough staggered Crunkilton and then Crunkilton returned [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting will hold their WEC 30 show tonight in Las Vegas. The event will be available for free, live on the Versus network at 9pm EST.
The main event of the evening is between current WEC champ Rob McCullough and Rich Crunkilton for the WEC Lightweight belt. McCullough won the WEC title [...]

Buckle your seatbelts MMA fans because after a relatively uneventfull August, we are in for a wild ride the next few weeks. Here is just a brief rundown of the “major” events over the next month.
08/25 - UFC 74: Respect
08/25 - EliteXC - ShoXC
09/05 - WEC 30
09/08 - UFC 75: Champion vs Champion
09/15 - [...]

You may remember that this past Saturday we reported that Joe Riggs and Jason Miller would be fighting at an upcoming WEC event.
According to Joe Riggs’ own words:
“I’m fighting Mayhem at the WEC in October,” said Riggs. According to Riggs, the bout will determine a contender for the WEC middleweight title…
Well, today the other shoe [...]

Carlos Condit showed once again why he is the WEC Welterweight champion. The “Natural Born Killer” displayed his impressive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu game and secured a nasty armbar on Brock Larson during the first round of their championship fight.
Early on Larson looked to use his strength and bring Condit to the mat, not wanted to [...]