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Post by gregthebunny on May 23, 2007 6:27:05 GMT -5
World Extreme CagefightingSunday, June 3rdLive on the Versus network at 9pm Fight Card:WEC Featherweight ChampionshipChance Farrar vs. Urijah Faber (c) Brock Larson vs. ??* *Carlos Condit pulled off of card due to injury* Alex Serdyukov vs. John Alessio Micah Miller vs. Cub Swanson Josh Smith vs. Alex Karalexis Brian Bowles vs. Charlie Valencia Mike French vs. Jeff Bedard Craig Zellner vs. Brian Stann I figured with the TV debut of WEC right around the corner, I would make a thread for discussion of the event, or the WEC in general. Always nice to see more MMA programming on TV. For those who are unaware, the WEC is an MMA organization formed in 2001 that was purchased by Zuffa in 2006. Since being relaunched by Zuffa, the promotion focuses on lighter-weight fighters, including weight classes not present in the UFC. There are no heavyweight or super-heavyweight fighters or fights. There will also be a 1 hour highlight show similar to UFC Unleashed that will be titled WEC's WrekCage. It premieres on 6/3 at 8pm followed by the live card.
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Post by Overnight Sensation on May 24, 2007 15:50:42 GMT -5
hopefully this is a new breeding ground for future MMA fighters and we get some old time fighters like Ron Waterman and Frank Shamrock and such getting involved with this
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Post by Kliquid on May 24, 2007 17:23:45 GMT -5
Bad news... The main event is off.
Carlos Condit separated his shoulder on May 22nd and will be unable to defend his WEC Welterweight title against Brock Larson.
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Post by gregthebunny on May 24, 2007 18:47:16 GMT -5
Damn.
Not the kind of news you want to get going into your debut event.
Hopefully they can find a suitable opponent, although it's tough to replace a champion.
*edit*
According to the WEC website, Brock Larson's fight will now be bumped down the card and the new main event will be the Featherweight Championship fight between Urijah Faber and Chance Farrar.
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Post by Overnight Sensation on Jun 3, 2007 20:22:09 GMT -5
I'm watching this right now and needless to say I am impressed
"California Kid" Urijah Faber is very VERY impressive, Mir called him the best pound for pound fighter in the WEC...the guy is 5'6 144 so that is a bold statement
Brian Stann has also caught my eye simply because he is a marine
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Post by gregthebunny on Jun 4, 2007 4:55:20 GMT -5
I DVR'd it last night because I went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch One Night Stand, so I'll probably watch it today.
Can't wait.
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Post by Overnight Sensation on Jun 4, 2007 6:49:56 GMT -5
I dont think you'll be disapointed CM
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