Archive for 'WEC'

MDS interviews Brian Bowles

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Here’s an interview from our guy Michael David Smith at AOL Fanhouse with new WEC bantamweight champ Brian Bowles:
Brian Bowles shocked the mixed martial arts world on Sunday night when he knocked out Miguel Torres to win the World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight title. In an interview with FanHouse Thursday, Bowles said even he didn’t think [...]

WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson video promo

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Here’s the promo video for WEC 43 which is headlined by what should be a killer fight between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson:

WEC 42: Bowles shocks Torres

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Just posted–our recap of an excellent WEC 42 event headlined by Brian Bowles stunning upset of bantamweight champ Miguel Angel Torres. Versus will be re-running this event a few times in the coming week so if you didn’t catch it on Sunday make sure to watch it or record it this week.
WEC 42: [...]

WEC 42 weigh in results

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Here are the weigh in results for Sunday’s WEC 42 event:
L.C. Davis (145) vs Javier Vazquez (146)
Rafael Dias (145) vs Diego Nunes (145)
John Hosman (135) vs Rani Yahya (136)
Phil Cardella (155) vs Ed Ratcliff (155)
Shane Roller (156) vs Marcus Hicks (159)
Note: Roller and Hicks, who was overweight, agreed to [...]

Mark Cuban now a Zuffa bondholder

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Via the excellent MMA business website, MMA Payout:
This is just strange. Dallas Mavericks/HD Net owner Mark Cuban is now a bondholder in UFC parent company Zuffa, LLC. There’s not much known about the details and frankly its unclear what it means. We’re having our business and finance experts analyze the situation even [...]

New Urijah Faber hand x-rays

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Here’s the latest x-ray photos of Urijah Faber’s right hand. Aside from the nasty cut needed to get inside, the X-ray looks good. Faber had the stitches removed just moments ago:

WEC 42 preview video

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Here’s the preview video for WEC 42, headlined by a bantamweight title match between Miguel Torres and Brian Bowles:

M-1 still wants UFC co-promotion

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

On the other hand, M-1 is still making its case in the media for a co-promotional event with the UFC to put ‘The Last Emperor’ in the ring with the UFC heavyweight champ:
Publicly, M-1 Global COO Joost Raimond is still bullish on the prospect of co-promoting with the UFC.
One-on-one, he admits his company’s calls have [...]

Urijah Faber hand X-ray

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Here’s an X-ray shot of Urijah Faber’s right hand which was broken in the first round of his WEC title fight with Mike Brown:

WEC: Brown dominant in title defense

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Also just posted–our recap of Mike Brown’s dominating WEC Featherweight title defense over a courageous Urijah Faber:
Brown dominant in WEC title defense @ THE SAVAGE SCIENCE