With the World Extreme Cagefiighting now officially absorbed by its sister promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship, I will be reviewing some of the WEC’s best prospects, that could make some noise within the UFC ranks. And with the introduction of the lighter weight classes, I will be introducing the less familiar fans with some of the hottest talent to grace these divisions.
Let’s get this out of the way: The cage-spring head-kick that Anthony “Showtime” Pettis landed on Ben Henderson in their lightweight title…
With WEC 53 now in the books, the promotion officially merges with the UFC, and the doors close on the WEC. With the merger, Anthony Pettis will face with winner of UFC 125’s Lightweight title bout between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard in a title unification bout. As of last night, Dominick Cruz successfully defended his WEC Bantamweight title, and was also rewarded with the first ever UFC BW title. With the merger, influx of talent from overseas, as well as the now seriously stacked Lightweight division,
Georges St. Pierre is one of the most atheletic and well conditioned athelets in the sport. But he doesn’t think it helps him in any of his fights. According to GSP strength and conditioning training is not necessary if you want to excell in MMA, but it’s necessary if you want to look attractive. he had the following to say on the matter in a intreview with UFC commentator and MMA junkie, Joe Rogan.
Georges St. Pierre: “I don’t believe in strength and conditioning. I never do strength and
UFC Welterweight combatants Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann are set to square off on UFC on Versus 3. The pair have reportedly agreed verbally to meet at the event, which is likely to take place on March 3rd in the new year.
UFC Welterweight contender George Sotiropoulos made another bold statement last month, after defeating Joe Lauzon via a Kimura at UFC 123. Currently enjoying an impressive 7-0 streak in the UFC, 33 year old Greek-Australian will look to a secure a title shot, facing Dennis Siver at UFC 127 in February.Sotiropoulos’s only defeats are against Shinya Aoki in 2006 via a Disqualification, and against Kyle Noke back in 2005 via a Split Decision. His MMA record currently stands at 14 victories and 2 losses.
UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen has called out MMA legend Wanderlei ” The Axe Murderer ” Silva. and since losing his UFC middleweight title rematch with Anderson Silva, Chael now has his sights set on the PRIDE FC legend Wanderlei Silva.
World-famous Arthur Knoqout podcast will be back tonight to discuss last weekend’s TUF 12 Finale and Strikeforce: St. Louis events. This time, it will be LowKick.com moderator Joey Santosus and Fist2Mouth.com’s Cory Taylor, who join Arthur in another epic evening of by fans for fans MMA discussion. TUF 12 contestant Nam Phan will be also on air tonight, joined by the fellow UFC fighters Dan and Jim Miller.
Dispite doing vigerous training for his boxing debut it seems Kimbo wants to take a break from that for a bit and be on TV again…..
Diego Sanchez and Paulo Thiago fought for three rounds of what seems like a sure candidate for
