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WEC 47 Ratings – 373,000 Total Viewers

A grand total of 373,000 people tuned in to watch WEC 47 on Versus this past Saturday. The total ends up being the second worst rating the WEC has received since being featured on Versus. Only WEC 45 (Cerrone vs. Ratcliff) was rated worse with a total of 330,000 viewers. With WEC 48 making it’s pay-per-view [...]

WEC Fighters Talk Jens Pulver

During the WEC 47 post-fight press conference, Jens Pulver was at the forefront. Jens reflected a bit on his career, and discussed how proud it made him to see so many young lightweight fighters succeed. The rest of the panel then reflected a bit on Jens Pulver, including Scott Jorgensen, Dominick Cruz, Javier Vazquez (his [...]

WEC 47 Fighter Salaries and Performance Bonuses

When Jens Pulver said he doesn’t make much money from competing in MMA he wasn’t lying. After an emotional speech following his loss to Javier Vazquez, Pulver stated that he fights for the fans because he doesn’t make that much money. Pulver walked away with $14,000, which is a lot less than what he made [...]

WEC 47 Full Results

WEC 47 is now in the books and the bantamweight championship has changed hands yet again. Lots of interesting things went down tonight. Jens Pulver lost for a fifth straight time and pretty much confirmed his retirement, although he did not FULLY commit to hanging it up forever. Consider Jens the Brett Favre of MMA. Miguel Torres [...]

Sengoku Raiden Championships 12 Weigh-In Results

All 16 fighters successfully made weight for Sengoku’s first card of 2010. HD Net will not be airing this event live tonight. Instead, it will be shown on Friday, March 12th at 10 p.m. ET. Full results of the weigh-in can be seen below: Jorge Santiago (182.1 lb) vs. Mamed Khalidov (182.8 lb) Akihiro Gono (167.6 [...]

Miguel Torres’ WEC 47 Video Blog

Former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres talks about his upcoming WEC 47 bout with Joseph Benavidez, and what he thinks about champion Brian Bowles!

WEC 47 Weigh-in Results

Well the WEC 47 weigh-ins are in the books, and all 22 fighters made weight without hesitation. Highlighted by a bantamweight title bout as champion Brian Bowles takes on number one contender Dominic Cruz, WEC 47 can be seen Saturday night at 10pm ET on Versus! Here are the full results: Main Card: Brian Bowles (134.5) vs. [...]

A Day in the Life of Jens Pulver

Mixed martial arts pioneer Jens “Lil’ Evil” Pulver chronicles a day in his life in anticipation of his WEC 47 bout with Javier Vazquez!

Kamal Shalorus Injured, Bout With Jamie Varner Postponed

The lightweight war that was expected to happen at WEC 48 between “The Prince of Persia” Kamal Shalorus and former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner now looks to be off. Shalorus has suffered an injury in training, and has been forced to withdraw from the card. Varner confirmed the change via Twitter: Bad news kamal got [...]

James Toney Signs With the UFC – Yes, Seriously

Well after months and months of berating and stalking UFC president Dana White, it looks as if James Toney has finally got his wish; a UFC contract. Former heavyweight and cruiserweight boxing champion James “Lights Out” Toney has signed a multi-fight deal with the UFC, according to sources at FiveOuncesofPain. This begs the question, why? Will [...]