Frank Curreri, WEC - UFC, are you ready for "Showtime?" Because he's coming soon.
On a night wrapped in historical overtones, Anthony "Showtime" Pettis dethroned WEC lightweight champion Benson Henderson at Jobing.com Arena to earn a UFC title shot.
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Frank Curreri, WEC -- Unlike college basketball, the sport of MMA doesn't have a "Final Four." But Thursday night's main event between Benson Henderson and Anthony Pettis certainly has a Final Four type of feel to it.
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Frank Curreri, WEC - This is part II of an interview with WEC general manager Reed Harris regarding the prominent organization that he helped build, and its farewell tonight.
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Below are the official weigh-in results for Thursday's WEC event, which features the lightweight championship bout between Ben Henderson and Anthony Pettis, as well as the bantamweight title bout between Dominick Cruz and Scott Jorgensen. This card, the last in WEC history, will air live on Versus (9pm ET / 6pm PT) from the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
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Frank Curreri, WEC - This is it: The end of an era. The grand finale of what two friends started back on June 30, 2001 as a "dabbling" investment for fun and relatively little profit. At the time, when MMA was but a blip on the mainstream sports radar, Reed Harris never envisioned his Indian casino adventure would blossom into an MMA superpower.
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Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - While Thursday's WEC event in Arizona marks the end of an era for the home of the best lighter weight fighters in the world, it's a journey that's far from over for lightweight prospect Tiequan Zhang, whose second WEC fight, against Danny Downes, will be seen by millions in his home country of China
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Frank Curreri, WEC - After an improbable and world-changing 17-year run in the fight biz, the UFC is finally set to crown its first bantamweight champion. The historic honor, and a sparkling new UFC belt, will go to the winner of Thursday night's battle between Dominick Cruz and challenger Scott Jorgensen at WEC 53 in Glendale, Ariz.
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By Frank Curreri, WEC - The knock on Donald Cerrone used to be his wrestling skills, or lack thereof.
Not anymore. Fresh off the finest performance of his career, which saw him take down former collegiate wrestler Jamie Varner on several occasions, Cerrone has definitely served notice to future opponents that he can not only threaten with high-level kickboxing and jiu-jitsu, but also has the tools to put foes on their back.
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Frank Curreri, WEC - No guillotines, no chokes.
That is Danny Downes' pledge heading into his looming clash with unbeaten Chinese headhunter Tiequan Zhang. For the uninitiated, Zhang sports a sterling 17-0 record.
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Frank Curreri, WEC - Sept. 2, 2010 is embedded in Bart Palaszewski's brain, and not just because it happens to be teammate Jeff Curran's birthday.
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