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LAS VEGAS - After a star-studded 2007 in Las Vegas that saw the crowning of new champions, the emergence of new ones, and a continuation of the high-octane action that has become a trademark of the organization, World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) will take its show on the road Wednesday, February 13 with a championship tripleheader that is sure to pack the Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the main event, Albuquerques own "Natural Born Killer", Carlos Condit, looks to defend his WEC Welterweight title and avenge a previous defeat in the same night as he takes on Carlo Prater. Also in action will be "Razor" Rob McCullough, who defends his WEC Lightweight crown against rising star Jamie Varner, and the 135-pound iron man, WEC Bantamweight Champion Chase Beebe, who will put his belt on the line against Jiu-Jitsu ace Miguel Torres. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - Everybody loves a knockout, the more emphatic the better, and the WEC delivered on that front in 2007 with some fantastic finishes. Read on for the seven best knockouts of the year. - [Read more]

Los Angeles, CA (USA) - Continuing to break new ground in U.S. Hispanic programming, Fox Sports en Español and the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization secured a historic television distribution deal that gives the leading Spanish-language sports cable network in the U.S. exclusive telecast rights to "Guerreros del UFC," the first-ever UFC show fully produced in Spanish. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - With the WEC being home to some of the best ground fighters in mixed martial arts, it goes without saying that the organization was going to bring fans some of the best submissions of 2007. But its a dark horse that sailed to the top of the list this year, a man who brought a Lil Evil with him to the WEC. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - With the WEC being home to some of the best ground fighters in mixed martial arts, it goes without saying that the organization was going to bring fans some of the best submissions of 2007. But its a dark horse that sailed to the top of the list this year, a man who brought a Lil Evil with him to the WEC. - [Read more]

Frank Curreri, WEC - Get me Jens Pulver. That was Urijah Fabers wish Wednesday night after submitting highly-regarded Jeff Curran. Unlike most of Fabers wins, which are carried out in dominating, one-sided fashion, he was tested early against Curran. - [Read more]

Tonight at 9pm ET / 6pm PT, the WEC returns to the VERSUS network with the greatest card in the organizations history, featuring three WEC title fights and the WEC debut of Jens Pulver against Cub Swanson. Click below to get up to speed on the fighters competing on the biggest WEC show of the year. - [Read more]

Official weigh-in results for WEC LIVE 12/12 fight card at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wednesdays event will air on VERSUS beginning at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. - [Read more]

Elias Cepeda, Foxsports.com-Conventional wisdom says that Ariel Gandulla will have too much going against him when he challenges WEC light heavyweight champion Doug Marshall on Wednesday, December 12th. Theres age (at 39 hes almost a decade older than Marshall) and inexperience (Marshall has almost twice as many professional MMA fights to his credit). But then again, there is nothing conventional about the circumstances the Cuban fighter has already faced and overcome in his life. If Marshalls recent successes have been largely predicated on his opponents being intimidated by him, hed better not count on that being the case with Gandulla. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - If you browse your local newsstand or hit the VERSUS network while switching channels and see the face of Urijah Faber looking back at you, it may be hard to believe that just 14 months ago, The California Kid was battling it out on the local show circuit, hoping for a break that may have just been a dream given the fact that the UFC didnt have a weight class for featherweights like Faber. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - Fame is nice, more money is even better, but Jeff Curran really isnt fazed by that type of stuff as he enters the biggest fight of his nine year career on Wednesday against WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber. In fact, preparing for this bout has pretty much been business as usual for the "Big Frog". - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - Fame is nice, more money is even better, but Jeff Curran really isnt fazed by that type of stuff as he enters the biggest fight of his nine year career on Wednesday against WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber. In fact, preparing for this bout has pretty much been business as usual for the "Big Frog". - [Read more]

STAMFORD, CONN. (December 10, 2007)—VERSUS will air its fourth live event on December 12 and with three world titles on the line as well as the return of a true mixed martial arts legend, this WEC event is not only the biggest and best show of the year, its the greatest card in the history of the organization. The fights will air live on VERSUS Wednesday, December 12, at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT and will originate from The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The event will be presented in HD where available and transmitted for the first time in SAP. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - "If you want peace, be prepared for war." For Paulo Filho, that phrase, tattooed on his arm, symbolizes his approach to life, a life where his day job as a prizefighter allows him to live the good life outside of the cage, and to have peace of mind and body after the final bell tolls. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - "If you want peace, be prepared for war." For Paulo Filho, that phrase, tattooed on his arm, symbolizes his approach to life, a life where his day job as a prizefighter allows him to live the good life outside of the cage, and to have peace of mind and body after the final bell tolls. - [Read more]

Jens Pulver - Fight week. Right now everythings about just trying to get through everything and having positive days. Basically, thats trying to have the kind of workouts where you walk out of there positive. Sometimes when youre training you have good days and bad days and all in between, so its just one of those things where you make sure the last couple of days are good days. And things have been going good - Im just ready to get out there and get this going. - [Read more]

Jens Pulver - Fight week. Right now everythings about just trying to get through everything and having positive days. Basically, thats trying to have the kind of workouts where you walk out of there positive. Sometimes when youre training you have good days and bad days and all in between, so its just one of those things where you make sure the last couple of days are good days. And things have been going good - Im just ready to get out there and get this going. - [Read more]

Frank Curreri, WEC - If you love seeing knockouts and finishes, and watching hard-hitting fighters who throw caution to the wind, then Doug Marshall is your kind of guy. His nickname, "The Rhino", perfectly fits his style inside the cage. From the opening bell, the 205-pound WEC champion usually wastes little time attacking foes. He swings for the fences with his punches and whacks away at opponents with devastating kicks. - [Read more]

To kick start the WECs year-end spectacular on December 12 a little early, Versus will air WEC™ Outside the Cage™, on Dec. 5 at 9 pm ET / 6pm PT. WEC Outside the Cage will include interviews, fight clips and behind the scenes footage to preview the WEC live event on Dec. 12. - [Read more]

STAMFORD, Conn. (September 5, 2007)—VERSUS, the exclusive cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™), today announced an extension of the partnership to bring 15 additional live WEC events and 20 WEC WrekCage episodes—a show that features a mix of the top matches from WEC events never before seen on television and VERSUS best live events—to the network. VERSUS first announced the addition of WEC to the networks lineup of competitive sports in January 2007 and has aired three live fights and six premiere episodes of WEC WrekCage since its debut in June 2007. - [Read more]