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• Former Champs Urijah Faber, Eddie Wineland Targeted for UFC 128 Bout

• By Matt EricksonPosted: 12/29/2010 01:14 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, FanHouse Exclusive, News
• After delivering one of the year's most thunderous knockouts at WEC 53 earlier this month, Eddie Wineland said he was ready for a step up in competition – that his ultimate goal was to recapture the bantamweight title he held four years ago. Now that ...
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• Bart Palaszewski Headed to UFC

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 12/28/2010 07:48 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, FanHouse Exclusive, News
• While lightweights Jamie Varner and Chris Horodecki's respective WEC contracts won't be carried over to the UFC, veteran 155-pounder Bart Palaszewski was fortunate enough to have his deal brought over to the organization. MMA Fighting confirmed the news ...
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• Former WEC Lightweight Champ Jamie Varner Released by Zuffa

• By Matt EricksonPosted: 12/28/2010 04:42 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, News
• Before his first hometown fight in nearly five years earlier this month, Jamie Varner told MMA Fighting he was fighting for his life – that a loss to Shane Roller would likely lead to a pink slip from Zuffa. "I know if I lose this fight, I'm probably ...
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• Fight of the Year: Anthony Pettis vs. Ben Henderson

• By Ray HuiPosted: 12/27/2010 07:00 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, Sengoku
• In terms of great fights, 2010 saw at last three fights that fans will be talking about for years to come. In April, there was a crazy, almost cartoon-ish brawl that saw the rise of a Korean Zombie. In August, the Japanese MMA fans who stayed up in the wee ...
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• Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 12/23/2010 08:00 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC
• Breakthrough Fighter is a category that's easy to talk about but hard to define. What's the difference between having a good year and a breakthrough year? Is it just a nicer way of saying that you sucked right up until January 1st? These are difficult ...
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• Anthony Pettis' Striking Coach Duke Roufus Talks About 'Showtime Kick'

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 12/17/2010 03:42 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, FanHouse Exclusive
• It was the Kick Heard 'Round the World, a climbing, twisting, off-the-cage, out-of-the-video-games-and-into-Ben-Henderson's-face, mind-scrambler of a strike in the 25th and final minute of a WEC championship match that shot Anthony Pettis into the ...
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• MMA Top 10 Bantamweights: Moving to the UFC

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 12/17/2010 12:00 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, Rankings, Bantamweights
• World Extreme Cagefighting is over, and its fighters are heading to the UFC -- which means the UFC now has, by far, the strongest bantamweight division in mixed martial arts. In fact, although Japan was once home to most of the sport's best small fighters, ...
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• Falling Action: Best and Worst of WEC 53

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 12/17/2010 11:11 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC
• So let me get this straight: J.R. Smith dunks a basketball and it's named the day's top play in all of sports by ESPN's Sportscenter. Meanwhile, at WEC 53 Anthony Pettis pulls off a head kick that would make Jackie Chan blush, and that's No. 2? Now, I don't ...
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• WEC Draws 6,000-Plus in Phoenix for Final Event

• By Matt EricksonPosted: 12/17/2010 09:34 AM ET
• Filed Under: WEC, News
• GLENDALE, Ariz. – In its final event, the WEC brought in an estimated attendance of 6,384 to the Jobing.com Arena outside Phoenix on Thursday night. Gate information was not yet available late Thursday night. After Thursday's WEC 53 card, the ...
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• Eddie Wineland Credits Composure for Four-Fight Streak

• By Matt EricksonPosted: 12/17/2010 03:01 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC
• GLENDALE, Ariz. – Eddie Wineland downplayed it, but it would be hard to argue against saying he's experiencing a career transformation. The Indiana-based fighter, who lives and trains in the shadow of Chicago while holding down a full-time gig as a ...
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• WEC 53 Provides a Fitting End to an Underappreciated Brand

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 12/17/2010 02:30 AM ET
• Filed Under: WEC
• GLENDALE, Ariz. - There must have been some misunderstanding. When the fighters on the WEC 53 fight card were told that Thursday night's event was the last WEC show, perhaps what they heard was that it was the last MMA event ever. If that were the case it ...
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• Dominick Cruz Would Delay Surgery to Coach TUF vs. Urijah Faber

• By Matt EricksonPosted: 12/17/2010 02:19 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, News
• GLENDALE, Ariz. – Now that he's the UFC bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz seems to already be settling into Company Man status – but he hopes a lingering hand injury can get fixed sooner rather than later. After dominating Scott Jorgensen for ...
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