Backed by strong ticket sales for Saturday’s WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz in Columbus and a “booming” pre-sale for WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber, general manager Reed Harris is flexing his stroke with chin high and chest out, bullish in his belief that records are destined to fall.

Bowles, Cruz, Reed Harris, Urijah Faber, WEC

In Columbus, Ohio if you ask residents to give a word association for the first week of March you may hear the following responses; muscle, chaos, fitness, MMA, body building, martial arts and cheer leaders among other things. That is because the Arnold Sports Festival (formally the Arnold Classic), an expo featuring 17,000 athletes competing [...]

Arnold Sports Festival, Fitness, Martial Arts, MMA, WEC

World Extreme Cagefighting kicked off an important year with a banner WEC 46 January show in Sacramento, where Ben Henderson became lightweight champion and the company’s newest superstar while Urijah Faber flaunted his star power on his turf. Reed Harris is frequently pestered with questions about a merger with parent promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship. If [...]

Brock Lesnar, Cain Velasquez, Frank Mir, Jens Pulver, Reed Harris, Urijah Faber, WEC

Urijah Faber was expected to have a breakout year in 2009, however it end up not going as planned.  After beating Jens Pulver in January of 2009, many believed the California Kid was positioned to take back his featherweight title from arch rival Mike Brown. Six months later Urijah Faber would get his chance in [...]

Urijah Faber, WEC

December 7th: Dan Henderson signs with Strikeforce. Matt Hamill ($46K) & Frankie Edgar ($40K) both got big pay days at the TUF 10 Finale. The Strikeforce: Evolution preliminary card was finalized for the December 19th date. Two of the sports rising stars will be featured; Antwain Britt & Bryan Travers. It was announced the TUF [...]

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