A broken hand has forced former Ultimate Fighter Alex Karalexis (10-4) to withdraw from his bout against Kamal Shalorus at WEC 44 in Las Vegas, Nevada on Nov. 18.
Fighters.com reported the injury Thursday morning and Karalexis was quoted as saying “ I just broke my hand, so I’m out for a bit.”
“T-Rex” ended his two [...]

Tickets for WEC 46: “Varner vs. Henderson,” which is slated for Arco Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2010, will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. PT.
WEC Newsletter subscribers, naturally, will be able to scoop up tickets prior to them being available for public consumption two [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) today announced its first show of the New Year, which will feature the return of Jamie Varner, defending his lightweight belt against 155-pound interim champion, Benson “Smooth” Henderson, in the main event of the evening.
WEC 46: “Varner vs. Henderson” is scheduled for the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on Jan. 10, [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) has delved back into the fighter catalog with yet another signing to bolster its already extremely competitive bantamweight division.
The WEC and British 135-pounder Brad Pickett have come to terms on a multi-fight deal, according to Fighters Only magazine.
Pickett (17-4) enters the WEC on a seven-fight win streak, having not lost since [...]

The WEC featherweight division will soon welcome yet another promising 145-pounder as Chad Mendes has come to terms with the promotion on a six-fight deal, according to Sherdog.com.
Mendes (5-0) has garnered a perfect record over his young professional career, which began in Sept. 2008 with a debut victory over Giovanni Encarnacion via submission at Palace [...]

After running through the competition in Glory Fighting Championships and Midwest King of the Ring, Zack Micklewright (6-0) has landed a five-fight deal with the WEC and an opponent on the promotion’s year-end card.
Muhsin Corbbrey (7-4) is set to welcome the undefeated youngster to the promotion’s lightweight landscape at WEC 45: “Cerrone vs. Ratcliff” from [...]

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Quoteworthy:
“First of all, I hope to make a good fight. I want to impose my game and what I’m training. For sure I expect to knockout. Brown has a very strong wrestling. All my opponents were dangerous up to now but he is champion and I think he is the most dangerous fighter [...]

Despite previous reports that bantamweight contenders Takeya Mizugaki and Damacio “The Angel of Death” Page would collide at WEC 45: “Cerrone vs. Ratcliff” from “The Pearl” at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Dec. 19, the promotion recently announced that Japanese import Mizugaki (12-3-2) would instead face five-fight WEC veteran, Scott Jorgensen (7-3).
Jorgensen is [...]

Tickets for the upcoming World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) show at the “The Pearl” from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. on Dec. 19, are scheduled to go on sale to the general public on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 3 p.m. ET.
WEC Newsletter subscribers can pick up their pre-sale tickets a day early, starting [...]

Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber’s (22-3) will likely return to action against one-loss submission expert, Raphael Assuncao, at WEC 46 from the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2010, according to MMAWeekly.com.
“The California Kid” is on the mend from a broken hand suffered during the first round of his rematch with Mike [...]