UFC en WEC fuseren

[steftheboxer]

Net bekend geworden!

[steftheboxer]

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/10/2...r-with-the-wec

ben benieuwd wat jullie van deze stap vinden?

hoor ik iemand Aldo zeggen en hogere gewichtsklasse?

[Petrosyan188]

aldo in LW kijk er al naar uit aldo vs Edgar

[Tony]

damn dat wordt een high paced fight

[CannieY]

Zeer goed nieuws, de wec vechters zijn een verrijking voor de ufc!
Meer divisies is op dit moment ook een goede zet, aangezien een aantal van de huidige ufc divisies spreekwoordelijk lijken op te drogen (wat betreft goede vechters).
En hopelijk zien we nu ook een stijging in het aantal ufc events en een stijging in de kwaliteit van gevechten, de WEC keek altijd lekker weg.

[Baske]

Dus na het laatste WEC event in December zal de UFC haar waarde verdubbelen. Die Dana weet waar die mee bezig is

[steftheboxer]

Aldo vecht op 1 januari zijn eerste partij voor de UFC

[Slome]

Goed nieuws, ben benieuwd!!!

[Biiyen]

logisch, de WEC levert top gevechten maar heeft niet de kijkers die het verdient. Hopelijk zien veel mensen nu in dat WEC lichtgewichten niet "saai" zijn.

[hendriks]

Ik weet nite of dit wel zon goed nieuws is,, nu zie je bepaalde vechters mischien nog maar een keer in het jaar vechten,,,
hoeveel vechters staan er dan wel niet onder contract bij de ufc,,,

[Biiyen]

Ik weet nite of dit wel zon goed nieuws is,, nu zie je bepaalde vechters mischien nog maar een keer in het jaar vechten,,,
hoeveel vechters staan er dan wel niet onder contract bij de ufc,,,

Juist niet, Dana zegt al heel erg lang dat hij veel meer shows wil, echter heeft hij niet genoeg vechters voor een 2 wekelijkse UFC. Nu heeft hij die wel.

[Samko]

hoor ik daar aldo als main event

[kooivechter]

super nieuws!!

[The Bulldog]

tja in weze weiniog verschil alleen in de lichtste klasses van de ufc....ennnnn de ufc kan nu meer ufc events neerzetten om een meer ufc gevult jaar te draaien..... niks mis mee.....

Japan gaat dit verliezen denk ik ........ mma gaat ultimate fighting worden.....

tja.....die White doet het zo gek niet....nu trekt de ufc ook meer japanse vechters aan denk ik.....

[ReZp]

Reps voor Dana die volgens mij voor het eerst geen 1 x fuck in een interview zegt.

[Boutsen83]

2-wekelijks Ufc/wec zou nice zijn
Wec was de laatste tijd veel leuker om naar te kijken dan Ufc

[CannieY]

Roster van mensen die waarschijnlijk overkomen, copy pasta van bloodyelbow.com (=source)

The Lightweights:
Ben Henderson (12-1), Anthony Pettis (13-1), Ricardo Lamas (9-1), Donald Cerrone (12-3), Bart Palaszewski (35-13), Shane Roller (8-3), Kamal Shalorus (6-0-2), Maciej Jewtuszko (8-0), Jamie Varner (16-4-1), Danny Castillo (9-3), Dave Jansen (14-2), Tie Quan Zhang (12-0), Anthony Njokuani (13-4), Chris Horodecki (15-2), Will Kerr (9-2), Ed Ratcliff (7-3)

Check out the Featherweights and Bantamweights after the jump.

The Featherweights:
Jose Aldo (18-1), Manny Gamburyan (11-5), Urijah Faber (23-4), Mike Thomas Brown (24-6), Chad Mendes (8-0), Josh Grispi (14-1), Mark Hominick (19-8), Erik Koch (10-1), Leonard Garcia (13-6-1), Diego Nunes (15-1), Javier Vazquez (15-4) L.C. Davis (16-3), Renan Barao (23-1), George Roop (11-6-1), Cub Swanson (14-4), Raphael Assuncao (15-3), Mackens Semerzier (5-2), Fredson Paixao (10-3), Tyler Toner (6-2), Bryan Caraway (12-5), Chan Sung Jung (10-3), Brandon Visher (13-1), Yves Jabouin (14-6), Cole Province (6-2), John Franchi (5-2)

The Bantamweights:
Dominick Cruz (16-1), Joseph Benavidez (12-2), Brian Bowles (8-1), Miguel Torres (38-3), Wagnney Fabiano (14-2), Scott Jorgensen (11-3), Takeya Mizugaki (13-4-2), Eddie Wineland (17-6-1), Rani Yahya (15-6), Antonio Banuelos (18-6), Charlie Valencia (12-6), Clint Godfrey (11-2), Damacio Page (15-4), Brad Pickett (19-5), Frank Gomez (8-2), Chris Cariaso (10-2), Demetrious Johnson (6-1), Chad George (11-6), Seth Dikun (7-4), Noah Thomas (13-7), Rafael Rebello (6-4)

[CannieY]

boeiend artikel op mmamania.com (=source)

Moving forward: How to get the most from the WEC-UFC merger

by AintNoSunshine on Oct 29, 2010 7:00 PM EDT



In case anyone has recently regained consciousness from a three day coma, UFC President Dana White announced on Thursday (Oct. 28) that the UFC and the WEC will finally merge.
Many people have speculated how it will all unfold, and White has already answered some of the initial questions by naming Jose Aldo the UFC Featherweight Champion and matching him up with Josh Grispi at UFC 125 on New Years Day.
He will also award the winner of Antony Pettis vs. Ben Henderson at UFC 53 a chance to unify the UFC and WEC lightweight titles by taking on the winner of the Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard fight scheduled for Jan. 1, 2011.
So far, a pretty good start to the merger.
But whats next? White, UFC matchmaker Joe Silva, WEC General Manager Reed Harris and the rest of the Zuffa brass clearly have their hands full now by combining both brands. With any merger could come headaches, clustered rosters and several yet-to-be-known obstacles they could face.
A closer look at some of the previously announced plans and a few suggestions on moving forward after the jump.

Unify the lightweight title:

Why does this make sense?
Well, for starters, the belt is already up for grabs on the last planned WEC show in December. How can the WEC and Versus market their show with a championship where we would all know really no longer exists?
Now they won't have to because when Anthony "Showtime" Pettis and Ben "Smooth" Henderson collide on Dec. 16 it will not only determine the last reigning WEC lightweight champion, but will name the number one contender for the UFC's lightweight division.
A division that will showcase the title fight between reigning champion Frankie "The Answer" Edgar and number one contender Gray "The Bully" Maynard just three weeks after. Maynard has already shown his interest in the fight, citing that the merger only further cements the division's status as having the best fighters.

The relevancy of the WEC's championships will be given a chance to prove themselves as Henderson has been on the outside looking in on most MMA lightweight rankings. "Smooth" has already issued a warning to the UFC's 155ers and unlike the problems the Strikeforce/Bellator champions are having in finding a way to fight each other we will get to see two top notch promotions sending there champions into a fight with each other.
My question is will the WEC champion be able to shake off the jitters that many fighters have experienced when they step into the sport's brightest and largest stage, especially since rarely does anyone have their first fight on that stage as a title fight?

Regardless of the outcomes of either fight we will be able to know immediately where the best of the WEC stacks up against the best of the UFC in the lightweight division.
Will the speed and "peek-a-boo" boxing of Frankie Edgar or the powerhouse, smothering wrestling of Gray Maynard prove to be too much for the WEC's top two lightweights? Or will the "Smooth," well rounded skills of Bendo and the gritty, tough as nails Pettis come through and prove that the WEC has been overlooked and underestimated for too long?
WEC's Brightest Star Taking Center Stage In The UFC's Biggest Show:

The WEC has always provided exciting fighters, bouts and cards, however, the majority of them have been enjoyed by a small amount of people and the most of that demographic comes from the hardcore crowd of MMA.
That is about to change come 2011.
It's been announced that Jose Aldo will face Josh Grispi at UFC 125 on Jan. 1 which every year tends to be the UFC's biggest card. With a heavyweight showdown scrapped when an injured Shane Carwin pulled out of his fight with Roy Nelson, the card looked very soft at the top end of the pay-per-view (PPV).

Enter Jose Aldo.
The WEC's Featherweight Champion has steamrolled through every single challenge the promotion has put forth his way, from the utter destruction of Cub Swanson, the dismantling of WEC poster boy Urijah Faber and all the way to the beatdowns on Mike Thomas Brown and Manny Gamburyan.
"Junior" will now take center stage, serving as the lead in to the co-main event of the evening featuring Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard. Aldo will bring his exciting, diverse and plain ol' devastating style of fighting into the Octagon on a huge night, where all the lights will be on him to put on a show for many who will be seeing him for the very first time.

Jose Aldo's future has so many possibilities.
Being so young his career could go anywhere from here especially now that he will be getting the exposure he deserves. Being named in pound-for-pound arguments already, he will have his chance to cement that if he beats Grispi and is offered a second chance to join the lightweight division where many intriguing match-ups await.
At 145, Aldo may have cleaned the division out (by beating Grispi) unless the WEC decides they will sign Japanese fighter Michihiro Omigawa, who has already expressed interest in challenging Aldo.


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[citrusfruit]

Met zoveel vechters krijgen we UFC edities die het hele weekend duren!

[Sendur]

HEEL GOED NIEUWS!!

[Splinta]

Ik vind UFC 1 malig per maand wel iets krachtigs hebben, ben bang dat als UFC 2x per maand is dat t snel saai wordt met veel gare kaarten. Wat wel tof zou zijn als ze alle ppv's nu volproppen met alleen top3,4 vechters en dan een fight nitht met iedereen die ppv wil worde. Maar 2x een event met 2 top matches zit ik niet echt op te wachten