World Extreme Cagefighting

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World Extreme Cagefighting (abbreviation: WEC ) was an American company that held mixed martial arts fights . The organization existed from 2001 to 2010 and was then incorporated into the Ultimate Fighting Championship . Up until then, the WEC had held 53 events.

WEC was founded in June 2001 by Reed Harris and Scott Adams. The events took place mainly in Lemoore , California and were broadcast on the American television channel HDNet . At the end of 2006, WEC was bought by Zuffa LLC , the owner of the UFC. From then on, the WEC should concentrate on the lower weight classes, including featherweight and bantamweight, two fighting weights that do not exist in the UFC. WEC events were broadcast on the American sports channel Versus , in Canada on The Sports Network and The Score and in Australia on Setanta Sports . In January 2011, the WEC was incorporated into the UFC and the title holders in featherweight and bantamweight were taken over.

One of the WEC champions is former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz . Other titleholders included Ron Waterman , Frank Shamrock , Chris Leben , Anthony Pettis , Carlos Condit , Karo Parisyan , Urijah Faber and Brian Stann .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mmafighting.com - Dana White: WEC, UFC to Merge in 2011.Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b sherdog.com - World Extreme Cagefighting. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  3. ↑ mmaweekly.com - UFC-WEC Merger: Reed Harris Proud to See His Baby Grow Up.Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  4. ↑ mmaweekly.com UFC ON HBO; WEC ON VERSUS Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  5. ↑ mmaweekly.com - UFC BUYING WORLD EXTREME CAGEFIGHTING. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  6. ↑ tsn.ca - FABER LOOKS TO RECLAIM WEC TITLE FROM BROWN ON TSN2. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  7. ↑ thescore.com - WEC ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tv.thescore.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  8. ↑ setanta.com - Cagefighting: World Extreme Cagefighting WEC 48 - Live & Exclusive to Setanta Sports ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.setanta.com archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  9. ↑ New UFC champion Jose Aldo officially awarded title belt ( Memento of November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  10. ↑ mmajunkie.com - WEC 53 play by play and live results ( Memento from December 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  11. ↑ ronwaterman.com - Bio. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  12. ↑ usadojo.com - Frank Shamrock.Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  13. ↑ mmafighting.com - The History of the WEC: A Timeline. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  14. ↑ ufc.com - WEC 53: Anthony Pettis redefines The Matrix.Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  15. ↑ mmajunkie.com - Former WEC champion Carlos Condit returns to New Mexico, training at Jackson's MMA ( memento of October 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  16. ↑ sbnation.com - Karo Parisyan.Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  17. ↑ mmamania.com - Former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber is unfazed over his loss to Mike Brown and expects a war at WEC 38. Accessed March 26, 2011.
  18. ↑ mmajunkie.com - WEC champ Brian Stann makes first title defense Aug. 3 ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 26, 2011.

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