WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis (Predictions)

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WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis is scheduled to take place on December 16, 2010 at Jobing.com Arena in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. The will be the first event that Zuffa has hosted in Arizona.

This event is unique in that the WEC allowed fans to choose the location of the event. The fans were given 30 options and the finalists were Milwaukee, Nashville and Phoenix. During the live telecast of WEC 50, Phoenix was announced as the winner of the contest.

This will be the final WEC event as the promotion will merge with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2011. Dominick Cruz will defend his title for the last time and the winner of the Cruz-Jorgensen bout will be recognized as the UFC Bantamweight Champion. The winner of the Henderson-Pettis bout will face the winner of UFC 125’s Frankie Edgar-Gray Maynard bout in a superfight to unify the WEC and UFC lightweight championships.

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Matchups:
Benson Henderson (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (154.5)
Dominick Cruz (134.5) vs. Scott Jorgensen (135)
Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Chris Horodecki (155)
Bart Palaszewski (156) vs. Kamal Shalorus (156)
Tie Quan Zhang (155.5) vs. Daniel Downes (154.5)
Jamie Varner (156) vs. Shane Roller (155)
Brad Pickett (136) vs. Ivan Menjivar (135)
Eddie Wineland (136) vs. Ken Stone (135)
Danny Castillo (155.5) vs. Will Kerr (155)
Ricardo Lamas (156) vs. Yuri Alcantara (154.5)
Renan do Nascimento Mota Pegado (136) vs. Chris Cariaso (136)