By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The WEC promotion is putting on another fabulous fight consisting of massively underpaid divisional elite fighters on a network with very little visibility. It’s the kind of thing that harkens back to the UFC of many years ago. Unusually, WEC 44 is not ultra-stacked, consisting primarily of fighters trying to work…
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WEC 44 Fight Week Previews: The Main Card
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Hard to believe that it was just over a year ago that Mike Brown shocked the WEC by sending then-Featherweight champion Urijah Faber crashing to the mat with a well-placed punch, claiming the championship and a place atop the divisional rankings. Still, that hasn’t stopped some from refusing to give…
WEC 44 Fight Week Previews: The Prelims
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) As the signage says, WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo takes place this Wednesday night from The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. With such a short time frame before the fights take place – and coming off the busy week that was UFC 105 – the week-long Fight…