Donald Cerrone

Lately it seems that ufc Lightweight Gray Maynard has had a noticeable (and some would say rightly justified) chip on his shoulder. Maynard was passed over in favor of the man he beat, Frank Edgar, for a shot at then-champion BJ Penn. Of course, Edgar would go on to make the most out of that opportunity and beat Penn not once but twice, first at UFC 112 via a close, hotly contested Unanimous Decision win, and then again at the recent UFC 118 event via a dominating Unanimous Decision win. Maynard has also been the subject of recent criticism for not finishing any of his fights, with his last stoppage occurring almost three full years ago. But in his latest interview, Gray Maynard has fired back and poised an interesting question: who really finishes fights at Lightweight anyway?

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Former UFC lightweight title challenger Diego Sanchez is making changes.

After his losses to former champion BJ Penn at lightweight, and then budding welterweight star John Hathaway, Diego will try his hand once again at the 170-pound division at UFC 121 against Paulo Thiago. Sanchez largely made his name after winnings “The Ultimate Fighter” season one as a middleweight, before dropping down to the welterweight division in dominating fashion.

After defeating fellow finalist Kenny Florian at the TUF finale, Diego would make a name for himself in victories over Karo Parisyan, Nick Diaz, and Joe Riggs. While Diego can attribute a large amount of his success to his hard work and dedication, but in some respects a little of that success also needs to be addressed to the man, the myth, the legend–Greg Jackson.

Read more on Diego and his move back to New Mexico

I just can’t get enough of the World Extreme Cagefighting promotion. I’ve been a fan of their’s for several years running, but only recently have I begun to realize that if the UFC did not exist, the WEC would be putting on the best cards on the planet right now. I think there’s even an argument to be made that some of the recent WEC shows have actually been better than some of the recent UFC shows. No matter what your opinion may be in regards to the friendly competition between the two companies both owned by Zuffa, the WEC is riding an incredible wave of momentum heading into their WEC 51 event, which looks to be another great night of fights. WEC 51 features a highly-anticipated WEC Featherweight Championship showdown, the next chapter in one of the bitterest rivalries in the WEC’s history, and the return of a former division kingpin looking to try and regain his former glory. Nine fights have recently been made official for WEC 51, so here’s how the card breaks down so far.

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The WEC officially announced WEC 48 headlined by WEC featherweight champion “Junior” Jose Aldo (15-1) versus former champ ”California Kid” Urijah Faber (22-3) in Sacramento April 24.  It’ll be the WEC’s first pay per view (PPV) event and they will charge $44.99.

Read More About The WEC’s Pay Per View Problem: Why Should I Pay for Jose Aldo vs. Urijah Faber at WEC 48?…

“Smooth” Ben Henderson (10-1) choked “The Worm” Jamie Varner (16-4) in a standing guillotine choke compelling Varner to tapout at 2:41 of round three and winning the WEC lightweight title at WEC 46 in Sacramento Sunday night.

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Today in an interview with Fight Magazine Frank Shamrock (22-9-1) stated “I don’t want to fight  Jake Shields because he has no personality, he’s a boring fighter, and when he got on to CBS, and it was his chance to be a star, he leg humped ["Mayhem" Jason Miller] all night long, and killed our ratings. That’s why I don’t want to fight Jake Shields“.

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“Cowboy” Donald Cerrone (9-3) will bring his six-shooter to a gunfight versus “9mm” Ed Ratcliff (7-1) in Las Vegas at WEC 45  December 19, the WEC confirmed Thursday.

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Lightweight “Smooth” Ben Henderson (9-1) won the WEC interim title in a five-round unanimous decision upset of “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone (9-3) by judges’ scores of 48-47 three times at WEC 43 in San Antonio Saturday.

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WEC 43 featuring an interim lightweight championship fight between “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone (9-2) and “Smooth” Ben Henderson (8-1) has been corralled in San Antonio 10 October after being rescheduled from Youngstown 2 September.

WEC 43 will be held at the AT&T Center. Tickets starting at $25 go on sale 4 September and can be purchased at Ticketmaster. The main card will be broadcast live at 10:00 PM EST on VERSUS.

Monday night World Extreme Cagefighting announced the postponement of WEC 43 originally scheduled for 2 September in Youngstown, now slated for 10 October at “a venue to be announced at a later date.”

A statement at the WEC website states: “An injury to main event fighter Ben Henderson forced the postponement of the event.”

But, MMA Weekly reported that “Smooth” Ben Henderson’s (8-1) manager, Jason Genet, said, “[Henderson] had a slight physical issue that he had to deal with and the WEC and [Donald] Cerrone were gracious enough to give us a little more time to make sure he’s 100-percent ready.”

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