Season five finalist of "The Ultimate Fighter" Manny Gamburyan will now be making his second-foray into the Ultimate Fighting Championship when he returns to the organization this March. The Judo specialist left the organization's lightweight division after dropping back-to-back fights to Rob Emerson and Thiago Tavares. The move also signaled Gamburyan's comittment to his new weight class of 145-pounds, where be became an immediate contender in the WEC's featherweight class. Now that the organization has merged with it's sister promotion in the UFC, Manny will find himself in familiar territory when he returns to the organization that built his star in the mixed martial arts community. But in order to stick around, he's going to face and defeat veteran Raphael Assuncao in his next outing. ...

As WEC 51 looms our way with a featherweight match up pitting pound-for-pound great Jose Aldo up against "The Ultimate Fighter" season five finalist Manny Gamburyan for the 145-pound title, another match up on the preliminary card that night may affect the title picture for the future. A match between Diego Nunes against Tyler Toner has been announced as part of the 9-fight card, though additional bouts may take place on September 30th at 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. ...