World Extreme Cagefighting Collection (WEC)

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World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was made up of 3 weight classes: 135, 145 and 155 lbs. To accommodate the smaller fighters, the WEC’s cage was 25 ft. in diameter—5 ft. smaller than the standard UFC cage.

History

The organization was started in 2001, by Scott Adams and Reed Harris. Between 2001 and 2006, most of their events were held in Lemoore, California and aired on HDNet. In December 2006, Zuffa purchased the WEC. With the purchase, the WEC continued as a separate promotion with its own roster of fighters. Adams was retained after the purchase as the organization’s matchmaker. Harris and Adams were named co-General Managers and were both active in the new WEC.In 2008, Sean Shelby was named the new match-maker for the promotion by Zuffa.

Zuffa made several changes to the promotion after the purchase. It discontinued its pentagonal cage for a modified version of the UFC’s octagonal cage. The championships of fighters who were contracted UFC fighters were vacated. The promotion moved to focus on lighter weight classes, abandoning their heavyweight and super heavyweight divisions and championships, and retaining their bantamweight and featherweight divisions—two divisions not then present in the UFC.After the purchase, several of the WEC events were held in Zuffa’s hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada, much like the UFC. The WEC aired their events live on Versus, formerly known as the Outdoor Life Network, TSN in Canada, and on The Score, also in Canada.WEC’s first live event was broadcast on June 3, 2007 on Versus from The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The WEC announced that it would dissolve their light heavyweight and middleweight divisions after their December 3, 2008 event to further their concentration on lighter classes. Fighters from the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions started fighting in the UFC after the dissolution of their divisions.Also, on February 3, 2009, the WEC officially announced the creation of a 125 lb. flyweight division and the dissolution of its welterweight division (flyweight would have been the last division under the “Unified Rules of MMA” to be activated under Zuffa, excluding Super Heavyweight). Fighters from the welterweight division started fighting in the UFC after the dissolution of their division. The only weight class that still crossed over between the WEC and the UFC prior to the merger was the 155 lb lightweight division.

On January 8, 2010, World Extreme Cagefighting announced that AMP Energy would be the official energy drink of WEC. Amp Energy also sponsored three of the WEC’s top stars – featherweight Urijah Faber, featherweight Chad Mendes, and bantamweight Joseph Benavidez.

On April 24, 2010, the WEC held its only pay-per-view event, WEC 48, which featured two championship fights. The main event featured WEC Featherweight Champion José Aldo defending his title against former champion Urijah Faber.

On October 28, 2010, UFC President Dana White announced that the WEC would merge with UFC.

Events:

2002-08-31 WEC.04.Rumble.Under.The.Sun.VHSrip.Xvid-Ace

2002-10-18 WEC.05.Halloween.Havoc.2002.DVDRip.XviD-JETSET

2003-03-07 WEC.06.Return.Of.A.Legend.DVDRip.XviD-JETSET

2003-08-09 WEC.07.This.Time.Its.Personal.DVDrip.XviD-Ace

2003-10-17 WEC.08.Halloween.Fury.II.2003.DVDRip.XviD-JETSET

2004-01-04 WEC.09.Cold.Blooded.DVDRip.XviD-JETSET

2004-05-21 WEC.10.Bragging.Rights.2004.DVDRip.XviD-JETSET

2004-08-20 WEC.11.Evolution.DVDRip.XviD.WolFRip

2004-10-21 WEC.12.Halloween.Fury.3

2005-01-22 WEC.13.Heavyweight.Explosion.DVDRip.XviD-Zeus

2005-03-17 WEC.14.Vengeance.HDTV.Xvid-Zeus

2005-05-19 WEC.15.Judgement.Day

2005-08-18 WEC.16.Clash.of.the.Titans.2

2005-10-14 WEC.17.LHW

2006-01-13 WEC.18.Unfinished.Business

2006-03-17 WEC.19.Undisputed.03.17.06.HR.HDTV.AC3.5.1.XviD-BamHD

2006-05-05 WEC.20.Cinco.de.Mayhem

2006-06-15 WEC.21.World.Extreme.Cagefighting.21.TapOut.HDTV.XviD-DHW

2006-07-28 WEC.22.The.Hitman.DVDRip.XviD-JR

2006-08-17 WEC.23.World.Extreme.Cagefighting.Hot.August.Fights.HDTV.XviD-DHW

2006-10-12 WEC.24.HF5.FF.XviD-KM2T

2007-01-20 WEC.25.Las.Vegas

2007-03-24 WEC.26.Las.Vegas

2007-05-12 WEC.27.Las.Vegas

2007-06-03 WEC.28.Faber.vs.Farrar

2007-08-05 WEC.29.World.Extreme.Cagefighting.Live.08.05.07.DSR.XviD-OMiCRON

2007-09-05 WEC.30.World.Extreme.Cagefighting.09.05.07.DSRip.XviD-aAF

2007-12-12 WEC.31.Faber.vs.Curran.DSR.XviD-FCZ

2008-02-13 WEC.32.World.Extreme.Cagefighting.2.14.08.DSRip.XviD-aAF

2008-03-26 WEC.33.World.Extreme.Cagefighting.3.26.08.DSRip.XviD-aAF

2008-06-01 WEC.34.Destiny.HDTV.XviD-433

2008-08-03 WEC.35.HDTV.XviD-aAF

2008-11-05 WEC.36.HDTV.XviD-KYR

                  WEC.36.Prelims  

2008-12-03 WEC.37.PDTV.XviD-KYR

2009-01-25 WEC.38.HDTV.XviD-KYR

2009-03-01 WEC.39.HDTV.XviD-KYR

2009-04-05 WEC.40.HDTV.XviD-KYR

2009-06-07 WEC.41.REPACK.HDTV.

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