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In the coming days, it no doubt will be tempting to paint Jon Jones' dominant win over Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 as one of two extremes: either the latest triumphant example of the champion's greatness, or an empty gesture in a fight that never should...

John Cena defeated Brock Lesnar, but what mattered was the spectacle.

Many times over the years, Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer and I have talked about the fact that he would have an HBO or Showtime card coming up with some good fights or prospects on the undercard, but unless you were in the arena, you wouldn't have a ...

Former World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight titleholder Mike Thomas Brown will square off with "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 12 semifinalist Nam Phan in a 145-pound affair at UFC 133. More »...

Here are five things to take away from WEC 53.

Mike Roach/Getty ImagesLast call: Benson Henderson helps close the show for WEC when he meets Anthony Pettis. Thursday night will be the final time Zuffa will promote fights under the World Extreme Cagefighting banner. It marks the end of a foundatio...

Thursday night will be the final time Zuffa will promote fights under the World Extreme Cagefighting banner. It marks the end of a foundation built almost exclusively for 155-pound and under fighters, traditionally the most talented (and least recogn...

Two championship fights and a cageload of name-brand MMA talent, including Ben Henderson, Dominick Cruz and Donald Cerrone, make Thursday's WEC 53 -- World Extreme Cagefighting's swan song event -- a can't-miss.

Hey everybody! Anthony Njokuani here again. I'm sad to say that this will be the last time that I get to write about World Extreme Cagefighting. It's unfortunate that this will be the last blog for the WEC, now that they are merging with the UFC....

In October, Zuffa made official what most had suspect for some time; the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) would absorb World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) at the close of 2010. As a result the UFC will inherit deep bantam and featherweight division...

Anthony "The Assassin" Njokuani, WEC lightweight standout and ESPNDallas.com MMA blogger, had a successful night in his last fight for World Extreme Cagefighting. The Zuffa-owned promotion will be incorporating all of its weight classes into the UFC ...

In his final appearance under the World Extreme Cagefighting banner, Urijah Faber proved he'll remain relevant -- and now at bantamweight, perhaps dominant -- by choking out Takeya Mizugaki on Thursday at WEC 52.

Benson Henderson, Miguel Torres and Anthony Pettis are eager to ply their trade in the UFC.

Come next year, World Extreme Cagefighting will be no more. Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White on Thursday announced that the WEC will merge with the UFC in 2011.

Donald Cerrone ran rampant over Jamie Varner for nearly every minute of their three-round fight in earning a unanimous decision and evening their overall score to 1-1 apiece.

In a rare Thursday show, World Extreme Cagefighting heads to Broomfield, Colo., for WEC 51. This will be the promotion's first trip to the Centennial State. Here's what you should be watching for on Thursday evening: Former UFC standout Manny Ga...