sherdog.com - 11/27/2009
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MMA's flagship organization returned to California for the first time in two years with UFC 104 "Machida vs. Shogun" on Oct. 24 in Los Angeles. And while Lyoto Machida 's controversial decision win over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua carried the headlines following the show, referee "Big" John McCarthy's ...
mma.fanhouse.com - 12/3/2009
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mma.fanhouse.com —
Filed under: WEC , FanHouse Exclusive The WEC
has finalized a long-term deal to keep the Zuffa-owned...
mixed martial arts organization on the Versus network, a WEC official confirmed to FanHouse. The official could not divulge any particulars of ...
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WEC Confirms Extension With Versus
mmajunkie.com - 11/30/2009
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mmajunkie.com —
World Extreme Cagefighting's undefeated Dave Jansen (14-0 MMA,
1-0 UFC) has agreed to fight at January's WEC...
46 event, but the lightweight fighter won't meet WEC newcomer Bendy Casimir (19-5-2 MMA, 0-0 WEC). WEC officials today confirmed with ...
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Dave Jansen returns at WEC 46 to fight Kamal Shalorus ...
mmajunkie.com - 11/24/2009
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mmajunkie.com —
This past week's broadcast of "WEC 44: Brown
vs. Aldo" on Versus scored a 0.5 household rating...
and averaged an audience of 414,000 viewers. MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the ratings information with Versus officials. WEC 44 took place Nov. 18 at ...
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WEC 44 ratings: "Brown vs. Aldo" scores 414,000 viewers ...
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CSAC Says ‘Big’ John McCarthy Not Blacklisted From Any Events
TheMMANews —
... Sherdog.com talked with Dave Thornton, interim executive officer of the California State Athletic Comission, about how the CSAC picked it’s referees for events and whether McCarthy was excluded from certain events. ...
Will "Big" John McCarthy Officiate WEC 46?
Bloody Elbow —
... I'll follow the story for the readers, but I wanted to post this excerpt from Probst's piece because it nicely articulates the strength of McCarthy's position - competency, best practices and efficiency in a world of chaos, ignorance and confusion: ...
Will We See ‘Big’ John Ref In The Octagon Soon?
MMAOUTSIDER.COM —
... Sherdog.com talked with Dave Thornton, interim executive officer of the California State Athletic Comission, about how the CSAC picked it’s referees for events and whether McCarthy was excluded from certain events. ...
Will Big John be reffing WEC 46?
Fightlinker.com —
... Yeah, it’s not the UFC. And it may not happen. But Sherdog is making sure that everyone knows it could so if it doesn’t we can all ask why. ...
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Strikeforce: Evolution And WEC 45 – Viewer Ratings Comparison
fightofthenight.com 12/23/2009 — The viewer ratings for last weekends WEC and Strikeforce events are in, and despite both promotions providing some terrific action on the night, the numbers are not as impressive.
On Saturday night Strikeforce Evolution pulled in 341,000 viewers on the premium cable station Showtime, while at ...
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profighting-fans.com 7/20/2009 — The WEC's 155 pound Lightweight division is the lone crossover weight class to survive the absorption of weight classes into the UFC when Zuffa made the change late in 2008. The efforts to focus on the lighter weight classes in World Extreme Cagefighting seems to be a solid strategy, but due to ...
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Four more bouts officially added to WEC 46
fiveknuckles.com 11/19/2009 — Semerzier vs. Taurosevicius, Valencia vs. Tamura, Jabouin vs. Hominick and Wineland vs. Rebello are the latest additions to the WEC 46 fight card.
WEC 44 Ratings
watchkalibrun.com 11/24/2009 —
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WEC 44 ratings are now available .
The WEC fight card, which featured a featherweight title bout between Mike Brown and Jose Aldo, drew an average audience of ...
MMA in Numbers: WEC 42 Update
bloodyelbow.com 9/4/2009 —
An unsettling statistic: 8 of the past 15 WEC events have been held out of The Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the most recent in the facility, WEC 42 which featured the headline of Miguel Torres vs. Brian Bowles, 1,640 paid entry . 442, or ...
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