UFC and WEC to merge in 2001

October 28th, 2010admin

In a surprise announcement, World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) will merge with its parent company Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) in January 2011. This means that the bantamweight and featherweight divisions will be introduced into UFC fights and the lightweight division will merge with the UFC one.

“The timing was right,” White said. “The reality is we purchased the WEC, (and) we started getting these lighter-weight guys exposure on television. … Now, as the UFC continues to grow globally, and we’re doing more and more fights, now we’re bringing in those lighter weightclasses.”

The final 2 WEC events will be WEC 52 on Nov 11 and WEC 53 on Dec 16.  You can bet on these final 2 WEC fights at BetUS.  Current featherweight champion Jose Aldo will keep his belt and become a UFC title holder.  He will defend that title at UFC 125 on Jan 1.  The other 2 belts are on the line at WEC53 bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz vs Scott Jorgensen and Ben Henderson takes on Anthony Pettis for the lightweight crown.  Then the winner of that fight will merge UFC/WEC titles and fight the winner of the Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard fight.

2011 will definately be an exciting year for MMA fans.

Arianny Celeste to appear in Playboy

September 1st, 2010admin

Not really MMA Betting related, but still mma news that i’m sure you would appreciate.  The beautiful UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste will appear in the November 2010 edition of Playboy, and not just appear, will be the playboy cover girl!  It is not known whether or not she will appear in a spread or centerfold, I guess we will wait for it to hit the store shelves.  Arianny was voted as the Maxim hometown hottie, as is easily the most popular ring girl in mixed martial arts.  Arianny Celeste will be the second UFC girl to appear in playboy.  UFC All Access host Rachelle Leah was the cover girl in the November 2008 Playboy.