Posts Tagged ‘World Extreme Cagefighting’

VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will re-air a night of action-packed fights from the March 6 live WEC event on Wednesday, March 10, at 9 p.m. ET. The two- hour presentation will feature seven fights from this past weekend’s card, including the non-televised bout between Ricardo Lamas (8-1) and Bendy Casimir (19-6-2) – an intense battle that is already being touted as one of the best knockouts of 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK, N.Y. (March 2, 2010)- VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will air its second fight of the year on Saturday, March 6, at 10 p.m. ET, live from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The main event will feature bantamweight champion Brian Bowles (8-0) as he makes his first title defense against the top contender in the weight-class, Dominick Cruz (14-1). All WEC events are presented in HD and Spanish language SAP where available. Read the rest of this entry »

VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will re-air a night of action-packed fights from Sunday’s WEC event tonight at 8 p.m. ET. The two and a half hour presentation featured five fights including the lightweight championship bout between Jamie Varner (16-3-2) and Ben Henderson (11-1).

Additional matches include former featherweight champion Urijah Faber (23-3) facing-off against top-ranked Raphael Assuncao (14-2) and Mike Brown’s (23-5) return to the cage against newcomer Anthony Morrison (15-7). The night also featured a battle between lightweights Dave Jansen (11-1) and Kamal Shalorous (6-0-1) and an intense featherweight showdown between Mackens Semerizier (7-1) and Deividas Taurosevicius (12-3).

VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will air its first live fight card of the year on Sunday, January 10, at 9 p.m. ET. The action-packed night, with five televised fights over two and a half hours, features a main event headlined by reigning lightweight champion Jamie Varner (16-2-2) as he defends his title against interim champion Ben Henderson (10-1). The live event will originate from ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif. and will be presented in HD and Spanish language SAP where available. Read the rest of this entry »

VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), today announced a multi-year extension with Zuffa LLC., the owners of both the WEC and UFC®. As part of VERSUS’ renewal deal, the network will air seven live WEC fights and two live UFC events in 2010, marking the first time that live UFC events will air on a national sports cable network.

“Since 2007 fight fans have come to VERSUS for some of the best mixed martial arts action available on television. WEC on VERSUS has been a tremendous catalyst for network growth and solidified our position as a top destination in the MMA category,” said Marc Fein, Executive Vice President of Programming, Production and Business Operations for VERSUS. “Continuing our thriving partnership with Zuffa and the addition of two UFC fights to our lineup will, without a doubt, propel VERSUS to the next level in live MMA offerings.” Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK, N.Y. (December 15, 2009)-VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting®, will air WEC® Best of 2009, a two-hour special featuring the most intense fights of the year on Wednesday, December 16, at 8 p.m. ET. Three of the greatest fights of the year, all of which lasted five rounds, will be shown in their entirety, including: Ben Henderson vs. Donald Cerrone, Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown II and Miguel Angel Torres vs. Takeya Mizugaki. VERSUS will re-air the special the same night at 11 p.m. ET.

The first fight of the night will feature the amazing bantamweight title fight between Japanese striker Takeya Mizugaki and then-champion Miguel Angel Torres. Mizugaki shocked American audiences by forcing Torres, one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, to go the entire five rounds.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (October 6, 2009)- VERSUS, the exclusive cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will air WEC’s Greatest Knockouts II on Wednesday, October 7, at 9 p.m. ET. The hour-long presentation will feature fight highlights from some of the biggest knockouts in WEC history.

The show will feature fight highlights from August 2008 to the August 2009 match in which Brian Bowles defeated Miguel Torres, one of the pound-for-pound best fighters in MMA, to earn the bantamweight title. Also included are the knock-out fights from Mike Brown’s featherweight title win over Urijah “The California Kid” Faber in November 2008 and Jose Aldo’s amazing eight-second knock-out of veteran Cub Swanson in June 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

VERSUS, the exclusive cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), today announced its sixth live WEC event of the year, originally scheduled to air on Weds., Sept. 2, has been postponed due to an injury to main event fighter Ben Henderson. The entire card, which will feature Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone against Henderson in a bout that will crown the interim WEC lightweight champion, has been rescheduled and will air on VERSUS on Sat., Oct. 10. Details regarding the venue and exact air time will be announced at a later date. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK, N.Y. (July 31, 2009)- VERSUS, the exclusive cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will air its fifth live fight of the year on Sunday, August 9, at 9 p.m. ET with a main event featuring bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres (36-1) as he defends his title against Brian Bowles (7-0). The fight will originate from The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. and will be presented in HD and Spanish language SAP where available. Read the rest of this entry »

VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will debut a third season of WEC® WrekCAGE on Wednesday, June 24, at 10 p.m. ET. This is a change from the previously announced June 17 premiere date. This season will include 10 one-hour episodes featuring some of the best fighters in the WEC organization such as Urijah Faber, Mike Brown, Rob McCullough, Cub Swanson, Donald Cerrone and Jose Aldo, among others. All WrekCAGE episodes are produced and shown in HD where available. The hard-hitting first episode includes four of the fighters who headlined VERSUS’ live Brown vs. Faber II fight card, including the first meeting between Urijah Faber and Mike Brown in which former champion Faber lost his featherweight title to Brown. In addition to the Brown/Faber fight, the episode will also feature Jose Aldo’s never-before-seen-on-television win over Jonathan Brookins by technical knockout and Cub Swanson’s three round battle with Hiroyuki Takaya. Read the rest of this entry »

VERSUS, the exclusive television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), garnered a 1.1 national HH rating and was the top-rated cable network in the country among all key male demos for its live WEC telecast on Sunday, June 7, featuring the most-anticipated featherweight championship re-match in MMA history between Mike Brown and Urijah Faber. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 18, 2009)-VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will air its second fight of the year on Sunday, March 1, at 9 p.m. ET live from the American Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas. The main event of the night will feature recently crowned featherweight champion Mike Brown as he battles Leonard “Bad Boy” Garcia in his first attempt to defend his title. All WEC events are presented in HD and Spanish language SAP where available. Read the rest of this entry »

VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive television home of World Extreme Cagefighting®, will air WEC® Best of 2008, a two-hour special presentation on December 28 at 9 p.m. ET. The hard-hitting night includes four spectacular fights: Miguel Angel Torres vs. Yoshira Maeda, Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver, Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura and the never before seen on television bout between Donald Cerrone and Rob McCullough. VERSUS will re-air the special on December 31 at 11 p.m. ET and January 1 at 3 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET. WEC Best of 2008 is available on VERSUS HD. Read the rest of this entry »

VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive television home of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), will air its next live event on Wednesday, December 3, at 8 p.m. ET. The championship bout that will headline the card features Miguel Torres as he defends his WEC Bantamweight title against Manny Tapia. The telecast will originate from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and is presented in HD and Spanish language SAP where available. Read the rest of this entry »

VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive television home of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), will air the fight originally scheduled to take place on September 10 at 9 p.m. ET, but was postponed due to the threat of hurricane Ike in South Florida, live on Wednesday, November 5, at 8 p.m. ET. The two championship fights that will headline the night include Featherweight champion “The California Kid” Urijah Faber and Middleweight champion Paulo Filho as they both defend their WEC titles live on VERSUS. The telecast will originate, for the first time, from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. and is presented in HD and Spanish language SAP where available. Read the rest of this entry »