UFC and WEC Merging!!!

[DJ]

Good move. I'd imagine we'll see the UFC cutting a lot of dead weight in the WW, MW, LHW and HW divisions to keep the payroll in check.

I like that whoever is the WEC LW champion will get a shot at Edgar-Maynard. I hope Henderson retains; I like that dude.

I'm glad that more people will get to know who Aldo is, too. That dude is a bad, bad man.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Quote: Originally Posted by Djwlfpack

Good move. I'd imagine we'll see the UFC cutting a lot of dead weight in the WW, MW, LHW and HW divisions to keep the payroll in check. I like that whoever is the WEC LW champion will get a shot at Edgar-Maynard. I hope Henderson retains; I like that dude. I'm glad that more people will get to know who Aldo is, too. That dude is a bad, bad man.

they said everyone is keeping their jobs, and everyone was on the payroll anyway, zuffa owned wec, which also owns ufc, the checks were all coming from the same place. its more of the rebranding of wec as ufc to give its fighters better recognition. the casual fan will now see jose aldo on a ufc event and say damn that 145 lbd dude is a freakin bad ***, where he wouldnt have seen him before because it was called wec instead of ufc. sad but true.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by ManiacMatt1782

they said everyone is keeping their jobs, and everyone was on the payroll anyway, zuffa owned wec, which also owns ufc, its more of the rebranding of wec as ufc to give its fighters better recognition.

For now. I'd imagine the rope will be shorter for a lot of fighters, especially ones like Tito Ortiz that are making a ton of money but aren't producing results.

[Gotmadskillzson]

I am more happy for Miguel Torres, he has been dominate in WEC ever since WEC founded and really is unknown outside of northwest Indiana. I been to his gym and house dozens of times when I lived in northwest Indiana.

Also happy for Manny, now he is back in the UFC via merger. For the most part though I am happy for all the mexican fighters that were in the WEC, which I must say was A LOT of them.

Now they will get the exposure they deserve. All I got to say is UFC vets you better step your BJJ and cardio game up, because a lot of those mexican fighters in the WEC were very good in BJJ and have stellar cardio.

In this same breathe however..........guys like Kenny Florian and some of the other light weight division may now look to drop down to feather weight, which is their more natural walking around weight class.

[ex carrabba fan]

I was thinking that, there may be a shift.. a number of lightweights can now go down to featherweight to challenge Aldo... so maybe Aldo won't have to move up immediately to find great match ups.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gotmadskillzson

I am more happy for Miguel Torres, he has been dominate in WEC ever since WEC founded and really is unknown outside of northwest Indiana. I been to his gym and house dozens of times when I lived in northwest Indiana. Also happy for Manny, now he is back in the UFC via merger. For the most part though I am happy for all the mexican fighters that were in the WEC, which I must say was A LOT of them. Now they will get the exposure they deserve. All I got to say is UFC vets you better step your BJJ and cardio game up, because a lot of those mexican fighters in the WEC were very good in BJJ and have stellar cardio. In this same breathe however..........guys like Kenny Florian and some of the other light weight division may now look to drop down to feather weight, which is their more natural walking around weight class.

Kenny walks around at 175. No way he drops to featherweight.

[Gotmadskillzson]

I for one would love to see Nate Diaz drop down to featherweight. I think his frame is better suited for that division. He really isn't strong like his brother is and he gets pushed around in lightweight and welterweight.

Featherweight might be a good division for Joe Stevenson too, along with Gomi.

[LingeringRegime]

This is really great news. I don't watch WEC events very much, because I always forget about them. Now I can catch more fights. I bet the THQ developers are like, "Damn." More character models for us to do.