Mishima fought under ZUFFA at 155 lbs. I wonder IF DEEP will let one of their champs fight in WEC & vice-versa. I don’t think so

Also, why are fighters allowed to weigh much more than their weight limit on fight day? If it’s a 145lb class, then both fighters should weigh 145 on fight day. If that’s too hard to do, then some fighters don’t belong in a lower class.

The WEC should continue to be the major American league for featherweight and bantamweight though since the UFC doesn’t have them. Ideally, I’d also like to see them try to put in a 125 division but it’s probably rare as hell to find fighters that small in America. So as long as Heavyweight is shallow in the UFC, there’s no need for it in the WEC. And Superheavyweight of course is useless. Mark Hunt and whoever else matters at that weight can fight at 265.

And so what happens on the very next show? The #1 contender’s fight for the lightweight title is a prelim fight, and so is a fight between two top-level bantamweights, in favor of a little bit of exposure for a fighter (Jake Rosholt) who is going to be in the UFC soon. As I said, it’s theoretically good for the UFC, and absolutely bad for the WEC product.

What is worse is that Cerrone/McCullough is being touted as fight of the year worthy.

All I read about today is how Mike Brown beating Urijah Faber was a “major upset”. That just isn’t true. Mike Brown was a top 5 Featherweight and this was easily a 60/40 fight at the very worst.

The reason for this perception is that Jeff Curran vs. Mike Thomas was never broadcasted on the undercard of Faber/Pulver. That event got solid ratings, but nobody was able to see the #1 Contender fight. Instead, we got the very inexperienced Light Heavyweight, Mark Munoz.

That naive approach to fight promoting bit them in the butt to twice last night.

1. The WEC now has a Featherweight Champion (Their Glamour Division), that nobody knows. This was the first time most fans got a chance to see him. Instead of seeing him beat up Curran and then Faber, which would have given a lot more credibility to the win.

2. Jamie Varner vs. Donald Cerrone. Welcome to another title fight that nobody knows about. Cerrone is very talented, but he had no business being on the undercard. Especially when an inexperienced Middleweight got the shot instead.

First, the WEC has no business on PPV. Secondly, they need to start using their TV slots better to build up talent. Hopefully the reduction of weight classes will make that more helpful, but they still need a change in the way they do business to really have the WEC thrive.