November 16, 2009, at 9:55 am
This has been a rumor for a while, but someone finally went ahead and put pen to paper with a few details. The source is Brazilian source TATAME.com, which is not exactly the New York Times, but they seem convinced. So, we put the word report in front of it let you figure it out.
Biggest MMA event of the planet, UFC has plans even bigger to 2010. Sources close to WEC informed TATAME.com that the UFC will add new weights categories on the next year, bringing athletes with contract with WEC, that was bought by Zuffa – same organization that commands the UFC – in 2006.
This year, UFC scheduled 20 events – WEC made only eight –, but the bigger amount of athletes would force the organization to make a bigger number of annual shows. According to sources close to the event, Zuffa called all the fighters with contract with WEC in Las Vegas earlier this month, telling about the merger and revealing that they plan three events for month in the future.
Jason has discussed this plenty of times before. With all the injury woes that the UFC is suffering, how nice would it be to put Urijah Faber and his wonderful golden locks on Pay-per-view and not have to worry about it? Well, it looks like that may be a possibility.
One of my biggest concerns about this is the employment status of WEC general manager Reed Harris. Harris has done a really wonderful creating something out of nothing with his brand, and even since Zuffa took over, he was resided over some of the best fight cards in the world. What would his prize for that be? Severence pay? That doesn’t seem right.
However, it is the right move. While the cable deal they have in place with Versus is great, it isn’t the same type of money that pay-per-view can pull in.
It’s not a question of if a featherweight fight will headline a UFC PPV, it’s a question of when. My guess is that it’s by the time we see Brown-Faber III.
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