January 11, 2010, at 4:29 pm
Reed Harris dropped all kinds of interesting nuggets of information during the post fight presser. The most interesting was that the WEC is headed for Pay-Per-View. Of course this move has been rumored for a long time, but its just now that the WEC finally has enough talent to back it up.
Faber vs. Aldo for the featherweight title was confirmed by Harris. It was also strongly hinted that this would headline WEC’s first PPV. There’s little to not like about this fight. Faber is not only the WEC’s most popular fighter he’s also the 2nd or 3rd best featherweight on the planet. Aldo, the champ, has a skill set the reminds people of Anderson Silva…need I say more?
Harris also eluded to the fact that when the WEC goes PPV they are going to load the card from top to bottom to make sure its a card you can’t afford to miss.
Ben Henderson’s next opponent will likely be Donald Cerrone in a rematch of their fight of the year from 2009. While not confirmed by Reed Harris all signs strongly point in that direction. Harris also suggested that Henderson’s first title defense could be on the same PPV card as Faber/Aldo.
Those two title fights as the main/co-main on a card rivals most of the cards the UFC puts on these days. With the growing list of talented fighters its easy to fantasy book the rest of the PPV card.
A fight including rising lightweight stars like Anthony Njokuani and Kamal Shalorus could open the card. Top featherweight contenders Mike Brown and Manny Gamburayan could meet in a number one contenders bout. Those are four fights that are must see and I haven’t even tapped into the WEC’s talent pool at 135.
The growth of the WEC is great for the sport. PPV means more revenue for the WEC, means bigger paychecks for fighters and in turn that means more fighters at 155 would be willing to cut to 145 (that means you Frankie Edgar.)
Kudos to Reed Harris for showing us the proper way to build an MMA organization.
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