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WEC live tonight on Versus

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) is holding its second live event on the Versus network tonight.  The program begins airing at 9 p.m. EST.  There are a number of good matches on the card of this Zuffa-owned promotion, but without a doubt, the two title matches that are most intriguing.  The main event features the WEC Welterweight title between Brock Larson and titleholder Carlos Condit.  Another feature match takes place between PRIDE veteran Paulo Filho and Joe Doerksen for the vacant WEC middleweight title.

From a WEC press release, here are some quotes from Condit and Larson at the weigh-ins yesterday as well as all the fighter weights:

Condit: “(He’s) a tough dude. I plan on knocking Brock Larson’s [rear end] out.”

Larson: “I trained to go the distance.  Lots of cardio, there’s a chance it’s going five five-minute rounds.”

WEC welterweight title: Carlos Condit - 170 vs. Brock Larson - 168.5

Vacant WEC middleweight title: Paulo Filho - 184.5 vs. Joe Doerksen - 185

Featherweights: Jeff Curran - 145 vs. Stephen Ledbetter - 146

Lightweights: Sherron Leggett - 156 vs. Jamie Varner - 156

Middleweights: Fernando Gonzalez - 185 vs. Hiromitsu Miura - 184.5

Middleweights: Logan Clark - 185 vs. Eric Schambari - 183.5

Bantamweights: Justin Robbins - 135 vs. Antonio Banuelos - 136

Light Heavyweights: Steve Cantwell - 205 vs. Justin McElfresh - 206.5 (McElfresh was given one hour to lose a half-pound)

Welterweights: Blas Avena - 169.5 vs. Tiki Ghosn - 172 (Ghosn cut one pound to get to 171 after first trip to scale)

For more information on the card, head over to WEC's Web site.

If you can't make it to a TV for the event, head over to MMA Madness, where Jeff Hamlin will be live-blogging the event beginning at 9 PM EST.

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Mark Chalifoux covered his first MMA event at UFC 68 in Columbus, Ohio. Since that night, he’s been hooked on the sport. He is based in Cincinnati and also works in sports talk radio. He’s written for the Athens News, ESPN.com, SI.com, The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Chalifoux Family Christmas Newsletter.

Pramit Mohapatra, who currently runs FightTicker.com, previously authored this blog.
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