Entries Tagged as ‘WEC’

January 28, 2007

Rumormill: “Mayhem” to WEC

People always ask “Who is your favorite fighter?” The truth is; I don’t have just one “favorite” fighter. I like so many fighters and root for them all to do good things, but to choose one over everyone else is impossible.
Some of my favorites are; Tito Ortiz, Karo Parisyan, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Wanderlei Silva, [...]

January 25, 2007

Kit Cope tests positive for steroids

     According to Dave Meltzer at Wrestlingobserver.com, Kit Cope tested positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone following his Jan. 20th bout with Rob McCullough. This was confirmed to Meltzer by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Kit was stopped by strikes at 2:53 of the first round by “Razor” Rob McCullough in their fight for the [...]

January 22, 2007

WEC fighter salaries released

     Mmaweekly.com has obtained the fighter salaries that, by law, must be released to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. According to the documents released to the NSAC, and obtained by mmaweekly.com, the fighter salaries are:
Title Match & Main Event Fighters
-Rob McCullough: $20,000 (defeated Kit Cope)
-Urijah Faber: $10,000 (defeated Joe Pearson)
-Kit Cope: [...]