There has long been speculation about World Extreme Cage (WEC) fighting being gobbled up by its big brother, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A recent interview UFC president Dana White did with USA Today’s Sergio Non, talking about melding the WEC’s lightweight fighters into the UFC’s 155-pound division, only added fuel to the fire.
Not so fast.
As often happens, more was read into White’s comment than he actually stated.
Asked about the overlap of the lightweight division between the UFC and WEC, White told Non, “I actually think it's kind of cool. I think eventually what we do is, we're going to continue to add to lighter weights, and you'll end up seeing these (WEC) guys go into the UFC, the 155 pounders.”
White clarified his comments on Tuesday afternoon, saying, “What I said was, as we add more weight divisions to the WEC that 55-pound weight division would probably make sense just to put it into the UFC,” before adding that there is no time line for such a move to take place.
WEC officials and White have mentioned several times that there is the intention to expand WEC’s lighter weight offerings to include a 125-pound flyweight division, but the focus has been on keeping the current roster of fighters busy before making that move.
WEC’s weight classes currently include lightweight (146-155 pounds), featherweight (136-145 pounds), and bantamweight (under 135 pounds).
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