WEC 43 Postponed!

by Zak Woods on Aug 24, 2009 9:56 PM EDT Comment 6 comments

To all Ohio MMA fans, it is officially time to freak out,

Las Vegas, NV (USA) - World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today the postponement of its Sept. 2 card. An injury to main event fighter Ben Henderson forced the postponement of the event.

The entire card has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10 at a venue to be announced at a later date. The event will be broadcast live on VERSUS.

Ticket refunds for the Sept. 2 event can be obtained at the point of purchase.

As someone who was looking forward to catching a WEC event live this is beyond disappointing.

Still, maybe Youngstown wasn't the best choice of venues. The population of the city is below 100,000 with an employment rate near 15%. Really the whole Cleavland-Pittsburgh-Akron region has been hit hard by the recent economic downturn; a whole region that Zuffa and the WEC was targeting with the Youngstown location. Just check out this tweet.

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Those fanbases really don't mix very well.

It appears that even Zuffa is not immune to the injury bug derailing an entire fight card.

WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson coverage

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In reality, Zuffa LET the injury bug derail the card. Let’s face the fact, they had a perfectly healthy, to my knowledge, “Razor” Rob McCullough ready to step in and have a rematch of his fight of the year candidate with Cerrone. That fight would’ve been far more compelling than Cerrone steamrolling Henderson.

by Steve W on Aug 24, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Cerrone did beat Rob before but I think there is more to this than just an injury

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by Zak Woods on Aug 24, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i agree.

i dont think they were selling tix. Cerrone as the headliner in a new town…? i dont think thats the brightest of ideas. I think it will end up in Albuquerque. The last WEC event there went pretty darn well.

by sonofapsycho on Aug 25, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Youngstown only has a 6000 person stadium

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by Zak Woods on Aug 25, 2009 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Although it is generally a good card, I thought Henderson’s main event spot was unusual. Plus, whenever Zuffa goes to a new city, they try to load the cards with local talent, and I can’t recall if there are any OH guys. Perhaps the Direct TV impasse combined with poor ticket sales led to the postponment?

by Norm78 on Aug 25, 2009 7:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs