WEC 53 Weigh-ins Takes Place on Dec. 15

The official fighter weigh-ins for World Extreme Cagefighting’s final event is set. The weigh-ins will take place on Dec. 15 at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz. The very same venue that will host the following day’s Versus-televised WEC 53 event and championship doubleheader.

The weigh-ins will start at 7 p.m. ET (5 p.m. MT local time), followed by a Q&A session with UFC bantamweight, Urijah Faber, and former WEC champ, Carlos Condit, follows immediately. The event is open to general public, and will start at 4PM.

WEC 53 features lightweight champ Ben Henderson (12-1 MMA, 5-0 WEC) vs. Anthony Pettis (11-1 MMA, 4-1 WEC), and bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz (16-1 MMA, 6-1 WEC) vs. Scott Jorgensen (11-3 MMA, 7-2 WEC). The show serves as the WEC’s swan song; the fan-friendly organization mergers with its sister promotion, the UFC, in 2011. The Henderson vs. Pettis winner gets an immediate UFC title shot, and the Cruz vs. Jorgensen winner will be crowned the first-ever UFC bantamweight champ.

The official WEC 53 card includes:

MAIN CARD

* Champ Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis (for lightweight title)
* Champ Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen (for bantamweight title)
* Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki
* Bart Palaszewski vs. Kamal Shalorus
* Danny Downes vs. Tiequan Zhang

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Shane Roller vs. Jamie Varner
* Ivan Menjivar vs. Brad Pickett
* Ken Stone vs. Eddie Wineland
* Danny Castillo vs. Will Kerr
* Yuri Alcantara vs. Ricardo Lamas
* Renan Barao vs. Chris Cariaso

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