By FCF Staff
Glendale, Arizona will go down as the last city to host a World Extreme Cagefighting event, as the promotion’s fifty-third and final event will take place tonight, before its roster is integrated into the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s.
WEC 53 will feature two title fights; lightweight champion Ben Henderson will take on Anthony Pettis, for the right to face the winner of the upcoming bout between UFC champion Frankie Edgar and challenger Gray Maynard, while bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz will meet Scott Jorgensen to determine who is UFC 135lb. champion.
Here are the official weigh-in results for WEC 53, which will be broadcast live on Versus.
Main Event – WEC Lightweight Championship
Ben Henderson (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (154.5)
WEC Bantamweight Championship (Winner will be crowned UFC Champion)
Dominick Cruz (134.5) vs. Scott Jorgensen (135)
Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Chris Horodecki (155)
Bart Palaszewski (156) vs. Kamal Shalorus (156)
Tiequan Zhang (155.5) vs. Danny Downes (154.5)
Jamie Varner (156) vs. Shane Roller (155)
Brad Pickett (136) vs. Ivan Menjivar (135)
Eddie Wineland (136) vs. Ken Stone (135)
Danny Castillo (155.5) vs. Will Kerr (155)
Ricardo Lamas (156) vs. Yuri Alcantara (154.5)
Renan Barao (136) vs. Chris Cariaso (136)
