News and notes from around the MMA world …

I would say that you should try and go out of your way to see tonight’s WEC show on the Versus Network. There are three title matches and all of them should be pretty good. Carlos Condit is trying to avenge a previous loss a few years ago to Carlo Prater. The WEC shows are quick paced because of their focus on the lighter weight fighters and go by pretty quickly. Also, you get to hear Frank Mir talk about his win over Brock Lesner, since he’s the color commentator.

Here’s more on the show:

- WEC 32 showcases three title fights.

- Adam Swift focuses on the WEC.

The main story today is that a new company called the Fighting Entertainment Group, made up of K-1 and the former Pride promotion, has created a new promotion called Dream. The Hero’s promotion is no more, and this new promotion will take it’s place and the network television deal they have in place with TBS in Japan. This is important because the main reason Pride eventually failed is because it lost TV and didn’t have the money to spend on what their fans loved, which was an insane fighting atmosphere and big named fighters.

Maybe even more importantly to US fans, Mirko Cro Cop is going to be involved with them, ending his short stay with UFC. Cro Cop says that his contract was ended by the UFC, though he still had several fights left on it. In a recent Wrestling Observer newsletter, Dave Meltzer mentioned that the UFC was trying to renegotiate his deal. His three fight UFC stay has to be looked at as nothing short of a disaster for the UFC.

Here’s more on the story:

- Meltzer has more on Cro Cop to Japan.

- Cro Cop says that he didn’t like fighting in the cage.

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