The_Power Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 from mmaweekly.com When Jose Aldo knocked out Manny Gamburyan last month to defend his WEC featherweight title for the second time, the talk started immediately about where he ranked in the world as far as the best pound-for-pound fighters go, and also how much longer he would be sticking around at 145 pounds. It seems Aldo's stay at featherweight may be coming to a close sooner rather than later. The Brazilian has stated in the past that he's interested in going to 155 pounds eventually. According to UFC president Dana White, that's a distinct possibility. "From what I'm hearing, Jose Aldo's interested in testing himself at 155 pounds. So probably very soon," White answered when asked when the WEC champ might move to the UFC. Aldo has been an absolute wrecking machine since debuting in the WEC in 2008. With eight wins in a row in the promotion, including seven by stoppage, Aldo has become one of the top fighters in the sport, but he may soon have a whole new challenge if he moves on to face the best of the best in the UFC?s 155-pound division. Aldo may not be the only WEC fighter making a transition to the UFC at 155 pounds either. While he didn?t come right out and say it, White also hinted that the rest of the WEC lightweights might be under consideration for a move from Zuffa's sister organization to the Octagon. "We're working on a lot of things right now we'll be announcing in the next couple of months," White commented. Currently, WEC lightweight champion Ben Henderson is about to defend his belt against top contender Anthony Pettis in December. The WEC has long been working on a plan to develop a 125-pound flyweight division, and if that coincides with what White is talking about, it could mean the lightweights making the move to the UFC. White admits that he's intrigued to see the potential match-ups between the best at 155 pounds in the WEC and the best at 155 pounds in the UFC. That could mean a wholesale move or even cross-promotional bouts. "There's some interesting fights with those guys, so we're working on putting those together," White said. The subject of the WEC lightweights moving to the UFC is nothing new, but signs are starting to point more and more towards the plan becoming reality, at least in some manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglebird Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 yes please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCADDICTED Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Thats gonna be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasCityKing Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Sweeeet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToiletSeat Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 If the LW division merges the WEC has lost most of their star power. Nearly every card that wasn't a title fight was headlined by a LW bout. However i do want to see Paul Taylor vs Cerrone, that would be an epic fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKN_TTK Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I think if he were to step up to 155, he should get an instant title shot. Being the existing 145 champ I don't think he should have to work his way up. He'll have to pack on some muscle though to deal with the larger guys. Just let him f*ck up Edgar or Maynard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnMMAfan15 Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 if the merge i could see pettis, aldo, and henderson wrecking the ufc lightweights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwelewis Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Evan Dunham vs Cerrone would be pretty awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiEnD Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I stopped following the WEC as strong as I did when the UFC pulled their heavier weight classes. Although I think keeping the WEC alive is good for the sport I feel its lacking the bigger named fights which is causing the organization to suffer. They need to either split the UFC and WEC roster 50/50 or get rid of the WEC all together and bring the fighters to the UFC. To me, and this is totally JUST MY OPINION, the only fighters that I think are worth following are: Jose Aldo, Uriah Faber, Donald Cerrone, Dominic Cruz, Leonard Garcia, Ben Henderson, Damacio Page, Rani Yahya, Jamie Varner, and Miguel Torres. Thats not enough for me to buy a PPV or even tune into a VS broadcast. I will browse a SD Play by Play though but hardly ever do I care the out come. To me the WEC is like the UFC's welterweight division. Its getting boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice64011 Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I stopped following the WEC as strong as I did when the UFC pulled their heavier weight classes. Although I think keeping the WEC alive is good for the sport I feel its lacking the bigger named fights which is causing the organization to suffer. They need to either split the UFC and WEC roster 50/50 or get rid of the WEC all together and bring the fighters to the UFC. To me' date=' and this is totally JUST MY OPINION, the only fighters that I think are worth following are: Jose Aldo, Uriah Faber, Donald Cerrone, Dominic Cruz, Leonard Garcia, Ben Henderson, Damacio Page, Rani Yahya, Jamie Varner, and Miguel Torres. Thats not enough for me to buy a PPV or even tune into a VS broadcast. I will browse a SD Play by Play though but hardly ever do I care the out come. To me the WEC is like the UFC's welterweight division. Its getting boring.[/quote'] I would add Scott Jorgensen to the list too. He is 11-3 and currently on a 5 fight win streak. he could give Dominic Cruz a tough fight in December Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEXMMA Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I'd really to see how aldo would deal with an elite wrester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiEnD Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I would add Scott Jorgensen to the list too. He is 11-3 and currently on a 5 fight win streak. he could give Dominic Cruz a tough fight in December There are a lot of fighters with impressive records signed to the WEC. The WEC just doesnt put on the best cards anymore. Lack of competition with big named fighters. I would move a Diego Sanchez or even a Matt Hughes over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_a_b Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I'd really to see how aldo would deal with an elite wrester. what elite wrestler in lw? frankie,maynard,???? aldo shouldnt have any problem with elite wrestler since his tdd is great and for his age he has a long way to go til his prime is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agamper Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 WEC is awesome. You forgot Joseph Benivedez. He is a legit 135er. Probably the best behind Cruz When Aldo goes up, i presumed Faber will move back up to 145. they need to try to sign a few of the guys from bellator, only issue with that is if you win the bellator tournaments you get $100,000 no way you make that much in WEC Aldo, Henderson, Cerrone, Varner, KamalS and Anthony Pettis would make the lightweight division that much deeper. Add in Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez (this is me hoping these guys sign), and you got great competition for the next 5 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmctaggart08 Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I hope he does that would be very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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