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mma.fanhouse.com - 7/1/2009

Jamie Varner: I'm Not Retiring

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Jamie Varner's mixed martial arts career is not in jeopardy. The WEC lightweight champion's broken right hand has still not healed since his January title defense against Donald Cerrone forcing the organization to book an interim title match between Cerrone and rising star Ben Henderson.

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sports.yahoo.com - 6/24/2009

Varner still not ready to fight, interim LW WEC belt possible

— sports.yahoo.com — When WEC lightweight champ Jamie Varner won controversially over Donald Cerrone due to an illegal knee, Varner... walked away from the fight with both his belt and a broken hand. That was on January 25. Now, five months later, the hand is still broken. ... (more) Varner still not ready to fight, interim LW WEC belt ...

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mmajunkie.com - 6/30/2009

Youngstown, Ohio, hosts WEC 43 on Sept. 2, Jamie Varner won't be stripped of title anytime soon

— mmajunkie.com —  As executives hinted earlier this year, World Extreme Cagefighting will, in fact, make its Ohio debut... this year. WEC General Manager Reed Harris today told MMAjunkie.com that WEC 43 is set for Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the 6,000-seat Covelli Centre ... (more) Youngstown, Ohio, hosts WEC 43 on Sept. 2, Jamie Varner ...

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watchkalibrun.com - 7/1/2009

What the Jamie Varner story tells about online media

— watchkalibrun.com — At one point yesterday Jamie Varner's fighting career was permanently over and he was to be stripped... of his WEC lightweight title in disgrace. A few hours later Varner's career was not over and he was still the WEC lightweight champion. How did such a wild oscillation begin, why online of ... (more) What the Jamie Varner story tells about online media

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What the Jamie Varner story tells about online media
Watch Kalib Run — ... like wildfire as MMA blogs and news websites cited it as a legitimate source and why shouldn't they, newspapers and their websites are suppose to disseminate accurate information so blaming the readers for taking the information at face value is a disingenuous argument. Also the Vindy article contained numerous quotes from the WEC General Manager several of which seemed to imply that Varner's fighting career was permanently over. Within a few short hours many, if not all, MMA websites, blogs and forums were citing Vindy.com's report. Again ...

Rumors: The MMA Online Media Giveth and the Online MMA Media Taketh Away
Bloody Elbow — ... denied the story. As we all know, Mike Tomlin, not Grimn, was named the Steelers head coach. Or take for example the New York Times recent report that Sammy Sosa tested positive for steroids. Papers and news organizations around the country ran with the story, without corroborating it in house. The same pattern occurred in this instance. The triumph of the online MMA community was how fast the initial reports were clarified once the WEC's General Manger and Jamie Varner spoke out. Instantly updates went up across the world wide web as ...