sports.yahoo.com - 6/24/2009
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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. Varner twittered the state of his hand today ...
mmajunkie.com - 6/30/2009
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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 ...
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Youngstown, Ohio, hosts WEC 43 on Sept. 2, Jamie Varner ...
watchkalibrun.com - 7/1/2009
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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 ...
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What the Jamie Varner story tells about online media
twitter.com - 6/24/2009
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twitter.com —
Loader Twitter.com Login Join Twitter! I just got
out of the Docs and hand is still factured...
Im really upset I thought I was ready my hand doesnt even hurt but the doc pulled the rug out from my feet about 3 hours ago from MySpace Twitter Sync ...
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Twitter / Jamie Varner: I just got out of the Docs ...
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Jamie Varner Still Injured, Interim WEC Lightweight Belt Possible
Bloody Elbow —
... by Kid Nate.
Jamie Varner posted a tweet on the status of his injury:
I just got out of the Docs and hand is still fractured. I'm really upset. I thought I was ready, my hand doesn't even hurt, but the doc pulled the rug out from my feet...
The WEC was planning to have a rematch between Donald Cerrone and Jamie Varner for the Lightweight Championship, but now it seems like the champion won't be able to recover in time.
Cagewriter talked to a WEC representative and now it seems like they are ...
Jamie Varner’s Hand Still Broken, Interim WEC Lightweight Title Possible
MMAFrenzy.com —
... “We’re still waiting on the medical reports, but it looks like Varner won’t be fighting in the foreseeable future,” Dave Sholler, a WEC representative, today told Cagewriter. “We’re moving forward with the lightweight division, and we haven’t ruled out an interim belt.” ...
Jamie Varner Has Surprisingly Weak Bones
GO FOR 2 —
... Of course, this would be a fine show of gamesmanship if Varner didn’t have to back out of the first scheduled rematch because his hand was still broken from the first fight. Ok, so everyone has to miss a fight because of injury sometimes, its not like he’s going to back out again. Oh, Damn. ...
WEC News and Notes
Watch Kalib Run —
... Also there is good news for Ohio MMA fans. WEC 43 will take place on September 2 at the Corelli Centre Youngstown, Ohio. The main event is a rumored interim lightweight championship bout between Donald Cerrone Ben Henderson. Current WEC lightweight champion, Jamie Varner, is still recovering from a hand injury. ...
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Jamie Varner Has Surprisingly Weak Bones
gofor2.net 6/25/2009 —
WEC Ringside. Photo courtesy of Paul Miles, Flickr.com/digitaldanger (Creative Commons Licensed).
So Jamie Varner, the current WEC Lightweight Champion, hasn’t fought since beating Donald Cerrone in January due to an illegal knee thrown by Cerrone in the final round. At the ...
Jamie Varner: I'm Not Retiring
mma.fanhouse.com 7/1/2009 — 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 ...
Not so fast on Jamie Varner being stripped of lightweight title
watchkalibrun.com 6/30/2009 —
Earlier today WKR passed along a story regarding WEC 43 coming to Youngstown, Ohio. The main event currently being discussed is an interim lightweight title fight between Donald Cerrone and Benson Henderson.
This news was soon followed with several reports citing a story by Vindy.com ...
