Its finally done, the WEC officially announces the disbandment of the welterweight division and the creation of the flyweight divisions. The press release is below.

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®) today announced that WEC will add a flyweight division to the WEC championship divisions. The organization will no longer actively promote the welterweight division, continuing its focus on the lighter weight classes including lightweight (155 pounds), featherweight (145 pounds), bantamweight (135 pounds) and flyweight (125 pounds).

Carlos Condit, reigning champion of the WEC welterweight division, and Brock Larson, as well as other top 170 pound WEC fighters will transition to the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization to continue their athletic careers as UFC® welterweight fighters.

“With the addition of the flyweight division, the WEC has cemented its status as the home of the greatest lighter weight fighters in the world,” said Peter Dropick WEC Vice President of Operations and Production. “We are excited to launch the 125 pound championship division, and look forward to giving our fans the best
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and most action-packed flyweight fights in the sport.”

From: Cagetoday.com

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written by Steven, February 05, 2009

Full grown adults weight this much? Are they suffering from eating disorders or are they children?

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written by Fart Hammer, February 06, 2009

Actually, it's pretty common in Asia and Latin America for men to be this size. This will be really cool to see.

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whew
written by mikkogatch, February 06, 2009

WEC's slowly cementing its status as one of the better organizations in mma.

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Carlos
written by rjstro01, February 06, 2009

This is gonna be good. I will finally get to see Carlos Condit get crushed by some decent fighters. WEC welter weight division sucked. Can't wait to see him do his ridiculous stare down that he does before a fight and then come out and get his *ss kicked.

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written by ach, February 06, 2009

lol hahaha. the tap out crew is definnetly going to somalia and ethiopia, where else r they gonna find adults that weigh this light.

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written by Jeebus, February 07, 2009

Bruce Lee weighed in at 126 when he did Enter the Dragon, right before he passed away, and was a mere 132 at his prime. I think it will be exciting to see little ninjas kicking the s**t out of eachother!

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