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With the city of Boston buzzing about the arrival of the UFC® Fan Expo™ at the John B. Hynes Convention Center on August 27 and 28, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® turned up the heat today by announcing the list of fighters that will participate in the weekend of festivities.

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One of the sport’s pound-for-pound elite returns this fall to defend his title against one of the division’s most dangerous fighters. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo, universally recognized as the number one ranked lighter weight fighter in MMA, makes the second defense of his crown against judo ace Manny Gamburyan when World Extreme Cagefighting® invades the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo. on Thursday, Sept. 30.

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Frank Curreri, WEC – Ricardo Lamas couldn’t care less about a certain member of basketball royalty ‘taking his talents to South Beach.’ The 28-year-old Chicagoan has been intensely laboring in Miami for the past several weeks, oblivious to the city’s sizzling nightlife and comfortably clueless about the widespread hoopla surrounding LeBron James’ decision to join the Miami Heat.

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Frank Curreri, WEC – “Right place, right time” has been a recurring theme in the distinguished career of Leonard Garcia. The 31-year-old Texas native snatched a slice of history a few years ago when he and Roger Huerta graced the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. Three months ago fate shined upon the giddy brawler yet again: Garcia and South Korea’s Chan Sung Jung kept fans on the edge of their seats by waging a back-and-forth fistic thriller that ringside commentator Joe Rogan instantly hailed as “Fight of the Decade.”

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Frank Curreri, WEC – Halfway across the world in the Amazon jungle, where Fredson Paixao lived for many years and climbed nearby trees to enjoy the freshest Acai berries a tongue will ever taste while also swimming in piranha-infested rivers for pleasure, there was an important protocol that could spell the difference between life and death.

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Frank Curreri, WEC – Benson Henderson can only guess who his next opponent will be, yet the WEC lightweight champ isn’t sweating the suspense. He presumes his next challenger will emerge from a formidable quartet of foes: either Shane Roller, Anthony Pettis, Kamal Shalorus or Jamie Varner will likely get the nod.

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By Derek VAN DIEST, Edmonton Sun – For LC Davis, it all started on the wresting mat.

The native of Kansas City, Mo., began wresting in high school and went on to compete at the college level.

He got into mixed martial arts following his college career, and on Sunday will take part in the World Extreme Cagefighting event at Rexall.

“One of my friends was starting MMA and I helped him out,” Davis said.

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Below are the official weigh-in results for Sunday’s WEC event, which features the lightweight bout between Jamie Varner and Kamal Shalorus, as well as bouts between Mark Hominick and Yves Jabouin and LC Davis and Josh Grispi, airs live on VERSUS, beginning at 9pm ET / 6pm PT.

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Thomas Gerbasi, WEC – The messages on Jamie Varner’s Twitter and Facebook accounts come frequently enough that they’re pretty noticeable:

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Frank Curreri, WEC – Kamal Shalorus’ dogged pursuit of “The American Dream” runs through Canada and former WEC champion Jamie Varner. And the Iranian-born globetrotter, who now resides in Austin, Tex., is playing mind tricks on himself right before Sunday night’s main event in Edmonton, Alberta.

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